Choosing a WordPress theme is a big deal. Making the decision to create your website on WordPress is the easy part; WordPress has more features and functionality than any other platform out there. It’s no wonder that WordPress powers nearly 30% of all websites. But once you’ve decide to create a WordPress site, then what?
Here’s the usual process: open a bunch of website demos, read a handful of articles (like this one!) about the best themes, find a few styles and ideas you like, and then feel too overwhelmed to make a decision. If this sounds familiar, then choosing a multipurpose theme might be your best bet. They’re designed with multiple website styles and functions in mind, so the possibilities for adaptation and new layouts is, essentially, infinite. With multipurpose themes, you can redesign your website as many (or as few) times as you’d like.
This list has some of the best customizable and multipurpose themes on the market. We’ve included a few of the tried-and-true bestsellers, but also some new and trending themes that were more recently created.
1. BeTheme - Responsive Multi-Purpose WordPress Theme
2. DynamiX - Business / Corporate WordPress Theme
3. Aoki - A Bold Multipurpose Creative Theme
4. Brooklyn - Creative Multi-Purpose WordPress Theme
5. Oshine - Multipurpose Creative Theme
Honorable mentions and other super-customizable themes:
The Most Customizable Themes Available With a Subscription Service
Sometimes, you know exactly what you want in a website; you can create a design quickly, with a specific idea in mind, and then move on to the next project. But it can also be fun to switch things up!
You’re searching for a ‘customizable’ theme, so chances are you’ve got a knack for web design. If you’re interested in playing around with your WordPress site or switching up your theme every few months, consider grabbing a subscription to Envato Elements instead–one annual subscription gives you access to the entire library of WordPress themes and plugins, plus fonts, background patterns, add-ons, stock photos, and more. It’s definitely more of a ‘power-user’ option, but if you’re a designer or you have multiple projects going on at once, it’s a valuable tool.
Here are five particularly standard WordPress themes available on Envato Elements that are super customizable (and some suggested graphics or add-ons to match!)
1. Tinos - Multipurpose WordPress Theme
This theme comes with more than eight different homepage layouts, with options for shopfront, blog, portfolio, 404 pages, and more. It’s feature-heavy without being too complicated.
- Also check out: Scene generator graphic templates, which are a cool way to create a custom homepage image.
2. ALBIST - Creative Multipurpose WordPress Theme
This darker, bold design is a striking antidote to the super-minimal web design trend. This theme has a drag-and-drop page builder included, advanced typography, sliders, and multiple layouts.
- Also download: a handful of interesting stock photos to use as backgrounds for hero images.
3. Gullu - Agency & Multipurpose WordPress Theme
Tech-oriented and modern, Gullu is a cool multipurpose theme. There are a few designs that are very “2018”, like the use of geometric patterns, blob-like photo cutouts, and bold, sans-serif fonts, reminiscent of forward-thinking websites like the Mailchimp homepage.
- Add on: some playful, 3D-like shapes, like these spiral waves or this wavy striped surface.
4. Montserrat - Multipurpose Modern WordPress Theme
Named after a famous font (oh, and a mountain range in Catalunya), Montserrat is a super-customizable theme that has unlimited colors and fonts, SEO-optimization, and advanced page builder capabilities. There’s also Mailchimp integration, Google Maps, video backgrounds–and it’s child theme compatible out of the box, which means endless opportunities for experimentation.
- Add to your library: this theme allows upload for custom fonts - perhaps something from our font library of nearly 2,000 fonts from independent designers?
5. Sartre - Creative Multipurpose WordPress Theme
Geared towards creatives, agencies, and portfolios, this website template has an impressive 24 demos, with 100+ content blocks. Start with a one-click import with a site that most closely matches your own vision–from barbershops to restaurants–and customize from there. Also includes theme support!
- Pairs well with: a few bold Photoshop actions to give all of your images a unique, on-brand style.
Go Forth and Make Your Website Your Own!
With this list of highly customizable WordPress themes, plus a couple of different ways to purchase them, you certainly have enough options to get customizing right away!
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