The number of pet and animal based blogs that are out there at the moment is increasing on a daily basis. This means that the designers of blog templates are taking this into account and consequently developing designs that are perfectly optimised for this market. The Rabbit WordPress Theme really fits into this arena perfectly, and this is not just because it has a picture of a rabbit in the header. The header, by the way, is incredible in that it has a graphic on the far right, and somehow squeezes a lot of content in to the very top left of the header, which means that the whole WordPress template has a real sense of getting the most content into the template that it is possible to do.

Any blogger who wants to run a pet-based blog can really benefit for this particular template. The template is perfectly aligned with the small pet shop blog too. The template also contains three columns, which means that you can install widgets to a very large degree. This allows for the best in functionality, allowing you to add content that can be regularly updated for your readership. This is a great theme.

Every now and then a WordPress Theme comes along that kind of defies any kind of definition or categorisation. This is because a designer has tried to establish their position in the blogosphere and have something online and available to bloggers that is incredibly exciting and allows for the maximum as regards functionality. If this is achieved with some kind of unique artistic credibility, then all the better. However, this is not always the case, and many designers find themselves coming up with some designs that, while they may look good, are not very useful to the very bloggers they are trying to attract.

Emerald City is a WordPress template that tries to buck this trend, and does a very good job of it, in fact. This is because the header really gets the attention of the readers, but rather than rely just on this, which some people could call a gimmick, the template then goes on to reveal some more treasures.

It is a three column template, which means you have the ultimate in functionality too. You can install widgets on the template, which means that you have an opportunity to not only look good, but be functional too.

The trend for high quality magazine and newspaper templates for bloggers continues apace. The need for these types of templates is very real, especially when bloggers are now faced with an internet environment where they cannot get any kind of leverage or market share with a simple blog set up where they have maybe one or two columns in their templates that they use. This means that there are many designers out there right now that make it part of their rationale to produce a number of templates that have at least four columns involved in them, with the added bonus that they have a great magazine style layout.

One such WordPress theme is Alpha News. This template has a great look to it, and one can imagine it gracing the sites of a major newspaper or news site that has current ad regular content as part of its main attraction points to its readers. It is for this reason that the WordPress template really has an amazing impact, you can utilise the large amount of columns to include a number of widgets as well as a massive amount of ads and newsfeeds. A great and very important looking template.

Wind Mill is a WordPress Theme that does not lend itself very easily to categorisation. You take your first look at this WordPress template and perhaps the immediate reaction is one of feeling ever so slightly underwhelmed. There is no evidence that the designers are trying to grab your attention, no flash movies to get you interest sparked. There is no video footage, no great big arresting header graphic. All there is, for starters at least, s a rather nice picture of windmill on some grass.

This is deceiving. The whole template really works as a simple design. Picture the market for this kind of template, and you are looking at the blogger who writes about ecological themes, for example, or the blogger who wants to write about agriculture. However, it does not stop there. You could also have a blog about some issue that is self-help related, or something along the lines of self improvement.

So there is lots of potential there. Add to this the fact that you have a template here that is highly functional, in that it has three columns, with total widget functionality, and you have a template that is deceptively beautiful and useful too.

There are hundreds of WordPress templates out there that focus on grabbing the health and wellness markets with their design. The only problem is that this particular market is about as saturated as it could possibly be, and a WordPress Theme that enables its owner to make an impact will truly have to stand out a mile if it is to have the desired effect.

Vital is a WordPress template that could quite easily carry it off. Containing three columns, two of which are sidebars, it offers a great and powerful level of functionality while still bringing the reader an attractive visual experience.

A light blue header is populated by a couple of light drawings of flowers. This is particularly effective because this particular genre of health and wellness can often seem like it is a drab and cold world, with many blogs in this field having hardly any colour in the background. Vital scores on this point. The colours really help to lift it above its competitors, and enhance the overall feel.

As stated earlier, there are three columns. Two of these are widget ready, and one contains Meta data while the other contains the opportunity to install widgets.

