50+ Retina-ready WordPress Themes for High Resolution Displays
Category: Themes, Posted by Paulius Rašytinis on: 08 May 13, Comments: 3
Apple were the first to bring super high pixel density screens to mass production. They called them Retina displays. The initial idea was to have a crisp and clear, high definition graphics displayed, that human eye wouldn't be able to distinguish individual pixels. A simple compensation method was used that doubles in size each of the UI element.
The number of high resolution devices is increasing and so is the number of Retina-ready WordPress themes. If the developer wants to make a Retina-ready WordPress theme, all he has to do is to prepare additional versions of the graphics at twice the size and do some CSS magic. I have picked 50+ themes that are optimized to the full and will look great on various devices, including high definition displays.
Acute
Acute is a WordPress theme for blogging with responsive design and unlimited widget areas. It includes 7 post formats and 2 skins. Built-in sliding panel.
Nextbiz
Nextbiz is a WordPress enterprise theme with responsive design, portfolio with filter animation, testimonial & slide post types. It has 3 page templates and 3 widgetized areas.
Enigmatic
Enigmatic is a responsive, retina-ready adaptive theme. It has a function for creating unique pages. Includes 3 sliders, portfolio, 15 page templates, 8 custom widgets and 7 skins.
Business Essentials
Business Essentials is an app developer WordPress theme. Includes sliders, 2 homepage templates, full-width, case studies, staff and careers page templates. Fully responsive.
Tripod
Tripod is a WordPress photo gallery template with responsive design, & different homepage views. It has a built-in "like" system, tooltips and a page builder.
Real Church
Real Church is a responsive WordPress theme for churches. It has 7 post types (sermons, events, pastors, blog, portfolio, and more), 3 sliders, page builder & price tables. WooCommerce ready.
Ultra
Ultra is a fully customizable WordPress theme with custom post types & shortcodes for staff, FAQ, portfolio, testimonials, etc. It's responsive and it supports 4 post formats.
Slurp
Slurp is a creative grid WordPress theme for portfolios. It has 6 page templates and 3 post formats. It comes with Google Maps integration. Fully responsive & retina-ready.
PressMate
PressMate is a responsive business & WooCommerce WordPress theme with 19 page templates, various post types (portfolio, slideshow, catalog, team, etc) and 6 sliders.
The Retailer
The Retailer is an online store WordPres theme with Slider Revolution, catalog mode, coupon codes, user accounts. Fully responsive, retina-ready & WooCommerce ready.
Portrait
Portrait is a WordPress theme for photography websites. Features minimalist design, plenty of screen space for photographs, sidebar navigation. Fully responsive and retina-ready.
Longwave
Longwave is a responsive, clean portfolio WordPress theme. It comes with unlimited portfolios and sidebars, 4 blog layouts, boxed & full width layout options, Revolution Slider.
Halsey
Halsey is a responsive theme for business and corporate sites. Includes Layer Slider and Revolution Slider. It has a portfolio with plugins and a content builder.
Flashback
Flashback is a WordPress masonry theme for creative portfolios. It is responsive and retina-ready. Powerful portfolio options and custom post types.
INVIA
INVIA is a Bootstrap WordPress theme for corporate websites. Includes sliders (Revolution, Nivo, Flexslider) 8 post formats & 5 custom widgets. Responsive & retina-ready.
Shift
Shift is a colorful Tumblog style WordPress theme for blogging. Responsive & retina-ready. Supports 10 post formats and SEO. Choose your own color scheme.
Flexform
Flexform is a feature-rich WordPress theme with responsive, touch-enabled and retina-ready design. Includes 3 sliders, powerful portfolio & blog options. WooCommerce ready.
Typegrid
Typegrid is a responsive premium WordPress magazine theme with featured article slider, highlight section and 10 post formats. It has widget blocks for ads and 6 page layouts.
DonateNow
DonateNow is a responsive donation WordPress theme with donations form, donations list, donations target and collected funds shortcodes. 6 post formats included.
theGrid
theGrid is a creative one-page WordPress theme ideal for presenting your work. Responsive and retina ready, this theme has a post format support and a page builder.
