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The Best WordPress Magazine Themes Available

Now that blogs are being used by groups of people (be it businesses, organizations, even schools) just as much as they are individuals, WordPress theme designers have felt that need and have created a number of quality magazine–style themes in response. Some of them are good, some are better, and some are simple outstanding. What follows is a look at them, free or otherwise, and what you need to know before grabbing them.

A Quick Note

This post is a part of a series called WordPress as a Magazine, a series here at Theme Playground all about how WordPress is being used specifically as—you guessed it—a magazine. See the full post listing in the series announcement post.

Grid Focus: Reminds Me Of…

Magazine Themes - Grid Focus

When I look at Grid Focus I can’t help but think of Khoi Vinh’s site. This is a very clean, strong black and white theme. I especially love the tiny descriptions under the links in the menu and the footer.

Magazine Themes - Grid Focus Small Screenshot

I’m a fan of these short links at the bottom of the page.

The biography box at the top right allows for a nice description of the site’s purpose right from the start. This is good practice, especially when you only have a few moments to communicate what your site is about. Those sizes of images are classy, and pretty popular for some time now—just see Flickr’s buddy icons for proof.

Grid Focus sports a popular three column spread with a fat center column for a search bar and the user’s choice of links. Good to have, and this probably wouldn’t be hard to swap out with a list of popular posts or special archive lists.

Finally, one of my favorite parts of this theme (and a big part of what sets it apart) is how the post date is set apart. Off to the right with a horizontal rule—not that common, very unique. Posts are a cornerstone of any theme, and to have something that stands out, in a simple way like that, is something that could stand out to readers as well.

Positives of Grid Focus

  • Black and white creates a clean blank slate appearance
  • Description of site at the top sets the mood for visitors
  • A unique footer makes great use of usually wasted space

Negatives of Grid Focus

  • The default gray may be hard on some visitor’s eyes
  • Again, on color: not too much of it

Links for Grid Focus

Gridlock: Too Hip to be Square Center Aligned

Magazine Themes - Gridlock

Gridlock caught my eye right away, namely because I was involved in a recent logo design where one of the discussed fonts was this one, which I believe is deemed Asenine by Dafont.

But the font isn’t the only reason to check Gridlock out. I love the use of color, the lime green and sharp blue work well together. There’s enough white to work with a lot of content/text, but the touches of color break it up.

Magazine Themes - Gridlock Small Screen

Can’t really complain about a great bio box, no matter whether your site is a blog or a magazine site.

I have to say I’m not a fan of left–aligned layouts, but that may only be because I’ve tried before and have never been able to get them to work. Grid Focus does a good job, but I can’t say I’m completely convinced of this layout yet.

I do, however, like the post–stacked–on–two–posts thing. It gives a good feel, and may be just the right blend of blog and magazine for the average user. Of course, that has the disadvantage of not appearing quite as much like a magazine to those looking for something very much on that end of the spectrum.

Worth mentioning are the cute In the Present and In the Past headings above the most recent post and the second most recent post. I don’t know, stuff like that is cool and usually grabs me. Personality in a theme is a good thing, since most bloggers have, well, a personality.

Positives of Gridlock

  • Touches of green/blue create a nice balance
  • Cool asterisk for the about box

Negatives of Gridlock

  • Left alignment may turn off some
  • May not be as extensive a magazine theme as some would like
  • Not a lot of use of symbols in the sidebar, something bloggers like

Links for Gridlock

Mimbo: Sounds Like…

Magazine Themes - Mimbo

In putting together this post, I happened across Mimbo and noticed the design because, believe it or not, I sketched out a very similar idea for a future theme just a day or two earlier. Not that anyone will ever believe me, of course. So good work, Darren, and I promise I won’t follow through with thievery.

Magazine Themes - Mimbo Small Screenshot

Works well if you’re working with issues, or a set of posts updating at a time.

While the three feature stories on the right of the header may seem static, they are very much dynamic and how to work them up (along with other features of the theme) are worked out in great detail in the author’s detailed instruction post. Like many advanced theme authors (The Morning After, below, utilizes this method) Darren here is using custom fields to tuck extra information into posts—in this case, images.

Everything called on the front page are dynamic, including a list of the year’s posts, multiple spots of single posts from categories, and a piece of the about page.

Oh, and you have to love the name Mimbo. Kind of like mambo, sounds like bimbo. Anyone know the story on that? Edit: Come to find out it’s pulled from an episode of Seinfeld. It’s a bimbo who happens to be a man. Thanks, Darren.

