Whether you’re a photographer, artist, fashion designer, creative agency or marketing expert, showcasing your projects is the best way to demonstrate your talent online. There are many web platforms designed to help you show off your skills to prospective clients, but designing your own portfolio site with WordPress is one of the best ways to have complete control, and present your work the way you want.
There are countless portfolio themes available to WordPress users, but we’ve selected five of the best to get you started.
Divi by Elegant Themes
Divi is an advanced portfolio theme offers tons of customization options for users who want full control over their online presence and talent showcase.
Available from Elegant Themes as part of a package from just $39, it features:
- Simple drag and drop builder
- Huge collection of modules
- Custom CSS options
- Pre-made layouts to jump-start your design
- Responsive design for mobile and tablet viewing
- Unlimited color options
- eCommerce integration
- Support for various content types
View the Divi live demo to see if it will fit your online portfolio needs.
Ink by ThemeTrust
Ink is a simple but high-impact WordPress theme that is designed to put your work at the forefront and showcase your portfolio in an elegant and creative way.
Available from Themetrust for $49, it features:
- Ability to set full-screen background images to give each project or post personality
- Responsive layout for viewing on all devices
- Slideshow shortcode to showcase any group of images
- Custom widgets
- Logo upload
- Buttons shortcode
- Localization support
- Theme options for easy customization
- Multi-column layouts with shortcodes
- Video support
- Smoothly animated filtering
- Google Web Fonts integration
- Multiple page templates
- Page specific backgrounds
View the Ink live demo to see if it will fit your online portfolio needs.
Maximize by WooThemes
Maximize is an image-focused, full-width WordPress theme offering an impressive full-page first impression, and intuitive navigation to prompt visitors to view your content.
Available from WooThemes from $99, it features:
- Unique homepage layout
- Carefully placed slide-out navigation
- Unobtrusive sidebar
- Features by WooThemes integration
- Testimonials by WooThemes integration
- Custom widgets
- Multiple styling options
- Responsive and scalable design for viewing on all devices
- Image and gallery format support
View the Maximize live demo to see if it will fit your online portfolio needs.
Sparks by ThemeZilla
Sparks is a modern portfolio theme for WordPress with a classic-chic twist, offering an elegant homepage and clean portfolio pages options for businesses and individuals who like to keep it simple.
Available from ThemeZilla for $59, it features:
- Custom backgrounds for each portfolio or post
- Accent color control
- Full multimedia support
- Fully responsive design for viewing on all devices
- Localization support
- Cross-browser support
- Custom-built widgets
- Built-in SEO
- Custom page templates
View the Sparks live demo to see if it will fit your online portfolio needs.
Wynn by BrandExponents
Wynn is a slick and stylish responsive WordPress theme, ideal for agencies, freelancers and all creative looking to show off their talents in an online portfolio.
Available from ThemeForest for $55, it features:
- Four high impact portfolio styles
- Range of single-page gallery styles
- Comprehensive visual page builder
- Parallax sections
- WooCommerce support
- Unlimited color options
- Google Fonts integration
- Video backgrounds
- SEO friendly Ajax and HTML5
- Advanced control settings
View the Wynn live demo to see if it will fit your online portfolio needs.
What are you looking for in a portfolio theme to showcase your talents? If you need something specific let us know, and we can help you with some recommendations!
