I’ve said it before on this site, a good minimal WordPress theme is often more difficult to code than a complex, flashy one.  In looking at good minimal WordPress themes, I look for clean lines, mostly CSS instead of images, and grid-based or clear organization.  For example, a strong navigation system need not be overly [...]

Check out these 46 excellent WordPress lightbox themes! Lightbox is a powerful but simple script that overlays images on top of the current page.  It has become the standard for portfolio and gallery pages.  Protecting your WordPress site from “viewer fatigue” means preventing unnecessary clicks and back button usage.  Lightbox allows you to do this [...]

WordPress started as a blogging platform, but quickly became a powerful tool to showcase your work. These WordPress showcase themes are the best of the best, available for instant purchase with no expensive subscription fees. They are made by professional designers that stand behind their work. A good WordPress showcase theme is clean and minimalist, [...]

Those amazing theme creators are at it again, producing some special new products. Always pushing the limits of what we thought WordPress could do, creating new ways to use this amazing content publishing platform. WordPress can no longer be considered just a blogging platform, it’s now a full fledged content management system. Check out these [...]

You’ll find some really incredible AJAX WordPress Themes out there.  AJAX stands for Asynchronous Javascript and XHTML.  If you’re not familiar with AJAX, you may be familiar with some of the features it is responsible for on WordPress sites.  For example, almost any feature that allows you to stay on the page while updating the [...]

Wordpress is a simple tool used by millions of webmasters. Did you know Google has a whole department dedicated to political adword accounts? We didn’t either until recently.

There are many political candidates using Wordpress to manage their online presence. As the United States Presidential campaigns of Barack Obama and Howard Dean showed, the web is one of, if not the most important tool for political organizing.

Here are our picks for Wordpress themes best suited for political applications.