Positives of Mimbo

  • Prominent search bar up top
  • Consistent and modest color scheme throughout
  • Awesome author box on single post views

Negatives of Mimbo

  • Lots of empty space—not sure the best use of resources
  • Lacks personality (tough one to verbalize!)

Links for Mimbo

The Morning After: Playground Tested, Playground Approved

Magazine Themes - The Morning After

To be honest, I have a bit of an affinity for The Morning After. After all, I’m using it for this blog. That in itself should be a review in itself, eh?

Magazine Themes - The Morning After Small Screenshot

This is one of the cleanest featured post boxes I’ve seen.

The Morning After features a beautifully sophisticated color scheme and subtle design decisions which add to the overall package. One of my favorite aspects is the search bar prominently at the top—similar to the one in Gardner’s Revolution Theme (see below). I like this technique, and paired with the tight menu items underneath.

There is one downside to the current version of TMA, and that is it doesn’t support widgets. This can be a big downside, especially with anyone uncomfortable with editing code. If that’s you, you may need to have someone who can help you out.

Speaking of code: this code is excellently organized and thought through. After using TMA for a couple of weeks now, I have been able to add and adapt this theme to my needs. I’ve heard a bunch of other bloggers praising it, and I can’t imagine letting go of it any time soon.

Positives of The Morning After

  • Clean, professional design
  • Feature posts and aside lists
  • Flexible code structure and expandability

Negatives of The Morning After

  • No sidebar widgets
  • Some trouble with WordPress 2.3
  • Somewhat small text and light link colors

Links for The Morning After

Nautica–Magazine: Blue Like Water

Magazine Themes - Nautica-Magazine

Nautica stands out for it’s strong use of blue, but it clashes in my eyes with the image that was chosen for the header. Simply changing that to a more neutral image would help this theme leaps and bounds.

Magazine Themes - Nautica-Magazine Small Screenshot

Spotlights and feature stories get an especially clean treatment, as you can see.

The large width buttons for navigation is cool, and the highlighting works, and is reminiscent of Grid Lock (above) and that method of styling links. But then the potential sleek qualities of the theme which begin with the menu are lost, to me, when we get to the main content areas.

The content only has room for around 5–10 words per line, which isn’t quite enough to avoid my feeling crowded while reading it. I will say that the single post view opens it up a bit, but all that makes me want is to have more space on the homepage even more.

That, and the links in the sidebar on the right don’t seem to be styled much; kind of boring.

Positives of Nautica–Magazine

  • Blue color is nice (I’m a fan)
  • Gross image in header— change it right away

Negatives of Nautica–Magazine

  • Definitely more crowded than the rest covered here
  • Poorly–styled sidebars

Links for Nautica–Magazine

Revolution Theme: Couldn’t be a Ballsier Name

Magazine Themes - Revolution Theme

It’s not possible to write about magazine themes for WordPress without talking about Brian Gardner’s Revolution Theme. Brian has caused waves with his theme, and his success can be seen on the showcase page of his site. A lot of people have purchased his theme.

Magazine Themes - Revolution Theme Small Screenshot

Feature pages can be highlighted with the boxes on the lower half of the theme.

That’s right, Revolution Theme costs a few dollars. But if the alternative is paying a designer to work for you, I could see the advantage in dropping a few bucks. Each installation of Revolution will cost $59.

Revolution is a very simple, highly customizable theme. The front page has a welcome and a short sidebar, plus small feature sections with very attractive wide images. Four page templates come packaged with it, including a feature page, two single post pages, and a three column news page.

If Revolution has you thinking, maybe even your eyes wide, I would highly suggest you read about Revolution News Theme below as well.

Positives of Revolution Theme

  • White and black give lots of people ideas
  • Plenty of template pages for interesting sites
  • Top–notch designers willing to customize it

Negative of Revolution Theme

  • Costs a few bucks

Links for Revolution Theme

Revolution News Theme: New and Improved


Magazine Themes - Revolution News Theme

Okay, so after reading about the Revolution Theme your first question must be What’s the difference between these two? First of all, I think it’s nice to see a rendition of Revolution with some color—just to show Brian’s capable!

Well, I’m one of the lucky few who has had hands on experience with Revolution, and from what I can tell (and what Brian has explained to me!) the generic Revolution Theme is meant for all people, especially for the means of customization. However Revolution News Theme is meant to work much easier straight out of the box for those running a news outlet of some sort. Key features include a box that dynamically updates depending on which tab above it is selected (See small screenshot to the right).

And you will definitely feel like the owner of a news outlet, because there is a huge space for an ad above the fold and to the right. I would suggest getting ride o this or moving it. Because otherwise it makes the most important part of your site a den of advertisers. Not quite as bad as one of thieves, but you get the idea.