Attitude
Attitude is a responsive, free retina-ready WordPress theme with a featured content slider. It has 9 different homepage options. You can change logo, social icons, favicon, and more.
Coco
Coco is a responsive, minimal WP theme for portfolios and blogs. There are 8 post formats and 3 post types (portfolio, gallery and slider) supported. It has a widgetized top area.
GeekLove
Geek Love is a responsive WordPress wedding theme. It has 4 post types: events, gallery, guestbook and attendees. There are 10 widgets for homepage and a Live Customizer.
Paragon
Paragon is a responsive parallax WordPress template with 3 sliders (Layer, Revolution and FlexSlider). It has 3 portfolio & 3 blog styles, pricing tables, clients, testimonials.
LiquidFolio
LiquidFolio is a colorful WordPress folio theme. It has 9 post formats for blog and 4 for the gallery. The theme uses 2 lightbox types and custom thumbnail sizes.
Fuji
Fuji is a modern HTML5 WordPress theme. It's multi-purpose, responsive and retina-ready. Supports 9 page types and 5 post formats. Includes grid content & tabs shortcodes.
Wise Guys
Wise Guys is a HTML5 WordPress business theme. It includes Revolution slider, lightbox and two comments system. There is also Mailchimp Newsletter and responsive design.
Super Grid
SuperGrid is a responsive & retina-ready WordPress theme for designer websites, blogs and portfolios. It has a built-in "like system", grid layout and 100+ retina ready icons.
Endymion
Endymion is a clean WordPress business theme. It has portfolio page templates with lightbox and categories filter. It also has a custom post type for slideshows.
Fotografia
Fotografia is an artists portfolio WordPress theme. It offers built-in slideshow features, custom widgets as well as powerful blogging options (post formats, layouts).
Proxy
Proxy is a one page WordPress retina theme for portfolios. It has a widgetized layout with editable blocks and a shortcode generator. Fully responsive.
Read WP
Read WP is a minimalist author WordPress theme for blogs and portfolios. It has 9 post formats and filterable portfolios with “load more items” feature. Fully responsive.
Fact
Fact is an artist portfolio WordPress theme with responsive & retina-ready design. It has an image background slider, 1-4 column portfolio, 7 post formats, shortcodes.
Bretheon
Bretheon is a WordPress theme for company websites. Includes 5 homepage, 7 contact, 4 Our Team pages, portfolio, FAQ, offer, gallery, responsive sliders, grid layout.
Skybox
Skybox is a responsive WP clean theme. Includes Revolution Slider, megafolio (multi-grid), one-page video showcase, social timeline, pricing tables. Retina-ready.
Heat
Heat is a WordPress photography portfolio theme. Includes multiple galleries, sortable portfolios with lightbox, 8 post formats, masonry, Google Maps, retina-ready icons.
Quare
Quare is a responsive classic WordPress business theme. Includes 9 blog & 2 portfolio layouts, 10 custom widgets, drag&drop page builder, contact form. Built on Bootstrap.
Journal
Journal is a responsive WordPress photo blog theme. Includes 8 custom widgets, 8 custom pages, optional infinite scroll, 404 page, image gallery.
Forte
Forte is a responsive e-Commerce ready WordPress theme. Includes WooCommerce plugin support, fullscreen slideshow, filterable portfolio galleries, pricing tables.
Lolly
Lolly is a simple elegant WordPress theme. It supports all post formats and it also has a slideshow and a Flexslider powered blog gallery. Fully responsive.
Inovado
Inovado is a responsive company WordPress theme. Includes wide & boxed layout, Slider Revolution & FlexSlider, pricing tables, FAQ, service & job pages, boxes, icons.
Sniper
Sniper is a responsive WordPress theme for photographer websites. Includes 2 modes (standard & AJAX), lightbox plugin for images and videos, pagination, 2 skins.
