Responsive web design aims to display a website correctly across all devices including mobiles, tablets, laptops and desktop computers. Designs that have been optimised correctly will look good on any resolution, browser and device.
This is achieved in a number of ways including using percentages for widths instead of a defined number of pixels. Another useful trick is CSS3 media queries that define how your website is styled differently when it is viewed on particular devices. For example, the width of your page will automatically be adjusted when viewed on a mobile phone.
WordPress designers know the importance of responsive design in today’s mobile world, which is why most new WordPress themes are responsive. In this article, we at WP Squared would like to share with you sixty five of the best responsive WordPress themes on the market.
1. Elaborate
A clean WordPress theme that allows you to build the website you want using a drag and drop page builder. It includes a layer slider and a jQuery powered drop down menu.
2. PixelWhiz
A portfolio theme that was designed for you to show off your work. It comes with four unique colour schemes.
3. Alyeska
A flexible WordPress theme that features custom sliders, lightbox integration and a layout builder. There are several colour schemes to choose from and the design has been optimised for high pixel density devices.
4. WP-Responsive
A modern corporate WordPress theme that includes a post slider, multiple home page layouts and a portfolio template. Advertisements can easily be inserted into many locations within the design too.
5. Avada
The top selling ThemeForest theme of all time, Avada is flexible enough to be used for any kind of website. The theme comes with light and dark skins and is retina ready. It includes a variety of sliders and many different blog and portfolio layouts.
6. SmartStart WP
A clean WordPress design that offers a slider manager, support for post formats, custom widgets and sliders. Content can be styled using the included shortcode generator.
7. Nimble
A beautiful WordPress theme that comes with five colour schemes. The theme includes several page templates including portfolio, sitemap and image gallery.
8. Kallas
A flexible WordPress theme that features unlimited headers, unlimited colours and light and dark skins. Pages can be customised using a drag and drop page builder and many sliders are available.
9. Explora Sky
A retina ready design that features the revolution slider, gallery and video portfolio options and custom widgets. Pages can be displayed as one page or multiple pages and there is a drag and drop builder for designing pages.
10. Karma
A popular WordPress design that comes with over twenty colour schemes. It features versatile sliders, WooCommerce integration support and over one hundred shortcodes for styling content.
11. Nevada
A professional WordPress design that features a page creator, font manager and advanced portfolio options.It has native support for WooCommerce and the Revolution Slider is included with the package.
12. Grider
Grider is a retina-ready magazine style WordPress theme that comes with a built-in review system. It also features advertising integration, a drag and drop page builder and is touch enabled for mobile devices.
13. Reader
A magazine WordPress theme that comes packaged with the Visual Composer plugin for creating complex layouts. It includes a review system and has native support for BuddyPress, bbPress and WooCommerce.
14. Flare
Flare is a flexible design that can be used for corporate websites, blogs, portfolios and more. It includes over 10 custom widgets, 65 shortcodes for styling content and the slider has many customisation options.
15. tdMinimal
A simple clean design that features a home page slideshow. It includes eight different blog page layouts, eight custom widgets and support for bbPress and WooCommerce.
16. Blue Diamond
Blue Diamond is a business WordPress theme that features a layer slider, live colour changer and a drag and drop page builder. Three blog styles and six footer layouts are also available and there is a portfolio option too.
17. Sahifa
Sahifa is a versatile magazine WordPress design with a fantastic built-in review system. The design is retina ready and it has a beautiful social media counter widget. The home page can be customised using a drag and drop page builder and there are nine page templates to choose from.
18. Salient
A multi-purpose WordPress theme that boasts a beautiful nectar slider. It has an advanced options panel that allows you to customise almost every aspect of your website design. Features include over 600 fonts to choose from, unlimited colours and unlimited layouts.
19. Scoreme
A clean WordPress design that features a drag and drop home page, jQuery sliders and a built-in ratings system. Seven post formats are also supported, which makes it a good choice for a blog or magazine website.
20. Pinpoint
Pinpoint boasts an advanced page builder for customising pages and includes the popular Revolution Slider. Unlimited colour schemes can be chosen and there is a typography manager for changing website fonts.
21. Tisa
Tisa is a stylish WordPress design that features a home page slider, lightbox gallery and six colour schemes.
22. Website
A flexible WordPress theme that includes three different slider types, nine custom widgets, four gallery sizes and over five hundred fonts. Light and dark skins can be selected through the options panel.
23. Mazaya
Mazaya is an interesting design that can be used for blogs and magazines. It has a whopping 80 widget locations and includes six pre-defined colour schemes. Other colour styles can be selected through a colour picker.
24. Foxy
Foxy is big, bold and beautiful. It features a stylish home page slider, five colour schemes and support for eCommerce plugins.
25. The7
The7 is a feature packed theme that includes six theme skins, four header layouts, over six hundred fonts and unlimited colours and backgrounds. WordPress plugins Visual Composer, Slider Revolution and Layer Slider are also included with the theme.
26. Salutation
Salutation features a drag and drop layout manager, sidebar generator and contact form builder. The Slider Revolution plugin is also included with the theme.
27. Delayed
Built upon the Frameshift WordPress framework, Delayed is an elegant minimal blogging theme that has support for post formats.
28. Builder
With more than 300 admin options, Builder is one of the most customisable WordPress themes available online. It offers eight blog styles, six portfolio styles and three home page styles.
29. ELOGIX
ELOGIX is a stylish WordPress design that can be used for a variety of websites. It allows custom backgrounds on every page, custom widgets, slideshows, pricing tables, shortcodes and more.