Overall you get the idea that Revolution could be something for anybody, whereas Brian is set out to make more targeted versions for specific audiences. Just hope you are one of them!

Positives of Revolution News Theme

  • Could benefit lots of different groups
  • Cool blue color

Negative of Revolution News Theme

  • Costs a few bucks (same as RT)

Links for Revolution News Theme

Simplicity: Say no More

Magazine Themes - Simplicity

Probably the best part about Simplicity is that it has potential to be modified to even greater heights than it currently sits upon.

Magazine Themes - Simplicity Small Screenshot

Tabbed navigation is a key indication of a magazine theme.

Only on second glance did Simplicity truly show to be a magazine theme. At first glance it doesn’t seem much more than a standard blog theme. But then again, with a feature post location (with optional image) and a number of places for other posts to sit. The sidebar can hold a paragraph nicely and there are two large places for ads above the fold (with one below). Part of me thinks that’s a bit too much.

It is worth mentioning (since I didn’t catch it at first) that the image right at the fold promoting a website is actually a placeholder for an ad space.

Positives of Simplicity

  • Has good potential for modifications
  • Good spacing for content

Negative of Simplicity

  • Can’t handle a lot of news
  • Rightmost sidebar seems a little lonely below the fold

Links for Simplicity

Victoria

Magazine Themes - Victoria

Victoria has a color scheme that I really enjoy, and the structure excites me (from a distance). I really wish I could catch an original demo site to experience it fully. It is available for download, however, so it’s not that it isn’t available. What would be the point of talking about something not available?

I love brown.

From what I can tell, this blog allows for a blog post over the top of two other blog posts, something I’ve always thought would be cool for a blog. But is it cool enough for a magazine? Honestly, it doesn’ seem cool enough to be a magazine theme quite yet. It should be able to hold and display more content on the front page.

Positives of Victoria

  • Awesome color, stands out in this list
  • Clean style, perfect for certain blogs

Negative of Victoria

  • Doesn’t hold much content

Links for Victoria

Ygo CMS

Magazine Themes - YGO CMS

Ygo reminds me more of a news aggregation site than it does a magazine blog of some sort. I think it’s the four column front page that makes me think that.

Magazine Themes - Ygo CMS Small Screenshot

There are elements at the bottom of the theme that stand out, so don’t forget about it.

Inside pages are only three column, with the large one being in the middle.

The comment styling is pretty unique on Ygo, and was one of the first things I noticed. Sidebars are consistently styled throughout, and you never really have the feeling of leaving the theme’s look and feel. Say what you will of the four column layout, but this one was done pretty well.

One sort of confusion, on the design side of things, has to do with the floral effect up on the right background of the header. I don’t really see this carried into any other part of the design, which makes for a slightly lopsided design. Maybe I should recede my consistency comment?

Positives of Ygo CMS

  • Has lots of potential as a link/aggregate theme
  • Consistency is maintained

Negative of Ygo CMS

  • Unable to post very large images to the front page
  • Four columns may be too much; cuts off text

Links for Ygo CMS

More to Come

This isn’t the end of our coverage of WordPress as a Magazine. Be sure to keep an eye on Theme Playground and subscribe to our feed.

211 responses to “The Best WordPress Magazine Themes Available”

  1. #1. Theme Playground | WordPress as a Magazine on October 5th, 2007 at 7:06 am

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  2. #2. Darren on October 5th, 2007 at 7:29 am

    Ryan: Much thanks for reviewing Mimbo in this article. I’ll give you a hint as to the origins of the word ;)

    With regard to the actual design and whitespace, this theme was always meant to be a skeleton that designers would fill in later with color, graphics and so forth. The base installation intentionally features no graphics or colors, just pure CSS.

    A more advanced version of Mimbo should be out in a month or so - keep the feature recommendations coming.

  3. #3. Charity on October 5th, 2007 at 11:59 am

    What a great post Ryan! I recently did a similar write-up (from a slightly different perspective), but you’ve pointed out a few that I didn’t know about - thanks!

  4. #4. Ryan on October 5th, 2007 at 1:41 pm

    @Darren: Thanks for the input, I corrected the post. I’m a Seinfeld fan too, so I feel pretty silly.

    Let me know when the new version of Mimbo goes up, I’d love to post an update.

    @Charity: Thanks for the link, and the compliment. You’re welcome!


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  6. #6. Edwin on October 5th, 2007 at 2:07 pm

    I agree with your post on TMA. If it wasn’t for the problems that it has for me, with 2.3, I would certainly use it.

