With the drastic rise in internet population over the last decade, corporate organizations have started giving importance on having a professional website for their businesses. They now believe, a large chunk of this population can be converted into potent customers with proper luring.
And interestingly, content management systems like WordPress have made the life of business professional easier. Both small sized business and large sized business companies can think of having their websites within minutes.As per their requirement they can even alter the look of the website, by simply changing the themes, without the assistance of a web developer.
Here, I have listed some of the best WordPress professional themes for online business companies:
1. Karma
Do you blame bad karma for poor search engine visibility? Not anymore. The latest version of Karma business WordPress theme is now completely SEO optimized with inbuilt SEO tools. Built on a very intelligent framework, Karma is the next big thing among WordPress themes. Its amazing 3D sliders, powerful administrative panel and unique page templates, makes it one of the front-runners for the best professional WordPress theme. Immaterial of whether you are a pro or newbie, pile your Karma now.
- Created on: 16th March, 2011
- Latest Version: 20th September, 2012
- Marketed By: ThemeForest
- Price: $40
Key Features
- 100% internationalization and translation ready
- 20 different color schemes
- Drag to share social bookmarking
- Point and click shortcode manager
- Built-in contact form with re-capcha
- Unlimited number of sidebars
- Positive: Only template on ThemeForest to feature the “amazing new CU3ER V1 3D Slider”.
- Negative: Not Responsive. Oh, dear.
2. Office
As the template’s name suggests, Office is a truly corporate styled WordPress theme. Both, its look as well as the features offered have a professional touch. It offers a variety of features ranging from, breadcrumbs, responsive layout, related posts, call to action button, widget rich footer, blog and much more. The interesting part is, each of these jam packed features are optional and can be customized, including the 404 error page. Each and every feature of it is well documented in the form of short videos.
- Created on: 1st March, 2012
- Latest Version: 26th September, 2012
- Marketed By: ThemeForest
- Price: $45
Key Features:
- 7 different types of custom posts
- Main Navigation icon support
- 5 different portfolio post types
- Call to Action button
- Unlimited highlight color option
- Built in bread crumbs
- Offers great flexibility in options
- Positive: Optional Responsive Feature
- Negative: Too much options may be overwhelming for a newbie
3. Dandelion
Dandelion is the grand daddy of the list of professional WordPress themes. Even though this corporate theme was recently revamped with many new features of contemporary business WordPress themes, yet because of its age, many websites may be using the same theme with slight customization. Plus, it still isn’t responsive yet. But the good thing about Dandelion is this elegant theme has powerful admin features and rich documentation. With proper customization, Dandelion may prove to be the best one for your business site.
- Created on: 7th November, 2010
- Latest Version: 4th July, 2012
- Marketed By: Theme Forest
- Price: $45
Key Features:
- Unlimited number of skins and 32 custom patterns
- 4 jQuery sliders for unlimited usage within the website
- Easily change theme style and language translation
- Unlimited portfolio page with elegant pagination
- Ajax contact form with re-captcha functionality
- Detailed documentation and PSD files included
- Positive: Powerful Admin features
- Negative: Elegant but old WordPress theme
4. MayaShop
MayaShop is a multi purpose responsive eCommerce WordPress template from ThemeForest. With the improved MayaShop, you don’t need to step out to sell your products. The newly added social icons list, javascript panel for shopping cart, unlimited header color and uploader, has made MayaShop the preferred WordPress themes for eCommerce websites. It’s true, with this cool theme with plenty of customizable possibilities, “you can sell everything”.
- Created on: 18th April,2012
- Latest Version: 8th September, 2012
- Marketed By: ThemeForest
- Price: $60
Key Features:
- Compatible with WooCommerce and JigoShop plugin
- Display multiple images for products
- 2 different product slider styles
- Boxed or stretched layout
- Easy customizable shopping cart and product details
- More than 300 fonts, with unlimited color combination
- 8 different home page slider
- Unlimited featured tabs to showcase content and/or products
- Positive: Responsive e-Commerce
- Negative: Best sited for websites with shopping portal only
5. Nimble
Wow, what a theme. I loved it. And the best part is, Nimble lives upto its tagline, “simple and powerful”. Nimble is a powerful multi purpose theme equipped with retina display, responsive layout and impressive easily customizable set of features. It is best suited for websites that aims to display a lot of graphical content. Its exclusive features are worth the money.
- Created on: 12th September, 2012
- Latest Version: 15th September, 2012
- Marketed By: ThemeForest
- Price: $50
Key Features:
- Retina display
- Full screen slideshow and 5 awesome sliders
- 8 different layouts for portfolio and albums with Ajax filtering
- 19 custom widgets with unlimited widget areas
- PSD files included, translation ready, password protected posts, pages and albums
- Easy to use layout builder
- Premium class support services
- Positive: Retina Display Ready
- Negative: I failed to find any demerit of this theme. Rating: 9.5/10
If you find my list of WordPress professional themes interesting or want to suggest some better WordPress themes for business, then do mention in the comment section. I would love to try those out and include them in my next post.
