OrganicThemes Overview
2013 Edition – Organic Themes is managed and founded by two top-notch design artists and WordPress Theme developers, Jeff Milone and David Morgan. Both are Florida-born graphic experts with years of experience in web design and WordPress Theme creation. Jeff was previously part of the web development team of Studiopress until he parted ways and partnered with David to form their own design company. David is a graduate of Computer Animation with expertise in CSS, HTML creation and web design. He is presently residing in Hawaii where he founded the Muku Studios, a design company established in 2007.
StudioPress Overview
2013 Edition – Choosing the right theme provider is important! A poorly designed and coded theme can not only have devastating consequences on your visitors and sales it can also effect your brand and business.
In line with this, we are conducting reviews on all major premium WordPress theme providers and reporting back to you. Our first StudioPress review was in 2009, however it has been updated many times throughout the years with our current 2013 Edition being the latest.
With Brian Gardner as the founder, StudioPress is well-known in the WordPress community. Specifically, they have created the very popular Genesis Framework which allows users to quickly and easily build sites with WordPress.
The credentials of the company owners and managing officers are one of the aspects that you should check when selecting for the best provider of WordPress themes. It is important ake sure that they are experts in the field of website development and WordPress specialists with years of experience. Thankfully Brian and his team have been long standing members of the WordPress ecosystem.
Knowing the expertise of the people behind the services that you are subscribing is important because it can give you assurance that you are getting premium services and backed by exceptional support from experts who can provide excellent technical assistance if you encounter difficulties and issues on the use of your chosen theme. In this case, the people behind StudioPress have excellent credentials; each of them has their own specialty and expertise in different fields to ensure broader knowledge for the whole team.
Ranking in this category is system generated.
Welcome to the 2023 Edition of ThemeGrade’s popular Top 10. We have been very selective as to which themes are included in our directory. During months of relentless search for quality WordPress Themes, we now have listed 2584 Themes developed by 378 providers.
And among these providers, we are looking for the cream of the crop!
You have seen the top 10 Theme providers in the graphical, functionality and coding categories. This page combines the ratings in these 3 categories and reveals the top 10 Theme providers who excel in developing extraordinary WordPress Themes.
How Does The Ranking System Work?
The overall score of each developer is based on the sum of the providers’ score in each category. Theme providers with the highest overall score will be rated as the TOP WordPress Theme providers.
Take ElegantThemes for example: if they were to score 10, 9, and 9 in the graphical, functionality and coding categories respectively they would have the overall score of 28.
Our system takes into account user feedback and ratings as well as our own scoring system that is explained on each Theme review. Basically, we take into consideration all the important features of good WordPress Theme development, analyze these features on a Theme by Theme basis, then simplify it all down for our visitors to one, easy to understand score. Before buying your next WordPress Theme, be sure to check out their ThemeGrade!
Top 10 Best WordPress Theme Providers
ElegantThemes
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StudioPress
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Templatic
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ThemeForest
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WooThemes
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Templatelite
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View all 24 themes from Templatelite
Category | Points | Rank |
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Graphic | 2 | No Rank |
Functionality | 0 | No Rank |
Coding | 9 | Rank #2 |
Overall | 11 | Rank #6 |
MyThemesShop
View all 11 themes from MyThemesShop
Category | Points | Rank |
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Graphic | 0 | No Rank |
Functionality | 0 | No Rank |
Coding | 10 | Rank #1 |
Overall | 10 | Rank #7 |
Press75
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Solostream
View all 6 themes from Solostream
Category | Points | Rank |
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Graphic | 2 | No Rank |
Functionality | 7 | Rank #4 |
Coding | 0 | No Rank |
Overall | 9 | Rank #9 |
WPNow
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WooThemes Overview
The mind behind the making of WooThemes is Adii Rockstar (born Adriaan Pienaar), entrepreneur, designer and developer. Adii designs and develops his themes using CSS, PHP and WordPress. Adii loves to design because he loves the freedom of creativity offered by it,
whereas development appeals to his more logical and analytical side. But his true love lies in running a business and that is where he hopes to layout and design his future in.
WooThemes is a provider of high quality WordPress themes. They have a wide selection of products to choose from. You can find big variety of themes from magazine, portfolio, gallery styles to business and personal types.
Graphpaperpress Overview
Graphpaperpress is an online WordPress themes provider that specializes in minimalistic modular designs that will surely boost your website traffic. The company began as a side project of its founder, Thad Allender, of Washington DC, in 2004. The founder is a photographer and a multimedia producer who understands the need for online visual media in the 21st century. He first began web designing for individuals, non-profit organizations, and small businesses. Thanks to him and his team, website owners can now enjoy the benefits of a content-rich design on their blogs, and readers can now easily view a site’s contents via multiple entry points through their passionate support and ingenious innovations.
Allender’s team includes Rick Alday, the company’s product manager and a front-end web developer who is based in Texas and who is also a great fan of minimalism and photography. Chandra Maharzan, the company’s senior web developer who is skillful in web designing and CSS, and is from Kathmandu, Nepal. Philip Arthur Moore, another great web developer who is originally from Houston, Texas but is now mostly in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The company boasts of a diverse global web team who are experts in the fields of photography, web design and development.