  7. #7. Ryan on October 5th, 2007 at 2:09 pm

    What if I could provide a post on upgrading TMA to work with 2.3? I know the author has it in her plans to update it, but I could document the changes I’ve made here if you like.

    Let me know and I’ll add it to me To Write list.

  8. #8. G on October 5th, 2007 at 2:56 pm

    Ryan,
    have you tried Trevilian Way ?

  9. #9. Edwin on October 5th, 2007 at 3:22 pm

    Ryan, that would be great :)

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  11. #11. Matthew Clapp on October 5th, 2007 at 4:07 pm

    I have a demo of Victoria up at:

    http://www.nautis.com/beta/

    The name of the theme is actually, Shiny. It came from the Digital Photography Blogs by gluedideas.com. I’ve added some additional features like a rotating images (which, btw, disappear with Firefox ad blocker).

    It’s a great theme but it is not configurable. All of the changes are done in the code. You can download the original here.

  12. #12. Brian on October 5th, 2007 at 4:42 pm

    the morning after gets my dick hard - haven’t used it yet but strongly considering switching from my custom theme to it - if it’s not compatible but you’ve done work to get it to be (and it is an involved process) then by all means, yes, write up what you did - that alone would get me to return to your site

  13. #13. dotBen on October 5th, 2007 at 5:43 pm

    GridLock is being used on the Bubbletop Foundry site: http://dev.bubbletop.com

  14. #14. tricky on October 5th, 2007 at 6:48 pm

    I’d like to show a very magazine´sque theme i developed:

    http://www.elitechile.cl/cat/magazine

  15. #15. Jack on October 5th, 2007 at 7:51 pm

    Nice done Ryan. thanks for the list. i think, the morning after is the winner :)

    oh and here is the live demo of Gridlock.

    http://likesimon.com/index.php?wptheme=Gridlock

    thanks


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  20. #20. Bernhard on October 6th, 2007 at 2:13 am

    Ryan, concerning Revolution News: Where can I find this tabbed sidebar?
    Maybe I am blind?!

  21. #21. jayhan on October 6th, 2007 at 2:13 am

    great post!

    actually i have the same feeling as you, when i saw the screenshot of Grid Focus, damn look alike except without the dog

  22. #22. Edwin on October 6th, 2007 at 4:15 am

    Got TMA working, with help of one of the comments on the authors site.

    Hope there will be a widget version of it coming soon :)


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  25. #25. ram on October 6th, 2007 at 6:48 am

    Nice list, i didn’t some of them before. Grid focus and morning after are good ones

  26. #26. cenourinha on October 6th, 2007 at 6:50 am

    Great themes… but i would like a geek one…
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    Maybe the terminal theme
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  29. #29. Dave J. (Scoop0901) on October 6th, 2007 at 10:20 am

    I like many of the themes Brian Gardner has done, including the two Revolution themes and his Blue Zinfandel Enhanced theme.

    Thanks for some extra sites and resources! Keep up the great work!

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  45. #45. rightwingprof on October 7th, 2007 at 2:59 am

    Morning After: Horizontal scroll at standard screen resolution (800×600), therefore, unacceptable. In fact, that’s the problem with at least 90% of the fluid-width themes for wordpress. I’m not sure who sent out the memo that standard screen resolution had expanded to 1024×768, but the memo is wrong. Over half of my readers view at 800×600.

    Nautica: Fixed-width, therefore too much wasted space.

    Revolution (and R News): Same problem as Morning After. Not 800×600 readable.

    Simplicity: Ditto.

    Ygo: I agree. Four columns is too much, and too crowded.

  46. #46. Emperor on October 7th, 2007 at 5:41 am

    I’m like a chameleon, changing my colours “theme” every so often. Most of those themes I’ve seen before but there are a few I must definitely try out.


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  61. #61. Victoria Theme Demo on October 8th, 2007 at 4:59 pm

    Here is a demo for the amazing Victoria theme. It was amazingly simple to install and configure, thanks Ryan!

  62. #62. pmpfan on October 9th, 2007 at 1:02 am

    Revolution news is almost ideal for the news site, too sad it’s not free :(
    Ryan, thanks for the list!

  63. #63. Ianternet on October 9th, 2007 at 5:56 am

    the revolution theme is great - brian just came out with a new one too - the News Revolution!

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  70. #70. Photoshop Tutorials on October 9th, 2007 at 8:29 pm

    Simplicity and Revolution themes are superb.


