Custom Web Design: 10 Top Free and Premium WordPress Designer Themes for Your Next Project
Custom Web Design: 10 Top Free and Premium WordPress Designer Themes for Your Next Project
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        <h1>Build Stunning Portfolio Websites with Custom Web Design</h1>
        <p>Today’s article is aimed at designers, photographers, freelancers, and other creative folks who want to build stunning portfolio websites using WordPress Designer Themes. If you still have no online portfolio or your portfolio website looks a little dated, consider one of the following 10 WordPress themes. All of these themes have a clean and modern style layout your visitors will enjoy. Also, they’re responsive and GPL Compatible (each theme can be used as many times as you wish). And of course, the WordPress themes featured in this article are compatible with the latest version of WordPress.</p>

        <p>Below you’ll find 5 free and 5 premium WordPress Designer Themes from <a href="https://dessign.net" target="_self" rel="follow noopener">Dessign</a> and <a href="https://wpastra.com/?bsf=123" target="_self" rel="follow noopener">Astra</a>. These themes will be perfect for companies (web design studios, graphic design studios, advertising agencies, etc.) and individuals looking to showcase their works online.</p>

        <h2 id="h-free-wordpress-themes-for-designers">Free WordPress Themes for Designers</h2>

        <h3 id="h-dessign-creative-portfolio-wordpress-theme-free">
            <a href="https://dessign.net/creative-portfolio-theme-responsive-free/" target="_self" rel="follow noopener">Dessign – Creative Portfolio WordPress Theme – Free</a>
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            <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="630" height="819" src="https://wpmayor.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Creative-responsive-WordPress-theme-630x819.jpg" alt="Creative responsive WordPress theme" class="wp-image-248562" srcset="https://wpmayor.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Creative-responsive-WordPress-theme.jpg 630w, https://wpmayor.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Creative-responsive-WordPress-theme-600x780.jpg 600w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px"/>
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        <p><strong><a href="https://dessign.net/unittheme/" target="_self" rel="noopener follow">View Demo</a></strong></p>
        <p>This clean responsive WordPress Theme is perfect for a <a href="https://dessign.net/creative-portfolio-theme-responsive-free/" target="_self" rel="noopener follow">creative portfolio</a>, whether it be a personal portfolio website, a web design portfolio, or a graphic design portfolio. The key features of this theme are a responsive design, an elegant grid-style layout, a full-width image slider, and a sticky navigation bar. The best part is that this truly minimalist WordPress Theme is free to download and use.</p>

        <h3 id="h-astra-link-in-bio-free">
            <a href="https://wpastra.com/website-templates/personal/link-in-bio/?bsf=123" target="_self" rel="follow noopener">Astra – Link in Bio – Free</a>
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            <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1200" height="1800" src="https://wpmayor.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/alexandrina-designer.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-390300" srcset="https://wpmayor.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/alexandrina-designer.jpeg 1200w, https://wpmayor.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/alexandrina-designer-768x1152.jpeg 768w, https://wpmayor.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/alexandrina-designer-1024x1536.jpeg 1024w, https://wpmayor.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/alexandrina-designer-600x900.jpeg 600w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px"/>
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        <p><strong><a href="https://websitedemos.net/alexandrina-designer-bio-02/" target="_self" rel="noopener follow">View Demo</a></strong></p>
        <p>Astra is a popular, free multipurpose WordPress designer theme that can be turned into any kind of creative website. It has lots of ready-made templates you can install and customize as you like, and is compatible with drag-and-drop page builders like Elementor and Spectra. The theme is very easy to use, fully responsive, SEO-friendly, and delivers the flexibility we look for in a creative theme for designers.</p>

        <h3 id="h-dessign-portfolio-blog-wordpress-theme-free">
            <a href="https://dessign.net/portfolioblogtheme/" target="_self" rel="follow noopener">Dessign – Portfolio Blog WordPress Theme – Free</a>
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            <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="630" height="771" src="https://wpmayor.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Portfolio-Blog-responsive-WordPress-theme-630x771.jpg" alt="Portfolio Blog responsive WordPress theme" class="wp-image-248565" srcset="https://wpmayor.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Portfolio-Blog-responsive-WordPress-theme.jpg 630w, https://wpmayor.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Portfolio-Blog-responsive-WordPress-theme-600x734.jpg 600w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px"/>
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        <p><a href="https://dessign.net/portfolioblogtheme/" target="_self" rel="noopener follow">View Demo</a></p>
        <p>If you’d like your online portfolio to look like a blog, then here is the free WordPress theme that you might need. Portfolio Blog supports all the essential post formats including text, video, gallery, and others. This clean WordPress theme will be great for photographers, designers, and other creative bloggers who want to present their content in the best possible way.</p>