Obox-Design Overview
Obox-design is a design studio offering WordPress themes for websites and blogs. Their themes are developed to meet the requirements of business, news and entertainment sites. You can also use a theme for your personal website or blog. The company is made up of two people who have a considerable presence in the business.
Themeshift Overview
Themeshift is owned and developed by a German web designer and WordPress expert, Simon Rimkus, who single-handedly manage the business. He takes care of the web layout and design of each WordPress theme and he is also the one who handles customer support for the clients.
WPZOOM Overview
The demand for WordPress themes has increased considerably over the past few years. More and more people create their own websites and blogs to meet the growing demand of internet users for timely and valuable information. WPZOOM is dedicated to meeting the WordPress theme needs of website and blog developers.
Wpzoom is a major provider of WordPress themes. It has established a reputation for offering high quality and functional products at reasonable prices. The theme development team aims to meet the requirements of customers working in various fields and industries.
Ranking in this category is system generated.
What makes ThemeGrade so different from others theme directory sites is the unique grading of WordPress themes. After a theme has passed the visual test by our editors, they will proceed with the coding test. Unlike the visual test which is very subjective, the coding test is performed independent of editors’ preference.
The general and SEO coding test are performed base on the criteria that we outlined without bias. There are only “yes” or “no” as the outcome and nothing in between.
After our editors complete the general and the SEO coding test base on the criteria, the system that we developed will calculate the total score of each theme. This score gives users an idea of how well a theme fairs in terms of coding.
The winners in this category are chosen base on the average score of all the themes developed by a particular provider and tested by ThemeGrade. Take the top provider, elegantyhemes.com as an example. At the time of writing, they have 13 themes listed in ThemeGrade and the score of each theme is 81, 89, 95, 82, 81, 69, 69, 81, 95, 95, 81, 87, 87 respectively. Take all the score and average them out gives you the overall coding score of 84 of this theme developer.
Note that only developers who have at least 8 themes listed in ThemeGrade are eligible to be tested in this Top 10 Coding category. The followings are the top 10 theme providers who excel in theme coding. Check them out!
Top 10 Best WordPress Theme Providers in Coding
MyThemesShop
View all 11 themes from MyThemesShop
Category | Points | Rank |
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Graphic | 0 | No Rank |
Functionality | 0 | No Rank |
Coding | 10 | Rank #1 |
Overall | 10 | Rank #7 |
Generated by the system.
Templatelite
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View all 24 themes from Templatelite
Category | Points | Rank |
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Graphic | 2 | No Rank |
Functionality | 0 | No Rank |
Coding | 9 | Rank #2 |
Overall | 11 | Rank #6 |
Generated by the system.
Mint Themes
View all 7 themes from Mint Themes
Category | Points | Rank |
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Graphic | 0 | No Rank |
Functionality | 0 | No Rank |
Coding | 8 | Rank #3 |
Overall | 8 | No Rank |
Generated by the system.
StudioPress
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ElegantThemes
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Themefuse
View all 32 themes from Themefuse
Category | Points | Rank |
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Graphic | 0 | No Rank |
Functionality | 0 | No Rank |
Coding | 4 | Rank #8 |
Overall | 4 | No Rank |
Generated by the system.
Primothemes
View all 10 themes from Primothemes
Category | Points | Rank |
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Graphic | 0 | No Rank |
Functionality | 0 | No Rank |
Coding | 4 | Rank #9 |
Overall | 4 | No Rank |
Generated by the system.
Organizedthemes
View all 19 themes from Organizedthemes
Category | Points | Rank |
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Graphic | 0 | No Rank |
Functionality | 0 | No Rank |
Coding | 4 | Rank #10 |
Overall | 4 | No Rank |
Generated by the system.
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Ranking in this category is editor selected.
WordPress has evolved and branded itself as more than just a blogging platform. The use of WordPress as a CMS program has become more and more popular among web developers. WordPress has been used by many big companies such as the Wall Street Journal as a magazine site.
WordPress is a powerful platform that is feature-packed. If all these built-in features are not enough, this open source program allows you to add any features you can possibly imagine.
The winners in this category should fulfill a few things as follows:
- Their themes contain features that are useful to the theme users.
- The features are easy to implement. A user-friendly Options page is normally needed to serve this purpose.
- The features should be incorporated nicely within the theme design.
The followings are the top 10 theme providers who excel in theme functionality and usability. Check them out!
Top 10 Providers in Theme Functionality and Usability
StudioPress
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ElegantThemes
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WooThemes
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Solostream
View all 6 themes from Solostream
Category | Points | Rank |
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Graphic | 2 | No Rank |
Functionality | 7 | Rank #4 |
Coding | 0 | No Rank |
Overall | 9 | Rank #9 |
WPZoom
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View all 58 themes from WPZoom
Category | Points | Rank |
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Graphic | 0 | No Rank |
Functionality | 6 | Rank #6 |
Coding | 0 | No Rank |
Overall | 6 | No Rank |
Press75
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iThemes
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View all 10 themes from iThemes
Category | Points | Rank |
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Graphic | 0 | No Rank |
Functionality | 4 | Rank #8 |
Coding | 0 | No Rank |
Overall | 4 | No Rank |
Templatic
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WPNow
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