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  72. #72. links for 2007-10-10 « toonz on October 10th, 2007 at 4:22 pm

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  73. #73. Unatine :: blog : links for 2007-10-10 on October 10th, 2007 at 5:32 pm

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  74. […] The Best WordPress Magazine Themes AvailableAn overview of elegant Wordpress-Themes which can be used as prototypes for online-magazines. Most themes offer brilliant typography and thought-out site structure. The overview includes The Morning After Theme, Revolution Theme and Grid Focus. […]

  75. #75. Wordpress Themes | Web Mastery on October 11th, 2007 at 1:17 am

    […] The Best WordPress Magazine Themes Available - Now that blogs are being used by groups of people (be it businesses, organizations, even schools) just as much as they are individuals, WordPress theme designers have felt that need and have created a number of quality magazine–style themes in response. Some of them are good, some are better, and some are simple outstanding[…] […]


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  77. #77. Blogopoly | OMG, blogopoly gets a facelift on October 11th, 2007 at 11:50 am

    […] να ρίξετε μια ματιά στο post του για τα καλύτερα Wordpress Magazine Themes, ένα από τα οποία είναι και το “The morning […]


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  79. #79. george on October 12th, 2007 at 2:02 am

    mimbo is a great theme, just launched a online magazine with it. Its really customizable. Jus gotta have a bit of patience.

  80. #80. links for 2007-10-12 » The Gryphin Experience on October 12th, 2007 at 1:24 pm

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  81. […] Wordpress’i bir çoğumuz blog yazılımı olarak kullanıyoruz. Oysa Wordpress, üzerinde biraz uğraşıldığı takdirde online bir dergi ya da bir internet gazetesi için mükemmel bir alt yapı sağlayabilir. Eğer WordPress’i online bir dergi ya da bir internet gazetesi amacıyla kullanmak isterseniz Theme Playground’un en iyi WordPress magazin temalarına yer verdiği yazısına bir göz atın. […]


  82. […] The Best WordPress Magazine Themes Available - […]

  83. #83. Revue de presse | Simple Entrepreneur on October 14th, 2007 at 3:16 am

    […] The Best WordPress Magazine Themes Available Une liste de thèmes pour la plateforme de publication Wordpress très réussis. Il s’agit de thèmes avec une présentation de type ‘magazine’. Devant le succès de cette compilation, l’auteur a même récidivé. […]

  84. #84. Suzanne of New Affiliate Discoveries on October 14th, 2007 at 8:25 am

    Ryan, thansk for the review of these sites. I saw this post earlier in the week, and it took me all week to find it again! I’m featuring it in this week’s Sunday Seven.


  85. […] Ryan at Theme garden reviews  The best word press Magazine Themes.  Magazine style themes are great for content that you want to annotate with regular photos, blogs […]

  86. #86. Krishna on October 15th, 2007 at 12:19 am

    Thank you for this excellent post. What I am asking may be out of context. But, can you tell how you could get to insert two columns in this post while enumerating the positives and the negatives?

  87. #87. Mark Franklin on October 15th, 2007 at 12:34 pm

    Creative synthesis (I use their recycled canvas theme) just came out with a magazine style theme at http://www.creativesynthesis.net/blog/2007/10/15/colorful-magazine-for-wordpress-23-commercially-available/

  88. #88. Ryan on October 17th, 2007 at 6:07 am

    Sure thing Krishna:

    First, I don’t use the advanced visual editor when writing posts. I type the HTML directly in. So I create a div with a class=”inline-list” and then made the ul and li’s within it. Then all it really takes is a float: left in the CSS to make it happen. Does that make sense?

    If you like that, be sure and pick up the feed at my personal blog, ryanimel.com. I usually document any CSS tricks I use over there.


  89. […] Theme Playground | The Best WordPress Magazine Themes Available (tags: wordpress blogging) […]

  90. #90. مجله mimbo « مزيدی WEB 2.0 on October 20th, 2007 at 2:59 pm

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  91. #91. Michael Clark on October 21st, 2007 at 8:32 pm

    Simplicity is now at least $49. Too bad, it looked like a useful design.

  92. #92. links for 2007-10-22 : nicharalambous.com on October 22nd, 2007 at 7:22 am

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  93. #93. Thèmes WordPress : votre blog en magazine on October 22nd, 2007 at 10:23 am

    […] qui donneront à votre blog une allure de magazine, alors les liens suivants vont vous intéresser. The Best WordPress Magazine Themes Available a fait une petite liste de thèmes pour WordPress qui vont transformer votre blog et votre façon […]


  94. […] Ultimamente va di gran moda trasformare il proprio blog in vero magazine online: per farlo, basta un semplice template, e, in questo caso, nemmeno un centesimo. Di temi adatti per questo scopo ce ne sono tanti, oggi ne vediamo 3, quelli più recenti, se ne volete altri il mio consiglio è quello di consultare l’ottimo articolo di ThemePlayground, che potete trovare qui. […]