Sporting blogs come and sporting blogs go, with the ante being raised on a consistent basis by template designers who want to make that bigger impact with their WordPress Themes. Get a sporting blog design wrong, and bloggers will not have it, due to the fact that the genre of sports blogging is so full of contenders it is almost impossible to get traffic unless you have a WordPress template that stands out a mile. Soccer is a WordPress Theme that does make a huge impact as soon as you see it. It is three columns in size; however, it contains a neat twist to the format that makes it almost unique.

The three column template has been done to death and explored fully over the last few years. The Soccer template has a different way of doing things though. It is unconventional in that one of its three columns are entirely taken up by a graphical image, that of a footballer. The footballer is sitting down against a backdrop of clouds, and this image makes the template a spectacular one. It has a sidebar with widget functionality, and thus offers the looks and usefulness that can make a difference.

The trend for very simple WordPress template designs continues, with more and more developers feeling the need to strip down their basic template ideas, and instead deliver what are essentially content vehicles. This is very much the case with the Simple Blue WordPress Theme. This template is very much just what you might think it is when you hear the title. It is simple, and it is blue. That’s it.

However, this is no bad thing. The simplicity of the template makes it one of the more attractive templates around. It has no flashy graphics, which often turn out to be obtrusive anyway. It also does not suffer from an excess of colour in the layout, which often means that a template is too much for the human eye to take in.

As regards the technical aspects, it is a three column theme, which means that it has two sidebars, offering a ton of functionality. A lot is built in, due to the fact that the developer wants to include =basic meta data functions. However, one sidebar is completely open to the inclusion of widgets, which means that Simple Blue can be turned into a superlative, if simple, user experience.

It is hard to believe that there are so many simplistic templates out there for blogs, but the truth is actually a lot deeper than one would first think. However, the minimalist design has never been taken to extremes, until now that is. There is a WordPress Theme called Plain Text, and it is quite incredible, for one main reason. It is quite possibly the plainest and most simplistic WordPress template that you could possibly ever come across.

The title of the template pretty much sums up the work you see when you first download the theme. In fact, the entire screen is populated by a simple section of text, some of it in different size fonts and styles, but nevertheless very much all plain text.

It is all css, in fact. The sheer lack of images is quite disconcerting at first, but after a while there seems to be a kind of logic at work. The three column template has to rely entirely on content, so if you do run a blog that has a lot of text on it (one for writers, for example) then you have a good vehicle with Plain Text. This is an intriguing template.

If you run a business that is small you may require a website that has an unobtrusive but highly effective interface. It is true that you have to make things as imple as possible when you are running a business, because your clients and customers will want things to be as accessible as possible. The problem is that there are not an amazing amount o WordPress templates out there.

Revolution Code Blue wordpress theme is a clean and simple WP design. Main content area is white and possitioned on the left. On the right side are two sidebars. The first one supports wordpres widgets and contains all the standard wp elements. The header background fades from dark to light blue. It contains the blog title and tagline. On the right side is a place holder for advertisment banner (468 pixels width x 60 pixels height). Above it are two RSS feed icons. The far right sidebar contains a list of recent posts. It would be a good location to place google adsense. Revolution Code Blue wordpress template was designed by Brian Gardner.

The best designs seem to be minimalist ones these days, when it comes to WordPress. Some of the cleanest and simplest designs are now available as free templates, and anyone who wants to give their blog a makeover, or just to establish their business presence on the Internet, can now do so for free. The minimalist movement makes it easy for someone who wants to focus on content alone to make an impact quickly and easily. The WordPress Theme Plain Simple continues this trend. It is, as the name suggests, a perfect example of the minimalist school of design, and one that should serve any blogger very well if they have a lot to say.

It is a three column design, which means that the levels of functionality are very high. All you have to do to make the WordPress template instantly functional and much more valuable to your readership is to add widgets. This is totally enabled by one of the sidebars, which has complete functionality and compatibility in this area.

One neat touch in this template is the font style, which is small and unobtrusive, but also highly elegant. A very fitting template for a first time blogger.