The Most Popular WordPress Themes

For popularity, think flexibility. Themes that look good and allow for ease of use and modification; themes that are singular enough to reflect your personality or that of your business; themes that easily allow add-ons are the ones with the 5 star ratings. And if they are free, so much the better! Search engine optimization is a plus for all blogs, while Adsense optimization makes sense for business blogs.

Take for instance, the attractive Pink Tulip theme that works with WordPress  – both sweet and smart. You can imagine it to be an instant hit with the early teen female population, just like Simpcalar, which is simple and colorful as the name suggests. Serious bloggers, on the other hand, might opt for a popular WordPress theme called Blackcurrant. Rich as its name, it has better web accessibility, ample room for plugins, sticky post highlighting for the absent-minded and custom callback for threaded comments. Those interested in embellishing their tale with pictures and formats might opt for the Basic Magazine theme while the laconic might choose the austere R755 where content is the be all and end all. Then there’s the Sliding Doors for the systematic, Minimal and Clean Home for the basic-look seekers, Strange Little Town for the fanciful, Desk-mess for the ultra-casual and Elegant Grunge for the chic, image conscious who would like to easily tag their best photographs to the blog. Most of these popular WordPress themes have 2-3 column layouts and a drop down categories menu, which means that you can organize your content attractively and logically. Most of them are widget-ready, so you simply download and attach the new feature to your blog page.

Another versatile theme is the blue and white, oddly-named Fish Lover. The complete support it offers to videos and Adsense makes it the ideal choice for businesses. Ditto for an amazing theme called – Amazing! Or Gear, which comes with a customizable banner. The Corporate theme is more sober and admits customization of intro text. Use the latest version here.

But all popular WordPress themes are not about running businesses. A simple theme called Paper lets artists and crafts-lovers have their fun, as they would on paper; sticking, pasting and folding. There is Acid Rain for the green brigade, Notepad for those who wish to replicate the pen and note pad feel and Aestival for those who need pictures of fruits to remind them of their diet, maybe. The truly unique Atahualpa is rated highly by users of its ultimate customization and professional look. It allows you to practically limitless combinations of themes, admin pages, menus, widths and sidebars. And it offers a choice of 5 languages!

WordPress gives you what you need and more. Most of the popular WordPress themes are widget and SEO friendly and do not require the blogger to know HTML or PHP coding. Moreover, they support tags and plugins and follow the standard Trackback and Pingback methods to link to other sites. Plus, you have a forum to pose your queries. The popularity is clearly justified.