  95. #95. floyd on October 29th, 2007 at 1:13 am

    another nice magazine/newspaper like theme in my sight is overstand theme by fakeblog.de

    very clear and structured layout combined with huge headlines. i think this is a nice one, too.

    best regards
    floyd


  96. […] Ultimamente va di gran moda trasformare il proprio blog in vero magazine online: per farlo, basta un semplice template, e, in questo caso, nemmeno un centesimo. Di temi adatti per questo scopo ce ne sono tanti, oggi ne vediamo 3, quelli pi recenti, se ne volete altri il mio consiglio quello di consultare lottimo articolo di ThemePlayground, che potete trovare qui. […]

  97. #97. Alex on October 30th, 2007 at 9:53 am

    You’v emissed one that I think needs a review: http://typepress.net/wordpress/avant-gridline/

  98. #98. Temi Wordpress per Giornali Online on November 2nd, 2007 at 6:47 am

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  99. […] thanks to various blogs who’ve featured Mimbo: Weblog Tools Collection, Theme Playground, CSS Juice, Clazh, WP Theme Gallery and […]

  100. #100. Matt Ellsworth on November 4th, 2007 at 5:14 pm

    great summary - I had been looking for some of these. I’m glad I stumbled here.

  101. #101. pink on November 6th, 2007 at 2:44 pm

    ryan,
    thanks for your recommendations. i used your list to choose Victoria for my personal blog site. your article was very informative — thanks!

    my personal site is password protected, but if you (Ryan) shoot me an email (to the one i entered); i’d be happy to let you browse and take a look…

    doesn’t much help you to list my site as a “live demo,” since it is pw protected; but thought you might be interested just the same.

    thanks again for your efforts!


  102. […] (or whateva name they call them). Its gonna be exciting to create one later. *hint hint* Check out some collections for quick examples of magazine style. The FTW award goes to Mimbo and The Morning After […]


  103. […] http://themeplayground.com/the-best-wordpress-magazine-themes-available […]


  104. […] there has been a move towards magazine style layouts, which makes things considerably more interesting, but once you get past the homepage things are […]


  105. […] The Best WordPress Magazine Themes Available Eine Übesicht von Wordpress-Themes mit dem Magazin-Look. Darunter unter anderem The Morning After und Grid Focus. […]


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  108. #108. chedonline.com » Wordpress Magazine Themes on November 14th, 2007 at 9:24 pm

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  110. #110. DoubleDT on November 15th, 2007 at 7:02 pm

    I think I should change the design of my weblog.

  111. #111. 2007年10月小结 | mashableCN on November 16th, 2007 at 11:24 am

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  112. […] magazine themes. Theme Playground also reviews several other magazine-style themes that I didnt’ know about and thus haven’t explored yet. Design Adapations also talks […]

  113. #113. bLuefRogX on November 20th, 2007 at 5:21 pm

    Good stuff :)

  114. #114. Whatever-ishere on November 21st, 2007 at 8:39 am

    thanks for the GREAT post! Very useful…


  115. […] Lijstje goede Wordpress themes in magazine-style […]

  116. #116. snehal on November 23rd, 2007 at 5:23 am

    seems like there is a competition upcoming in market. check the site http://wpremix.com/home/

  117. #117. Ryan on November 23rd, 2007 at 8:21 pm

    Hey thanks for that link, Snehal. I’ll check it out.

    And thanks for commenting on my blog!


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  119. #119. David on November 27th, 2007 at 2:17 pm

    I just bought a magazine news style theme also at http://www.artculture.com/art-culture/magazine-news-wordpress-theme and I love it. Just thought I add to the list maybe. I looked here when was looking

  120. #120. Thad on November 28th, 2007 at 3:20 pm

    Visualization is a minimal, paid, grid-based, magazine-style theme with widget support and ajax sidebar to maximize the real estate on the homepage. Demo and download info available here:
    http://thadallender.com/2007/11/27/visualization-wordpress-magazine-theme/


  121. […] Wordpress teması var. Fakat bu temaların bir çoğu iki veya üç kolonlu klasik bir yapıda. Burada kolonlu temalardan sıkılanlar için 10 adet magazin tipi Wordpress teması artı ve eksi yönleri […]

  122. #122. H-Yaman » Haftalık Haber Turu-30 on December 11th, 2007 at 2:31 am

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  123. #123. Matty on December 12th, 2007 at 9:59 pm

    Many of these themes are now charging. Kind of silly considering they’re mostly modifications of themes like Grid Focus and Mimbo. I can’t imagine anyone with even a bit of php knowledge would want to pay for them, unless they’re desperate. Hopefully trying to make a quick buck off something which originally was free won’t become the norm with the Wordpress theme community.


