Pinterest is one of the most popular and elegant social image sharing websites today. Compared to its older brothers like Flickr, imgur and Photobucket, Pinterest has seen considerable growth. Critics argue the reason behind this is the element of “social sharing”. Integrating Pinterest with Facebook led to just that. People tend to interact more when they see a real name or a face – someone they can subconsciously create a connection with.

In the WordPress realm, Pinterest style themes have been a huge hit. Almost all the popular theme companies have started to add at least one, if not many, Pinterest style WordPress themes to their collection. These themes sport a grid based or masonry tiled layout. Each post is contained in a tile (with or without an image). All of these themes are responsive, which enables proper rearrangement of the tiles when the browser is resized. They’re mainly used in photoblogs, personal blogs, portfolios and other sites which list collections. We’ve listed some of our favourite Pinterest style WordPress themes below – we hope you enjoy them as much as we do.

1. Keen – Clean/Minimal Portfolio/Blog WordPress Theme

2. Pinboard – Responsive Pinterest WordPress Theme

3. Clipboard – Pinterest Inspired WordPress Theme

4. Smoothie – Retina Responsive WordPress Blog Theme

5. Photum – Responsive WordPress Theme for Photographers

6. SerenityWP Responsive Portfolio WordPress Themes

7. 1Page – Masonry WordPress News Theme

8. Tetris Free Masonry Tumblog WordPress Theme

9. Exhibit Responsive Blog WordPress Theme

10. Gridly – Free WordPress Portfolio Theme

11. Pronto – Free Masonry Gallery WordPress Theme

12. Notebook

13. Brick + Mason – Premium Photography and Blog Theme

14. Remal – Responsive WordPress Blog Theme

15. Vasiliki

16. Clippy

17. Photogram – Free Photo Gallery WordPress Theme

18. Pinshop – Pinboard and WooCommerce Theme

19. Fabulous – Responsive Masonry Blog WordPress Theme

20. WP-PinUp

21. Inspire – A Multi-purpose, Masonry Theme

22. SympaGrid – Responsive Grid WordPress Theme

23. Ikebana – Masonry WordPress Portfolio Theme

24. Spaces | Full Screen Grid-Based Blog/Portfolio

25. Quickly – Handcrafted WordPress Theme

26. Cube: Front-end Multimedia Publishing WP Theme

27. Bayside – Responsive WordPress Theme

28. Pinable

29. Nano – Responsive Portfolio and Blog Theme

30. Pintores

31. Pinfinity

32. iPin Pro

33. ExtraGrid – Creative, Blog & Multimedia theme

34. TheWall – Grid-A-Licious Blog and Portfolio Theme

35. Fotografia, WordPress Responsive Theme for Artists

36. Bulletin Responsive Tumblog WordPress Theme

37. InGRID – Responsive Multi-Purpose WordPress Theme

38. Compasso – Masonry Magazine Theme

39. Reveal – Flat & Metro Masonry WordPress Theme

40. Pretty – Clean Masonry Responsive WordPress Theme

41. Gridlocked: Minimalistic WordPress Portfolio Theme

42. Mug: Clean Creative Multipurpose Grid Portfolio

43. Koi | Responsive Portfolio WordPress Theme

44. Ubergrid – Responsive Grid WordPress Theme

45. Slurp: Minimalistic and Creative Grid Portfolio

46. Blogrid – Grid-Based WordPress theme

Conclusion

Today there are literally thousands of appealing WordPress themes available in a number of great marketplaces. Choosing the correct theme can be a bit of a pickle. The term “appealing” is highly subjective. The Bard of Avon once said:

Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder

No matter what your visual taste is, it is always a smart idea to first conduct a background check on the theme you’re buying. Is the company’s support reliable? Does the theme slow down your site? What about the refund policy? These are some of the questions you need to ask yourself before buying a new theme. Rest assured, the themes we’ve listed here are from Themeforest and other reputable WordPress theme marketplaces and individual companies. If you have any questions or feel that we’ve missed out a great theme, please give us a shout!

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