Magazine themes are great for bloggers who want to showcase a lot of content on their main page. Traditionally, these themes showcased excerpts of posts as well as thumbnails to accompany the content. The themes showcased below include lots of features, modern designs, and many areas to showcase your content.
We intend to provide a good, quality selection of themes below. Obviously, there may be other themes out there that better suit your needs, but each of the themes listed below include dozens, if not hundreds of configuration options. Please note that prices are for the cheapest version of the themes (theme clubs discounts not included).
Coda | Demo and Purchase | $70
A feature-rich theme, Coda includes a completely widget-ready homepage design with ten alternative color styles to choose from.
Newscast | Demo and Release Page | $35
Newscast makes it easy to showcase news and other content in an elegant manner. A number of portfolio/item sliders and options are included.
Manifesto | Demo and Release Page | $69
An excellent theme that includes a flexible layout plus many other great features. Ten alternative color schemes, a jQuery slider, and other options have been included.
Daily Edition | Demo and Purchase | $70
A clean, spacious newspaper and magazine template designed with lots of homepage modules that can be enabled and disabled.
DelicateNews | Demo and Purchase | $39
Ideal for content-heavy magazine sites, this theme features a three-column grid, four color schemes, and plenty of other features.
NewsTime | Demo and Purchase | $35
An advanced WordPress template designed with seven different color schemes, a fully customizable homepage, and a dynamic image gallery.
News Flash | Demo and Release Page | $65
Create a magazine website in any niche using this strategically-designed theme with seven elegant color schemes.
WP-Prosper | Demo and Purchase | $79
A clean and professional template with two customizable featured content gliders and multiple homepage layouts to give your site a unique look.
BigFeature | Demo and Purchase | $30
BigFeature is clean and flexible, ideal for sites that focus on delivering content with images. Custom widgets, child themes, and more are included with this excellent theme.
Convergence | Demo and Purchase | $25
Convergence is a nice, professional theme built for building a community-based site. Flickr, FeedBurner, and other social services are integrated well.
WP-Launch | Demo and Purchase | $35
Modern and professional, WP-Launch is a two-column theme that makes it easy to get your magazine-styled business site up and running quickly.
Platform | Demo and Purchase | $35
A clean theme featuring simple color combinations and clear lines, ideal for news sites and for placing your content front and center.