WordPress is one of the most famous open-source content management systems(CMS) in the world, and there are tons of resources for this system, Do you know more than 40% of the websites are powered by WordPress on the internet? that’s why it is also the most popular website-building system.
Suppose you are a beginner and start to build a website with WordPress. In that case, that’s good for you since you can find many resources including tutorials, themes, plugins, and tools for you, and that may not be good for you too, that’s also because you can find many resources for WordPress, how to select the right ones?
For example, We will talk about the WordPress themes in this article, which is one of the most important parts of WordPress. When you search WordPress themes on Google, you can get a huge number of results easily, do you feel overwhelmed when choosing what you want?
Starting with some marketplaces is the best way to buy a WordPress theme, I think. To save your precious time, I will list the top 10 popular WordPress theme marketplaces, hope you can find the best marketplaces to buy WordPress themes for your website and business with this article. Let’s explore now!
1. WordPress.org – Official marketplace for WordPress themes
To get a WordPress theme for your website, the first place I think you can view is the WordPress.org theme marketplace, it is the official place where to display about 10 thousand themes.
The theme marketplace on wordpress.org includes many free or freemium themes, some people probably do not know what is freemium, it is a type of theme that includes both free and paid versions. which means you can start your website with some themes without paying money.
However, most of the free or freemium themes on wordpress.org are only for people to use the basic features, if you want some advanced features you need to update to the premium version. If you are building a very simple website or blog, etc, many of those free themes are enough for you.
I recommend you update or buy the premium themes directly if you want to build websites like eCommerce online store, BBS, or other functional websites. The prices for these premium themes are always higher than many other marketplaces, and some will be sold as a subscription, this means you need to pay for the theme per year.
Although many premium themes on wordpress.org are expensive, they are worth it, why? because technical companies or agencies develop those themes, the development team always uses clean code and small size for the WordPress themes, those themes are also bundled with many templates for different industries, which are very beginner-friendly and make your website look professional and load fast, etc.
| Pros | Cons |
| 1. A large number of themes for selection, Most of the themes are developed by expert teams 2. High-quality for themes 3. You can get free themes 4. easy to use | Premium/paid themes are expensive |
Recommended Themes on WordPress.org
We picked the top most famous and popular themes from wordpress.org marketplaces, you can start your website with one of them quickly.
- Kadence – The theme we are using for this site, is a lightweight, free & premium version, you can use their header, footer builder, and the block to create any unique website, it contains templates that were created with Gutenberg and Elementor (recommend).
- Astra – The most popular WordPress theme, there are more than 1.5 million websites that use Astra
- Blocksy – Very beautiful and clean themes, you can create your website with many templates
- GeneratePress – this is the most lightweight WordPress theme, with many templates too.
- Neve – It is a popular WordPress theme created by Themeisle, light weight and fast-loading for websites.
- Zakra – One of the most popular WordPress themes, lightweight, and customizable, you can start your website from more than 80 templates.
You can find these themes on the first page of the WordPress.org theme marketplace.
2. Themeforest (Envato Market) – The most popular and biggest Theme marketplace
If you want to know who is the 3rd-party biggest and most popular marketplace for WordPress themes, Themeforest should be the correct answer.
Themeforest belongs to Envato Market, Envato is one of the top digital assets and services platforms, it was founded in Melbourne, Australia in 2006, it allows people to sell and buy digital product licenses. Envato has become the world’s leading marketplace and community for creative assets and creative people now.
Themeforest is one of Envato’s sub-website, it is mainly for people selling and buying themes, the themes sold on Themeforest are not only for WordPress, but it also contain almost all kinds of themes and templates for any website building system or platform.
You can choose from over 45,000 WordPress themes or templates for all kinds of industry categories on Themeforest to build a website. Most of the themes in this marketplace are developed by some teams and freelance developers, the average quality may not be as good as those themes on WordPress.org.
But the average price is much lower than those premium themes, you buy a theme that sold from 10 to 90 dollars, and once you pay for a theme you can get updates and download the theme lifetime. If you have a limited budget, Themeforest is the best marketplace for you to buy a WordPress theme.
| Pros | Cons |
| 1. There are more than 40,000 themes for choice 2. low price and you can buy it with a one-time payment but lifetime updates | medium quality |
3. Template Monster
Template Monster is much like Envato Market, it is also one of the biggest digital assets and service platforms. people can sell and buy themes for almost all kinds of website systems, and you can see there are more than 3,000 WordPress themes on Template Monster.
The themes on Template Monster are also developed by the freelancer and some teams, which is also like ThemeForest, while Template Monster will manually review the uploaded themes for selling, so only the good quality themes can be picked and shown to buyers.
Once you buy a theme from Template Monster, you will also own it forever, you can get updates and download lifetime, but the average price for WordPress themes on Template Theme is a little higher than Themeforest, not much, most of the themes are less than 100 dollars(one-time payment).
Template Monster has a subsite, the name is Monster One, and it allows people to subscribe to a plan monthly, the price starts from USD18, and you can download any materials and resources once you subscribed, This model is more suitable for developers.
| Pros | Cons |
| 1. There are more than 3,000 themes for choice 2. you can buy it with a one-time payment but lifetime updates 3. Good quality | Medium price |
4. Creative Market
Web themes is one of the major businesses in Creative Market too, Creative Market is actually a marketplace for any digital assets and templates, it is more like the Envato market, but it is not as big as Envato.
