Best Video WordPress Themes

[Updated: 19 September, 2011]

This is a collection of the best video & multimedia premium WordPress themes. While not listed in any particular order, the themes below represent the highest quality multimedia and video premium WordPress themes currently available. This dynamic gallery is continually updated and new themes added when top quality themes are released. It is part of the Best Premium WordPress Themes Collection.

Video Zoom
A slick premium WordPress video theme from WPZoom. The theme features simple video integration allowing you to easily embed video, and play any video from all the popular video websites. VideoZoom includes a featured video slider on the homepage, multiple post layout options, theme options panel, WordPress 3.0 menus, backgrounds and more.

Features

• Multiple Post Layouts
• Drop Down menus
• Custom Post / Page Templates
• Video Integration – embed a video to a post or in featured slider by simply specifying the URL or code of video
• Ready To Play Anything – designed to play any videos from all popular video sites, like YouTube, Vimeo, and many others
• Theme Options Panel
• SEO Options
• Threaded Comments
• Compatible with WordPress 3.0
• Custom Background
• Custom Menus
• Widgetized Sidebar & Footer
• Post Thumbnails Support
• Compatible with all modern browsers
• Video Slider
• Support for Google Analytics & Feedburner
• Banner Management System

Price Single: $69, Developer: $149
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Synch
A premium WordPress theme from WPShower that can be used for a video website or a normal blog. The theme supports over 150 video websites (YouTube, Vimeo, Hulu etc), and you don’t need to worry about embed codes as you simple need to insert a link to the video and Synch will do the rest. Other features include 2 types of featured sliders, 2 post views, light or dark colour styles, theme options panel and more.

Features

• 2 Types of Sliders – feature videos or posts or can be disabled
• Support for 150+ Video Websites – supports over 150 video sites and now you can forget about embed-code. Just insert a link and Synch will do all the rest
• Featured Video Carousel Slider
• Full JW Player Support
• Light or Dark Styles
• Nothing Superfluous Mode – option for video to open in a jquery lightbox so users can watch videos without distraction
• 3 Pagination Types – choose your personal pagination type from a standard (Prev – Next), Twitter-style “Load More” or a trendy “Infinite Loading” powered by jQuery
• 3 Custom Menu Locations
• Built in Social Bookmarking Support
• 2 Post Views
• Theme Options Panel – easily customize every detail of your theme to best suit your needs
• Google Analystics Ready
• Threaded Comments Support
• Search Engine Optimized
• 8 Custom Widgets

Price: $59
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Gigawatt
A gorgeous premium WordPress video blog theme from Obox Design with a vintage / grunge look and a flexible, minimal layout. While the theme is designed for video, and can display videos from any third party video hosting site, it can also display photos instead of video for use as a portfolio or standard blog. Other highlights include 3 colour scheme options, widgetzied homepage for unlimited videos, and a custom video post page with a massive 940px view port.

Features

• Widgetized Home Page – allows for unlimited videos to be displayed in a categorized format
• Short URL Support – using Googles shorten url plugin.
• oEmbed Support – simply cut & paste the url of your video and the theme will get the embed code for you!
• HD and SD video selectors – gives your HD videos the space and attention they deserve with a massive 940px wide view port
• Works as a Standard Blog – if you want to use this as a normal blog with images instead of videos, it is 100% possible
• Portfolio Section – a special portfolio template page offers three different column layouts to choose from
• 3 Colour Schemes – one dark and two light colour Schemes
• Video Support – Gigawatt can display videos from any 3rd party video hosting site such as Vimeo, YouTube, Blip etc
• Custom Video Post Page – a large, video focused post page with a detailed meta section in the sidebar
• OCMX Framework Option Panel
• Custom Logo Input
• Multiple Page Templates
• Menu Management
• Advertising Management
• Automatic Image Resizing
• Ajax Comments

Price Standard Pack: $50, Developer Pack: $100
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Bold 3.0 Video
Organic Themes have released version 3.0 of their Bold Theme. The theme has received a major update to the design, functionality and features, and is now clearly defined as a video WordPress theme ideal for video bloggers, video portfolios, animators and videographers. It has a large content slider for showcasing HD video, multiple homepage layout options (1, 2 or 3 columns), featured video sections, integrated options framework panel and more.

Features

• Options Framework
• Featured Content Slider – can display an unlimited amount of posts with a featured image or a featured video
• Custom Header Options
• Custom Background Options
• Custom Menu Management
• Tweet, Like and Google Plus Buttons
• Multiple Home Page Layouts – display one, two or three column posts on the homepage
• Featured Images (Post Thumbnails)
• Featured Videos – the theme is capable of displaying featured videos within the slider, homepage tabber and category pages
• Featured Image Banners – can be added to pages and page templates to be displayed as a banner image for that particular page.
• Custom Page Templates
• 3 Column Portfolio Page Template
• jQuery Featured Content Slider
• Numbered Pagination
• Widget Ready
• Photoshop Design File
• Gravity Forms Styling
• Mobile Friendly

Price Magazine Theme: $69
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On Demand 2.0
A fully featured video WordPress premium theme from Press75. The theme allows you to easily embed any video format. It includes a theme options panel for key customisation and content management options, post thumbnails, drop down navigation menu, custom widgets and more.