  124. […] organised format that makes it easier to mine for information. Currently there are a number of magazine designs out there that are attempting to do […]

  125. #125. Tyler on December 13th, 2007 at 5:21 am

    I am using Victoria at this site:

    http://www.oitajets.com/

  126. #126. links for 2007-12-21 | Stephan Miller on December 21st, 2007 at 5:22 am

    […] Theme Playground | The Best WordPress Magazine Themes Available Here’s a good list of magazine themes to choose from. (tags: wordpress themes magazine) […]


  127. […] Wordpress teması var. Fakat bu temaların bir çoğu iki veya üç kolonlu klasik bir yapıda. Burada kolonlu temalardan sıkılanlar için 10 adet magazin tipi Wordpress teması artı ve eksi yönleri […]


  128. […] von speziellen Wordpress-Templates hingewiesen, die ich Euch nicht vorenthalten möchte: The Best WordPress Magazine Themes Available. Zusätzlich zu Structure;) Artikelzusatzinfos 1. Tags: wordpress templates 2. Related […]

  129. #129. Heidi on December 28th, 2007 at 6:24 am

    very nice list, thx for collecting…

  130. #130. Coole Wordpress-Themes on December 28th, 2007 at 2:34 pm

    […] paar coole Wordpress-Themes im Magazine-Style gibt es bei Theme Playground zu sehen. Da könnte mir schon das ein oder andere von gefallen. Ich habe mir schon lange eine […]

  131. #131. Eli on December 29th, 2007 at 4:09 am

    Hi, thank you so much for this great compilation! I am just working on adapting Victoria for my blog. Since I blog in German I will have to spend some time on localisation. I will let you know when I am done. That will give you the Demo-Site you were asking for :)

    Nice Greetings from Germany!

    Eli

  132. #132. Nick on December 29th, 2007 at 6:19 am

    Hi Ryan!

    Nice collection! I am also a big fan of “the morning after”.

    It is a great theme with a great (support) community:

    http://themasterplan.in/discuss/

    Nick

  133. #133. Neue WP Themes - Punctilio on December 30th, 2007 at 2:16 am

    […] von Chris (übrigens ein netter Blog den ich nicht kante), habe ich noch weitere, sehr interessante Themes entdeckt. Alle samt eher Themes die in Richtung Magazin gehen. Besonders gut gefällt mir unter […]

  134. #134. eliwagar - Blog Archive » Meine neue Theme on December 30th, 2007 at 6:52 am

    […] Darauf gestoßenbin ich über Robert Basic, der den Tipp wiederum von Chris hatte, der bei Theme Playground auf eine Sammlung von Wordpress Templates im “Magazin-Stil” gestoßen war. Dort war […]


  135. […] The Best WordPress Magazine Themes Available […]

  136. #136. Links für den 01.01.2008 at sondala on December 31st, 2007 at 10:28 pm

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  138. #138. Susanne F on January 4th, 2008 at 2:12 pm

    I just love the Victoria theme, it is beautiful.

    I use it on my personal blog: http://susanne.ws - .

    Not sure how good it will be on a professional blog.


  139. […] less yellow and laid out differently.) Other magazine themes. Theme Playground also reviews several other magazine-style themes that I didnt’ know about and thus haven’t explored yet. Design Adapations also talks about […]


  140. […] Sofa rum und arbeite an einem Relaunch. In der Szene hatte ich interessante Infos über Wordpress Themes im Magazin Style gelesen und mir gefielen die Möglichkeiten ziemlich gut. Mein Business-Blog, das ich mit […]


  141. […] Wordpress teması var. Fakat bu temaların bir çoğu iki veya üç kolonlu klasik bir yapıda. Burada kolonlu temalardan sıkılanlar için 10 adet magazin tipi Wordpress teması artı ve eksi yönleri […]

  142. #142. Barbara on January 7th, 2008 at 12:57 pm

    We’re using Victoria on our site.
    http://www.mom2momlounge.com

    We wanted something where we could have our own blog posts and feature articles as well and it works for us and we love the color scheme.