        <h3 id="h-dessign-portfolio-wordpress-theme">
            <a href="https://dessign.net/portfolio/" target="_self" rel="follow noopener">Dessign – Portfolio WordPress Theme</a>
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            <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="630" height="654" src="https://wpmayor.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Portfolio-responsive-WordPress-theme-630x654.jpg" alt="Portfolio responsive WordPress theme" class="wp-image-248566" srcset="https://wpmayor.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Portfolio-responsive-WordPress-theme.jpg 630w, https://wpmayor.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Portfolio-responsive-WordPress-theme-600x623.jpg 600w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px"/>
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        <p><strong><a href="https://dessign.net/portfolio/" target="_self" rel="noopener follow">View Demo</a></strong></p>
        <p>This free WordPress theme is meant for creative designers and photographers who would like to have stylish portfolio websites. The theme is responsive, cross-browser compatible, SEO optimized, and compatible with the latest version of WordPress. If you like well-structured layouts with infinite scrolling and sticky navigation bars, you’ll definitely like this clean WordPress theme.</p>

        <h2 id="h-premium-wordpress-themes-for-designers">Premium WordPress Themes for Designers</h2>

        <h3 id="h-dessign-mix-wordpress-theme">
            <a href="https://dessign.net/mix/" target="_self" rel="follow noopener">Dessign – Mix WordPress Theme</a>
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            <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="630" height="845" src="https://wpmayor.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Mix-responsive-WordPress-theme-630x845.jpg" alt="Mix WordPress Theme" class="wp-image-248567" srcset="https://wpmayor.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Mix-responsive-WordPress-theme.jpg 630w, https://wpmayor.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Mix-responsive-WordPress-theme-600x805.jpg 600w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px"/>
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        <p><strong><a href="https://dessign.net/mix/" target="_self" rel="noopener follow">View Demo</a></strong></p>
        <p>Mix is a clean responsive WordPress theme that is perfect for almost any purpose. Would you like to create a website for a digital studio, an advertising agency, an architectural firm, or any other creative studio? Or maybe you’d like to build a personal portfolio website? Go with Mix and start promoting your works, products, or services online. The theme has a modern look and a bunch of nice features, including a fixed menu for easy navigation, a stylish image slider on the top of the homepage, and elegant typography.</p>

        <h3 id="h-dessign-side-grid-wordpress-theme">
            <a href="https://dessign.net/sidegrid/" target="_self" rel="follow noopener">Dessign – Side Grid WordPress Theme</a>
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            <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="630" height="824" src="https://wpmayor.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/side-grid-responsive-WordPress-theme-630x824.jpg" alt="WordPress Themes for designers" class="wp-image-248568" srcset="https://wpmayor.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/side-grid-responsive-WordPress-theme.jpg 630w, https://wpmayor.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/side-grid-responsive-WordPress-theme-600x785.jpg 600w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px"/>
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        <p><strong><a href="https://dessign.net/sidegrid/" target="_self" rel="noopener follow">View Demo</a></strong></p>
        <p>Side Grid is a Pinterest-style WordPress theme with a left sidebar and a simple and easy-to-follow layout. It will come in handy for those of you who’re looking for a minimalist, yet sleek and modern design for your blogs and portfolio websites. The theme offers support for a variety of post types including audio/video, gallery, quote, etc. Ideal for photographers, designers, travelers, fashion experts, and other creative folks. And of course, the theme is 100% responsive as any other WordPress theme on this list.</p>

        <h3 id="h-dessign-studio-wordpress-theme">
            <a href="https://dessign.net/studio/" target="_self" rel="follow noopener">Dessign – Studio WordPress Theme</a>
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            <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="630" height="798" src="https://wpmayor.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Studio-responsive-WordPress-theme-630x798.jpg" alt="Studio responsive WordPress theme" class="wp-image-248569" srcset="https://wpmayor.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Studio-responsive-WordPress-theme.jpg 630w, https://wpmayor.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Studio-responsive-WordPress-theme-600x760.jpg 600w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px"/>
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        <p><strong><a href="https://dessign.net/studio/" target="_self" rel="noopener follow">View Demo</a></strong></p>
        <p>Studio is a clean and minimalist WordPress theme to get your creative studio online. This theme is not only good for web design studios, advertising agencies, or art studios but also ideal for freelance designers, photographers, and other creative minds who want to have stylish portfolio websites. The theme is responsive, cross-browser compatible, SEO friendly, and easy to work with. What’s also good is that you can use it for as many portfolio websites as you wish.</p>