Features

• Theme Customisation Options Panel
• Drop Down Navigation Menu
• Featured Video Slider
• Use Any Embeddable Video Format
• Simple Video Embedder
• Post Thumbnails
• Sidebar Widgets
• Custom Widgets – featured content, 125×125 ads
• Custom Page Template
• Integrated Blog
• 100% Valid XHTML & CSS
• Documentation and Support

Price: $75
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Motion Picture
A professional video WordPress premium theme from Obox Design. The theme features a widgetzied homepage to show unlimited videos in category format, 2 colour schemes (light and dark), HD selector for high definition videos, oEmbed video embedding, theme options panel and custom typography manager, plus more.

Features

• Video embedding using oEmbed – simply cut & paste the url of your video and it will get the embed code for you
• HD selector to show off your high def videos – with a massive 940px wide view port
• Widgetised home page – allows for unlimited videos to be displayed in a categorized format
• Short URL support
• 2 colour scheme options – light and dark
• Option to use for pictures instead of video
• Theme Control Panel
• Sidebar Video Widget
• Share Buttons in each Post
• OCMX Typography Manager – allows you to select between 36 standard and Google fonts and also choose your desired colour and font size
• Custom Logo Input
• Multiple Page Templates – including archives, full width and a portfolio page
• Menu Manager
• Advertisement Management
• Ajax Comments
• Automatic Image Resizing
• Search Engine Friendly
• Cross Browser Compatible

Prices Standard Pack: $50, Developer Pack: $100
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Vidley
A flexible video premium WordPress theme from Press75 ideal for video blogs, but could also be used for news sites, portfolios, promotion sites and others.

Features

• Theme Options Page – for key customisation and management
• Logo customisation
• Advertisement management
• Drop down navigation menu
• Featured Content and Featured Category section on homepage
• Post Layout and Thumbnail options
• Navigation and Footer Customization options
• Google Analytics Configuration
• Widget ready

Purchase Options:
Theme Package: $75
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TV Elements 3.0
A video premium WordPress theme from Press75. The theme includes a featured video carousel on the homepage which can display any number of videos, a featured category section which displays up to 12 “channels”, automatic thumbnails, a theme options page to easily setup the theme and more.

Features

• Featured video carousel on the homepage
• Display any number of featured videos
• Theme options page
• Display up to 12 “channels” (categories) on the home page
• Automatic thumbnails
• Drop down navigation menu
• Numerous widget areas
• Custom widgets for featured content, sidebar ads and related posts
• Integrated advertising placements

Price: $75
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Premiere
A professional video WordPress theme from WooThemes. This customisable, feature rich premium theme takes advantage of WordPress custom post types to separate video posts from your blog posts. Features include a custom video page template, featured video slider, options for users to “recommend a video”, 11 colour styles, extensive options panel and more.

Features

• 11 Alternative Colour Styles
• Custom Homepage Layout – with video tabber and widgetized regions for blog and other content
• Featured Video Slider – to showcase particular video posts
• Video Page Template – neatly designed single video page template with social links, and related video content
• Recommend a Video Page Template – an optional page template that allows you to have a front end form that can capture video details submitted by your site visitors
• Video Archive Sorting – an optional integrated portfolio section driven by custom post types
• Custom Post Types – theme takes full advantage of WordPress custom post types for video posts
• Custom Topography – customize the typography in the theme to suit, with full support for Google Fonts in the font selector
• 8 Custom Widgets – Ad Space, Blog Author, WooTabs, Subscribe, Feedback, Search, Flickr and Twitter
• Sidebar Manager – allows you to replace all widgetized sidebars and footers in the theme with unique custom sidebar
• Custom Shotcodes – easily add buttons, boxes, social buttons, columns and more to your posts, pages and widgets etc
• Custom Navigation – customize the themes navigation to include pages, categories and custom links
• Backend Theme Options Panel – make simple changes without editing code, like adding your own logo, changing to an alternate colour style, adding Google Analytics code
• Custom Page Templates – full width, archives etc.
• Built-in SEO Options
• Cross Browser Compatible
• Auto-Sizing Thumbnails
• Localized for Translations

Price Standard: $70, Developer: $150
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Video Elements 2.0
A video centric premium WordPress theme from Press75. Video Elements 2.0 has been re-designed and re-built from the ground up providing the features you need to easily run and maintain a video website using WordPress.

Features

• Easily publish any embeddable video format
• Seamlessly blend non-video posts
• New theme options page
• Automatic thumbnail creation
• Drop down navigation menus
• Breadcrumb navigation
• Integrated advertising placements
• Featured Content Widget
• Easy logo uploader
• Threaded comments and gravatars

Price: Video Elements Theme Pack: $75
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Groovy Video
A trendy, colourful video blog premium WordPress theme from Woo Themes. Creating video posts is quick and easy with just a copy / paste of the video’s embed code. The theme features automatic video resizing, completely widegtized sidebar with other custom widgets, integrated themes options page and comes with 17 cool colour schemes.

