Best Gaming WordPress Themes
Building a game website or gaming community is soo easy to do, especially with WordPress. Due to the ability to upload, store and manage content as well as create user accounts, WordPress is the perfect platform for creating the ultimate game portal. In fact, many people are using WP today to blog about their video games, create an interactive gaming community and share screen-shots and gameplay videos.
But it is not just the platform that will allow you to create an awesome site for gamers. Along with WordPress you are going to need a good Gaming WordPress Theme that will get the job done.
Top Gaming WordPress Themes
There are many great wordpress themes out there, but just a handful of Gaming WordPress Themes built specifically for the nice. Below are some of my favorite templates that would be perfect for gaming/gamer type sites. You may notice there are some themes that do not specifically say they were developed for this niche, but I think they would be good for this type of website.
Note: I suggest premium themes because they are almost always better coded but also include much more features perfect for the niche. In this case most of these gaming themes include built-in review systems, features sliders, advertisement posts, featured thumbnails…and more! If you want an awesome blog you’ll need an awesome theme. Enjoy!
Mammoth WordPress Theme
Noctis is Perfect for gaming sites. It has already been sold over 500 times and there is no doubt why. This theme comes with virtually everything you need to set up a professional gaming blog to showcase video game reviews, screenshots, videos, synopsis, previews..etc. The theme comes with a very unique post design perfect for the niche showcasing the game’s reviews, score, images, news, videos, details and more! Plus it comes with 3 different skins all of which look fantastic!
eGamer WordPress Theme
eGamer is a really awesome theme and it has been around for quite some time now as one of the more popular gaming themes. It was created by Elegant Themes so you know it comes with the membership which includes this and 50+ other themes. It comes with a built in star ratings system for your posts which is perfect for video game reviews.
Imperial WordPress Theme
Imperial is a dark and modern WordPress theme that can work for anything but is great for gaming blogs. It comes with a slick homepage featured slider, post ratings and advertisement placements – all of which are perfect features for gaming themes.
Black Aperture WordPress Theme
Black Aperture has been a pretty popular theme on Themeforest for quite some time now and has a dark design that’s great for gaming sites. This theme also includes a review system which makes it easy to create video game blog posts where users can review the game. The theme also comes with a cool navigation bar with drop-downs for subcategories as well as advertisement spots so you can make money from your gaming site.
LeetPress WordPress Theme
Leetpress was released just a few days ago and has already become a pretty popular theme. The theme has a super sweet design that includes a full-width homepage slider, a magazine style layout and a very unique and modern review system for creating game reviews.
Media Store WordPress Theme
Media Store was created mostly with movies/music in mind so people can create stores similar to Itunes where they could share their files and where users could rate and review them. This theme seems like it would be perfect for gaming sites as well. The design is dark and modern with a layout perfect for showcasing games and creating a gaming “community”.
Noctis Store WordPress Theme
Noctis is an older theme that is still awesome. It has a dark design and a really cool background that will help make your site stand out. This theme doesn’t include a review system like a lot of the other themes but has a design that is still great for gaming themes and comes with some well optimized advertisement spots.