        <h3 id="h-dessign-onepage-wordpress-theme">
            <a href="https://dessign.net/onepagetheme/" target="_self" rel="follow noopener">Dessign – OnePage WordPress Theme</a>
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            <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="630" height="820" src="https://wpmayor.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/OnePage-responsive-WordPress-theme-630x820.jpg" alt="OnePage Designer Theme" class="wp-image-248571" srcset="https://wpmayor.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/OnePage-responsive-WordPress-theme.jpg 630w, https://wpmayor.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/OnePage-responsive-WordPress-theme-600x781.jpg 600w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px"/>
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        <p><strong><a href="https://dessign.net/onepagetheme/" target="_self" rel="noopener follow">View Demo</a></strong></p>
        <p>If you like one-page designs, you might also like the idea of building a one-page portfolio website. And if this sounds like an idea, here is the WordPress theme you might need. OnePage is a clean WordPress theme that only has one page, but this page has all the parts of the perfect portfolio website: Home, About, Portfolio, Blog, Contact, and of course there is no portfolio website without social media icons. In fact, the theme has a nice image slider and a fixed navigation bar.</p>

        <h3 id="h-dessign-clean-folio-wordpress-theme">
            <a href="https://dessign.net/cleanfoliotheme/" target="_self" rel="follow noopener">Dessign – Clean Folio WordPress Theme</a>
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            <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="630" height="880" src="https://wpmayor.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Clean-Folio-responsive-WordPress-theme-630x880.jpg" alt="Clean Folio responsive WordPress theme" class="wp-image-248570" srcset="https://wpmayor.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Clean-Folio-responsive-WordPress-theme.jpg 630w, https://wpmayor.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Clean-Folio-responsive-WordPress-theme-600x838.jpg 600w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px"/>
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        <p><strong><a href="https://dessign.net/cleanfoliotheme/" target="_self" rel="noopener follow">View Demo</a></strong></p>
        <p>Clean Folio is a responsive WordPress theme with a grid-style layout. The theme looks clean and well-organized. It lets your website visitors focus on the content of your website rather than its design. So it seems to be a perfect solution for a personal portfolio or a product portfolio for a company. The Clean Folio theme is easy to navigate because it comes with a fixed navigation bar. The good thing is that the homepage presents two important sections – a portfolio and a blog.</p>

        <h2 id="h-final-words">Final Words</h2>
        <p>We hope you’ve enjoyed looking through free and premium WordPress themes for designers. The themes are ideal for showcasing creative works online and are suitable for various purposes such as digital studios, advertising agencies, and personal portfolios. The themes have features such as a grid-style layout, fixed navigation bar, image sliders, and are SEO friendly.</p>
        <p>As we’ve already mentioned, you can use each WordPress theme as many times as you wish, no matter whether it’s a free or a premium WordPress theme.</p>

        <h2>Frequently Asked Questions</h2>
        <h3>1. Can I customize these WordPress themes?</h3>
        <p>Yes, all the themes listed here are customizable. You can easily modify layouts, colors, and typography according to your brand needs.</p>

        <h3>2. Are these themes responsive?</h3>
        <p>Absolutely! All themes included in this article are responsive, meaning they will adjust perfectly on different screen sizes, including desktops, tablets, and smartphones.</p>

        <h3>3. Do I need coding skills to use these themes?</h3>
        <p>No coding skills are necessary. Most of the themes come with drag-and-drop builders, making it easy for anyone to set up their site without technical knowledge.</p>

        <h3>4. What is the difference between free and premium themes?</h3>
        <p>The primary difference is the level of support and features. Premium themes typically offer more customization options, additional features, and dedicated support compared to free themes.</p>

        <h3>5. How can I ensure my site’s SEO is optimized while using these themes?</h3>
        <p>These themes are designed with SEO in mind. They are compatible with popular SEO plugins. You can enhance your site's SEO further with good practices like keyword optimization and quality content.</p>
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