Features

• Super-easy functionality to create video posts
• Videos are resized automatically and Groovy even publishes the embed code for your readers
• Integration of the WP-PostRatings plugin for some added fun & interactiveness
• A completely widgetized sidebar with custom widgets included in the theme packaging. No third party widgets required
• 17 amazing colour schemes to choose from!
• Integrated Theme Options (for WordPress) to tweak the layout, colour scheme etc. for the theme
• Threaded Comments for WordPress 2.7
• Custom Page Templates for Archives & Sitemap
• Built-in Gravatar Support for Comments
• 3 Integrated ad spaces, which can accommodate both image banner ads or AdSense embeds

Price: Single Use: $70, Developer: $150
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Video Flick 2.0
A video centric premium WordPress theme from Press75. The theme allows you to seamlessly blend standard Blog and Video posts and features two colour scheme options (light or dark) and a theme administration page for detailed configuration and management.

Features

• Two Colour Schemes (Dark and Light)
• Video or standard blog posts
• Post Thumbnails and Videos in a Matter of Seconds
• Supports a number of services and formats including Vimeo.com, YouTube.com, MetaCafe.com, Revver.com, Google Video, Seesmic.com and FLV (Flash Video)
• Theme administration options page for theme configuration and management
• Integrated advertising placements
• Drop down navigation menu
• Full documentation and support provided
• WordPress 2.7+ compatible

Price: $75
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Woo Tube
A video / multimedia premium WordPress theme from Woo Themes. The WooTube theme is great for daily video blog posts with super easy posting functionality, automatic video resizing, a completely widgetised sidebar and 7 different colour schemes. The theme can be used a normal blog / gallery / portfolio or any other way you like.

Features

• NEW! Optional homepage layout gives endless possibilities for usage of this theme e.g. gallery, portfolio or blog.
• Super-easy functionality to create video posts.
• Videos are resized automatically and WooTube publishes the embed code for your readers.
• Integration of the WP-PostRatings plugin for added fun & interaction.
• Completely widgetized sidebar with custom widgets included in the theme packaging.
• No third party widgets required.
• 7 colour schemes to choose from.
• Integrated Theme Options to tweak the theme layout, colour scheme etc.
• Threaded Comments for WordPress 2.7.
• Custom page templates for archives & sitemap.
• Built-in Gravatar support for comment.
• 3 Integrated ad spaces, which can accomodate both image banner ads or AdSense embeds.

Price: Single Use: $70, Developer: $150
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eVid Theme
A premium WordPress theme designed for video bloggers. The theme is set it up to easily integrate videos from video hosts such as Youtube, Vimeo, Veoh, MetaCafe etc. The theme comes in a light and dark colour style.

Features

• Widget ready sidebars
• 2 colour styles – light and dark
• Theme Option Pages
• Custom thumbnail images

Price: $19.95
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Live
A video centric premium WordPress theme designed for streaming video, and live event broadcasting. The theme is built on the same codebase as the fantastic Standard Theme. Live allows you to embed live video broadcasts from third party services, and features a prominent timer counting down to the next broadcast, rotating bumper images, Facebook and twitter integration for viewer interaction, theme admin options panel and more.

Features

• Prominent Count Down Timer – counting down the time to live broadcast
• Rotating Bumper Images – for premier products and sponsors
• Embed live video broadcasts from services such as Ustream or Livestream
• Live Twitter Stream Integration
• Integrated Facebook section
• Updated Tabbed Pages
• Optional Photo Stream Area
• 10+ Backgrounds
• Intuitive Theme Admin Panel
• Bundled with integrated plugins

Price Standard: $99, Support License: $149
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Debut Multimedia Theme
An attractive premium WordPress theme from Press75 ideal for multimedia, news, magazine, portfolio or any other type of website where you would like to showcase your content with a touch of style. The multimedia ready theme allows you to easily insert videos and other multimedia options. It automatically embeds your media and resizes to fit the websites layout depending upon its location Other features of the theme include custom page templates and widgets, menu management, and a theme options panel and style customisation options allow you to easily control and customisation the design to suit your needs.

Features

• Multimedia Ready – easily insert video’s and other multimedia options with Debut’s custom Media Embed feature that automatically embeds your media and resizes to fit the websites layout depending upon its location
• Built with the latest web technologies – jQuery, CSS3, and HTML5
• Widgetized Content Areas -e.g. sidebars and footers
• Featured Images – easily add post thumbnails
• Custom Menu Management – use default or completely custom menus
• Network Installation Support
• Press75.com “Simple Panel” Theme Options Page – allows you to control your entire site from uploading your own logo to creating custom post pages on the fly
• Logo Customization Options -use text or custom logo image
• Theme Style Customization Options – background and content colours
• Featured Content Slider or Carousel
• Simple Video Embedder – self hosted videos, or YouTube, Vimeo, etc.
• Social Media Integration Options
• Advertisement Integration Options
• Custom Page Templates
• Custom Theme Widgets – featured content, advertisements, etc.
• Customizable Footer Text – disable or custom footer text
• Google Analytics Integration Options

Price: Debut Theme: $75
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