Razor
Razor is a responsive crisp WordPress and BuddyPress theme. Includes sidebar generator, layout manager, popup login forms, retina-ready, unlimited page templates.
Verb
Verb is a responsive WordPress designer portfolio theme. Includes minimalist design, block portfolio page, custom archive page, image & video portfolio support.
CleanSpace
CleanSpace is a responsive, retina-ready WordPress business theme. It is WooCommerce compatible. It has 4 portfolio item page layouts and a Layer Slider plugin.
Gallery
Gallery is a responsive free WordPress theme for galleries. Includes View.js lightbox script, sticky navigation feature, built-in retina support, SASS/Compass.
Aboard
Aboard is a responsive minimal WordPress portfolio theme. Includes full screen video player, filterable portfolio, newsletter, custom 404 page.
Journal
Journal is a responsive, retina-ready Tumblr WordPress theme. Includes 7 post formats (standard, image, gallery, audio, video, quote and link).
Pupa
Pupa is a responsive theme for WordPress. It is retina-ready and supports image, video or gallery portfolio items. Includes Parallax Layer slider plugin.
Buddy
Buddy is a responsive BuddyPress WordPress theme. Includes custom post/pages, YouTube, Vimeo & self-hosted videos, free JW player commercial license.
Iconik
Iconik is a responsive journal WordPress theme. Includes fullscreen image slideshow that can play videos, blog with 5 post formats, sortable portfolio.
Showroom
Showroom is a retina ready, responsive WordPress gallery theme. Includes grid portfolio, simple gallery, masonry style blog and a custom landing page.
Unicorn
Unicorn is a minimalist retina ready WordPress theme. Includes sliders and custom post types for portfolio, testimonials, photo albums, etc. Fully responsive.
White Rock
White Rock is a WordPress restaurant template. Includes menus, portfolios, optional category listing, restaurant hours, contact page, Twitter & Flickr widget.
Studio London
Studio London is a responsive WordPress portfolio template. Includes 4 thumbnail options, sitemap, archives, contact page, slideshow.
Progress
Progress is a responsive pro WordPress theme. Includes responsive sliders / videos, filterable AJAX/Normal portfolio, Parallax layer slider and a content builder.
Wildfire
Wildfire is a fully responsive, retina display ready WordPress theme. Includes an infinite scrolling portfolio, unlimited sidebars and unlimited colors.
Pocket is a fully responsive, minimal WordPress Tumblog theme. Includes fully scalable featured images and embedded video features.
Immersion
Immersion is an elegant WordPress theme equipped with a fullscreen slideshow for showcasing your best work. Includes many different post formats.
Avada
Avada is a fully responsive, clean, professional and highly customizable WordPress theme. It uses a well-organized, modern design.
Outreach
Outreach a premium WordPress theme for charity websites. Includes an email capture plugin, events calendar and optional donations button.
Nexus
Nexus is a fully responsive WordPress business theme ideal for creating well-organized corporate websites.
Purity
Purity is a minimalist and very clean WordPress theme that doesn’t feel cluttered or busy. The theme is simplistic and makes your content truly stand out.
High-resolution screens will soon become a standard. Apple accustomed us to a sleek and clear picture. Those who tried it were all impressed by the quality of Retina graphics. I'm sure that WordPress theme developers won't ignore this rapid change, so more and more Retina-ready WordPress themes will be released. Stay tuned, I'll keep this post updated.
Comments
Smashing Buzz
, at 13 May 13superb collection, simply as we never have seen before in one place. thanks for sharing
Derek
, at 15 Jul 14These themes aren't even retina ready, so why say that in the article title? Doesn't retina ready mean they have the option to upload images at double resolution so they display in high quality on retina displays? I looked at a few of these themes and none of them had this capability.
PauliusR
, at 09 Jun 15Derek, I'm pretty sure that the themes you are talking about does not put any restrictions on the resolution of the images you need to upload. It means that all you have to do is to select a decent size img so that it could be displayed at double resolution on Retina screens.
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