30. Funki
Created using HTML5 and CSS3, Funki offers a customisable slider and a total of twenty one layout options. Fourteen layout options are available through the theme options panel.
31. Bloggy
A clean blogging theme for WordPress that supports post formats. The theme comes packaged with the Soliloquy responsive slider plugin.
32. Reaction WP
A basic theme that comes with three minimal skins. It features three blog templates, lightbox support, overlay effects and more.
33. Centum
Centum is a versatile theme that includes pricing tables, Revolution slider plugin, unlimited sidebars and light and dark schemes. It also has native support for WooCommerce.
34. Inspirin
A beautiful blogging theme that is optimised for SEO. It has a clean design and comes with custom widgets and an advanced theme options panel.
35. Decente
Decente is a business design that comes with many portfolio options. It features custom post layouts, custom widgets and unique page templates.
36. Pearls of Wisdom
A flexible design that comes with eight predefined skins, retina ready theme icons, MailChimp integration and the Revolution Slider.
37. MetroStyle
Inspired by Windows Metro, MetroStyle offers unlimited colour schemes, however twenty five pre-defined skins come packaged with the theme. It boasts a home page slider, two home page layouts, two blog layouts and many portfolio layouts.
38. CharityPlus
CharityPlus was designed specifically for charities and non-profit organisations. It includes unique post types such as events, causes and galleries. Post formats are supported and Google Maps and MailChimp have been integrated into the design.
39. Angular
A portfolio design that comes with twenty eight pre-defined skins. It also includes a content importer, drag and drop builder, post format support and a responsive slideshow.
40. Me
Me is a basic vCard theme that was made for resumes and CVs. It features thirty five colour schemes, shortcodes for styling and an easy to use options panel.
41. Appix
Appix was designed for app developers and and designers. It offers a dedicated page for projects and a built-in contact form.
42. Hayden
A beautiful minimal theme that has custom port types for testimonials, slideshows and portfolios. Several custom widgets are included and shortcodes are available for styling content.
43. Wildfire
A magazine WordPress theme with a clean design. it features unlimited colour schemes, custom widgets, lightbox support and Google adsense integration options.
44. Interakt
Interakt is a corporate WordPress design that was created for agencies and creative firms. The included portfolio and blog templates look great.
45. BusinessTwo
A business and portfolio theme that has seven sidebar zones. The options panel has lots of customisation options and the portfolio template can be used to display products or design work.
46. Minimalia
Minimalia is a clean minimalist WordPress design that is suitable for blogs and online magazines. Created using HTML5 and CSS3, it offers unlimited colour schemes and backgrounds. Several custom widgets are also installed.
47. Uber
A business and portfolio theme for freelance designers, photographers or design firms. The theme allows the fullscreen background image to be synced with your slideshow.
48. Seekr
Seekr is a portfolio design that features a home page slider, port format support and different colour skins.
49. Femme
Designed for magazines and ecommerce websites, Femme has a clean design that you will either love or hate. It comes with multiple colour schemes and shortcodes for styling your content.
50. Flick
A multimedia WordPress theme that is perfect for blogs and magazines. It has support for Google fonts and has support for SEO.
51. Lucid
Lucid is a stylish magazine design that features several page templates. As with all ElegantThemes designs, it comes with five colour schemes.
52. Juno
A flexible magazine WordPress theme that features unlimited sidebars, unlimited colour schemes and eighteen custom widgets. It also has a featured built-in review system.
53. Beatheaven
Designed for musicians, Beatheaven features unique page templates for artists, albums and locations.
54. SixtyOne
SixtyOne is a feature rich WordPress theme that was created for hotels and resorts. Many unique page templates are included such as a booking template, location template, amenities and more.
55. DayNight
A great WordPress theme for blogs and magazines. It has many custom widgets, shortcodes and integrated social media options.
56. Vertex
A beautiful portfolio theme that can also be used for a corporate website or blog. It offers shortcode support and unlimited colour schemes.
57. Magnus
A good example of how style and function can be together. Magnus is an eCommerce theme that has support for eCommerce plugins such as WooCommerce, WP E-commerce and Jigoshop. It boasts a headline slider, featured products gallery and a cool magazine layout for the blog.
58. MetroStore
Another WordPress theme that is inspired by Windows Metro. MetroStore is an eCommerce theme that works with all major ecommerce WordPress plugins.
59. Conexus
Conexus is a multi-purpose design that comes with four colour schemes, many home page layouts and a fantastic mega menu for navigation.
60. Metro Vibes
Clean, stylish and practical; Metro Vibes has everything you need for a business website, portfolio or blog. It includes many page templates including testimonials, portfolio and pricing.
61. Fusion
A professional WordPress design that can be used for businesses, portfolios and blogs. It boasts an advanced theme options panel and multiple colour schemes.
62. Mozzy
Mozzy is a flexible WordPress theme that can be used as a portfolio or blog. There are many home page layouts and the portfolio template includes a great slider.
63. Enfold
Enfold is a true multi-purpose theme that can be used for any type of website. The theme is retina ready and features a layer slider, portfolio template and full screen slideshow. It also features a sidebar manager and layout builder for customising layouts.
64. Hardy
A clean minimal portfolio design that features a slideshow, custom widgets, custom backgrounds and many page templates.
65. Frontpage
Frontpage is a blog and magazine theme that also has support for WooCommerce. Six different home page layouts and three different post page layouts are available. Unlimited colour schemes and backgrounds can also be selected.
What is your favourite responsive design? Please let us know in the comment area 🙂
Kevin