However Creative Market like its name, the products on this market look really splendid, the sellers and developers are also like designers, what they created is so beautiful, you will love them once you check the items.
The number of Themes on Creative is up to 3,499(in the above screenshot), and it will be increased definitely when you read this article. on the Creative market, you can find themes or templates for different types of websites too.
You can buy themes on the Creative market like on Themeforest, one-time payment, lifetime updates, and downloading, while the average price for WordPress themes on the Creative market is a little higher than that on ThemeForest but similar to Template Monster. Actually, I found some developed teams selling themes on both Template Monster and Creative Market.
| Pros | Cons |
| 1. There are more than 3,000 themes for choice 2. you can buy it with a one-time payment but lifetime updates 3. Good quality and beautiful design | medium Price |
5. Envato elements/Monster One
Envato Elements is another sub-website of Envato, where you can buy any digital assets too, but the model for Envato Elements is the same as Monster one of Template Monster.
People can subscribe to a plan monthly, then they can download all resources that are included in the plan, you can terminate the subscription anytime, and the price starts from USD16, it is also good for developers and designers.
| Pros | Cons |
| 1. Many themes for choice 2. low price for subscription 3. unlimited downloads | need to subscribe to a plan month by month |
6. Codester
Codester is another marketplace for digital assets that you can use for building websites or creating APPs. but is not as big as Envato Market or Template Monster, since it is a very new website, it was launched in 2014.
A total is 336 WordPress themes on Codester for people to choose from when I wrote this article. the number may be increased when you read it.
The average price for the WordPress themes on Codester is as low as that on Themeforest, the themes are also sold with a one-time payment, it is also a very good place for people who have a limited budget and want to build a small website.
| Pros | Cons |
| Low price and you can buy it with a one-time payment but lifetime updates | medium quality, small numbers of themes for choice |
7. MOJO Marketplace
Mojo is also a relatively new marketplace like Codester for WordPress themes, when you access the website, you probably find that something familiar. that’s because the website looks very similar to Themeforest.
You can buy over 700 WordPress themes for your website on the MOJO marketplace, like Codester, not a big number, and the prices on Mojo are also close to that on Codester, you can get a theme with a one-time payment like ThemeForest.
Although the MOJO marketplace is a comprehensive market, the business is more inclined to WordPress, you can find some WordPress experts to help manage your website on this platform too.
| Pros | Cons |
| 1. Low price and you can buy it with a one-time payment but lifetime updates 2. special service for WordPress website | medium quality, small numbers of themes for choice |
8. Codegrape – A Turkish Marketplace
Codegrape is a digital assets marketplace from Turkey, you can also find everything for building a website on this website, including WordPress Themes. Compared with the above marketplaces, it has a few WordPress themes in the Category, less than 200, but I believe more and more themes will be added in this market.
The prices for the WordPress themes on Codegrape are very low, most of them even lower than ThemeForest, you can buy the theme with a one-time payment and lifetime updates too.
| Pros | Cons |
| Low price and you can buy it with a one-time payment but lifetime updates | medium quality, very few numbers of themes for choice |
9. Woocommerce Theme stores
Woocommerce is the most popular eCommerce plugin for WordPress, if you want to build an e-commerce website to sell physical products, Woocommerce is definitely the first choice, but do you know woocommerce also developed some WordPress themes?
The theme store on Woocommerce has 45 themes now, it is a very small number than other marketplaces. those themes were not only developed by Woocommerce but also by some 3rd-parties, this means, there are more and more themes will be added to the woocommerce theme store.
As you can see in the above screenshot, it also contains some free themes on the woocommerce store, while other themes are sold by subscription annually, those premium themes were developed by professional companies or agencies that are similar to that on WordPress.org, you will have a very good experience to buy a theme on Woocomerce.
| Pros | Cons |
| 1. the themes are developed by expert teams 2. Including free themes 3. easy to use | 1. Premium/paid themes are expensive 2. very few numbers of themes for choice |
10. Nicepage.com
technically, Nicepage.com is not a marketplace for people to buy WordPress themes, it is like software for people to design and create WordPress themes, but it is friendly for beginners with a drag-and-drop editor.
Nicepage provides thousands of templates and themes for WordPress websites, you can use Nicepage to edit and design pages and templates, then export the pages as themes to use that in your WordPress website, you can even edit the templates and themes online with your WordPress website by installing Nicepage plugin.
you can buy a license from the Nicepage, they offer different plans, I think this is truly a very good way for people to create their own unique WordPress theme.
| Pros | Cons |
| You can get 100% customized WordPress themes | not a market for buying themes directly |
Best Marketplaces to Buy WordPress Themes-Conclusion
Some blog posts will also introduce marketplaces for WordPress themes, but many of them are not really marketplaces, where you can buy themes indeed and they offer very excellent themes.
However, Those places or websites are only for one development team you can find them on WordPress.org too, for example, some people will tell you themeisle, Astra, elegant, etc are marketplaces, but they are not.
Actually, over 70% of the WordPress themes are sold on Themeforest, Template Monster, and Creative market, the sales model is accepted by most people: once payment and lifetime updates. If you don’t want to consider much you can go to these 3 marketplaces to buy themes directly.
If you want to get some high-quality and lightweight themes, I recommend you search on WordPress.org, where you can get themes that were developed by the most professional teams, the most popular and excellent themes are displayed on the marketplace.
The official marketplace is not really a marketplace, it is more like some exhibition, since you can’t make payment on WordPress.org directly, you need to go to the theme’s website to buy it.