  143. […] Best WordPress Magazine Themes […]


  144. […] Best WordPress Magazine Themes […]

  145. #145. rausgebloggt.de on January 10th, 2008 at 9:50 am

    Coole frische WordPress Themes

    Zunächst wurde ich über Roberts Blog auf mehrere WordPress Themevarianten aufmerksam, die allesamt im sogenannten “Magazin Style” daherkommen. Ausgesprochen gut gefiel mir dabei das Structure Theme. Passend dazu gab es später einen Link zum Artike…

  146. #146. Rapidshare Bloggers on January 12th, 2008 at 9:41 am

    Cool list .. Thanks for the share.. Some commercial ones are quite expensive


  147. […] Themebeispiele gibt es hier:http://themeplayground.com/the-best-wordpress-magazine-themes-available […]

  148. #148. amalga•muse Wordpress Theme on January 14th, 2008 at 2:42 am

    […] my first attempt to create a magazine-style Wordpress template.  Ryan of Theme Playground notes in a review of magazine-style themes that such themes are a necessary response to the changes in the way blogs are utilized: “Now […]

  149. #149. 5 kostenpflichtige Magazine Themes on January 14th, 2008 at 9:46 am

    […] dass das hier eine gute Auswahl ist. Wer lieber etwas kostenloses sucht, sollte mal beim Themeplayground vorbei […]

  150. #150. 100 af de bedste WordPress-temaer (themes) on January 15th, 2008 at 5:41 am

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  151. #151. Korku on January 15th, 2008 at 11:39 am

    Cool list .. Thanks for the share..Very much beatiful wordpress themes..Teşekkürler


  152. […] Theme Playground […]


  153. […] ganz gute Auflistung (weitestgehend) kostenloser Magazin Themes gibt´s hier. Allerdings sehe ich Grid Focus, das Theme, dass ich auch für diese Site verwende, nicht als […]

  154. #154. Resurse pentru teme Wordpress | CNET.ro on January 21st, 2008 at 12:56 pm

    […] 15. Justintadlock.com - Structure Theme: Temă recentă (decembrie 2007) pentru sit de ştiri sau tip magazin. O colecţie de alte teme specializate pe ştiri/magazine găsiţi aici. […]


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  156. #156. Drupal das neue Wordpress? - Webmaster Forum on January 24th, 2008 at 5:35 am

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  157. #157. xehhor on January 26th, 2008 at 8:01 am

    How do I get in contact with tricky, the user that postat the 11 comment in this page?


  158. […] Best Magazine-Style Themes […]


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  160. #160. Uchu Keling on February 5th, 2008 at 8:34 pm

    The working demo for Victoria is at http://uchukeling.com/blog/

  161. #161. 100 Excellent Free WordPress Themes | Chloee on February 6th, 2008 at 3:57 am

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  162. #162. hiegl.net - Optimales Theme für mich gefunden on February 6th, 2008 at 7:21 am

    […] Bloglayout und modernem Magazinstyle. Die beste Übersicht dazu bekommt man aktuell beim themeplayground. Dort wird selbst The Morning After genutzt, mit welchem ich in den letzten Tagen auch etwas […]

  163. #163. Ronny on February 6th, 2008 at 9:24 am

    I love GRIDLOCK. Thats a useful theme..

  164. #164. MyDeskBlog.com on February 7th, 2008 at 9:54 am

    Way cool Wordpress theme designs here. I’m pretty inspired by some of them designs. Good spotting!

  165. #165. another host? « Scripture & Theology on February 13th, 2008 at 11:48 am

    […] February 13, 2008 · No Comments Hey guys.  I’ve put up another, similar page on my own domain: http://www.danieldriver.com/testpgs/.The point is not to snatch away what we’ve started, but to give us the option of putting it all under a proper domain name, such as what KD started. We can be much more flexible with host options, too, and I think I’ve found a descent one for a text dominant site.For a list of other similar styles in this vein, see here: http://www.themeplayground.com/the-best-wordpress-magazine-themes-available  […]


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  167. #167. Maurice on February 18th, 2008 at 4:09 am

    Yo,
    really great themes list.
    I would like to thank you.


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  170. #170. KARAN on February 23rd, 2008 at 4:52 pm

    nice and useful themes

  171. #171. Woody on February 25th, 2008 at 6:28 pm

    Great links, just what I was looking for!


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  173. […] Theme Playground gibt es eine recht ausführliche Analyse der “Best WordPress Magazine Themes“. Die Themes von Justin Tadlock möchte ich […]

  174. #174. Blogg eller nettside? on February 27th, 2008 at 1:29 pm

    […] til spesielt Wordpress eksplodert i retning av såkalte “Magazine Style Themes”. http://www.themeplayground.com har laget en oversikt over de beste “Magazine Style Themene” til […]

  175. #175. zahid on February 27th, 2008 at 1:46 pm

    You have an excellent collection of magazine themes posted here. I am personally using The Morning After and I believe it to be the only free theme that has all the functionality of premium theme…

  176. #176. » 我要努力之把theme弄好 | atdesign on February 27th, 2008 at 5:08 pm