{"id":89186,"date":"2012-07-25T09:00:50","date_gmt":"2012-07-25T09:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wpmu.org\/?p=89186"},"modified":"2022-02-04T20:30:16","modified_gmt":"2022-02-04T20:30:16","slug":"free-wordpress-video-themes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/free-wordpress-video-themes\/","title":{"rendered":"Best &#038; Free WordPress Video Themes for Your Website"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s say you want to run a video site. You want to run it on WordPress. You want a theme that will help you do that&#8230;and you want it for free!<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully, there are several great WordPress themes out there to help &#8212; that don&#8217;t cost a dime.<\/p>\n<p>A lot of WordPress themes are designed for text, but here are ten themes that are built around video and multimedia.<\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;ll help display video content on your site with ease. All of these themes are up-to-date, free, and focused on video.<\/p>\n<p>Many come with premium or pro features to upgrade; however, no upgrade may be needed if a particular theme has exactly what you need for your video website.<\/p>\n<p>In no particular order, let&#8217;s countdown these videos &#8211; er, video themes.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"#astra\">Astra<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#music-and-video\">Music and Video<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#exs-video\">ExS Video<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#vlogger\">Vlogger Video Blog<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#videostories\">VideoStories<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#seos-video\">Seos Video<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#videoblog\">Videoblog<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#big-bob\">Big Bob<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#ananya\">Ananya<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#fairy\">Fairy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#rosa2-lite\">Rosa2 Lite<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>By the time you check these out, there should be one that will work perfectly for your videos and your WordPress site.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"astra\">1. Astra<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_208443\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" data-caption=\"true\"><a rel=\"lightbox[89186]\" class=\"blog-thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/astra-video-theme.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-208443\" src=\"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/astra-video-theme.png\" alt=\"Astra Video Theme\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Astra Video Theme<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/themes\/astra\/\" target=\"_blank\">Astra<\/a> is an easy to use WordPress theme designed with speed in mind. It has over 180 Starter Templates that offer modern, professional designs you can import and use in less than a minute.<\/p>\n<p>Astra is compatible with most page builders, WordPress Gutenberg, WooCommerce and many other plugins. It also supports review schema which is ideal for video content.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s also fully responsive and delivers awesome performance without sacrificing features. The free version is very generous, while <a href=\"https:\/\/wpastra.com\/pricing\/\" target=\"_blank\">Astra Pro<\/a> adds many more features.<\/p>\n<p>Astra features include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Most popular WordPress theme after the default Twenty Twenty<\/li>\n<li>Compatible with Gutenberg and drag and drop page builders<\/li>\n<li>Free and premium version available<\/li>\n<li>Over 180 professionally-designed Starter Templates<\/li>\n<li>Built for performance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>2. Music and Video<\/h2>\n<div class=\"image-grid cgrid-row\">\n<div class=\"cgrid-col cgrid-col-span-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-193886\" src=\"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/music-and-videos.png\" alt=\"music and video\" width=\"600\" height=\"430\" \/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/themes\/music-and-video\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Music and Video theme<\/a> is a clean, multipurpose HTML5 theme that&#8217;s excellent for musicians and video creators.<\/p>\n<p>It has an easy to customize template, is SEO friendly, and very fast. It&#8217;s Gutenberg and WooCommerce compatible, fully responsive, and customizable. Plus, it features a recent post slider.<\/p>\n<p>You can also purchase a <a href=\"https:\/\/seosthemes.com\/music-and-video-wordpress-theme\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Premium version<\/a> of this theme that includes attributes such as a categories homepage, music player, home page images, and more.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"exs-video\">3. ExS Video<\/h2>\n<div class=\"image-grid cgrid-row\">\n<div class=\"cgrid-col cgrid-col-span-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-193885\" src=\"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/ExS.png\" alt=\"Post image\" aria-hidden=\"true\" width=\"600\" height=\"430\" \/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-grid cgrid-row\">\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/themes\/exs-video\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ExS Video theme<\/a> is an easily customizable multipurpose child for the ExS WordPress theme that is great for video blogs. This theme supports post likes, comment likes, and posts views plugins.<\/p>\n<p>Also, it has unlimited color options, header, footer blog, and post layouts. It&#8217;s also SEO-friendly, with micro markup and structured data.<\/p>\n<p>They offer a <a href=\"https:\/\/exsthemewp.com\/demo\/exs-video-wordpress-theme-demo\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pro version<\/a> of this theme that comes with theme skins, Google fonts, animation, and more.<\/p>\n<p>You can check out a demo of this theme here and learn more on their website.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"vlogger\">4. Vlogger Video Blog<\/h2>\n<div class=\"image-grid cgrid-row\">\n<div class=\"cgrid-col cgrid-col-span-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-194007\" src=\"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/vlogger-video-blog.png\" alt=\"Vlogger Video Blog\" width=\"600\" height=\"283\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/themes\/vlogger-video-blog\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Vlogger Video Blog<\/a> theme was designed for video blogs. It has an elegant look to it that features a slider, copyright sections, promo areas, and social options.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s user-friendly, responsive, and features a call to action button. Plus, it&#8217;s WooCommerce compatible, comes with 100+ font options and advanced color options.<\/p>\n<p>This theme is perfect for IMDb review websites, video marketers, video vloggers, and anything video-related.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"videostories\">5. VideoStories<\/h2>\n<div class=\"image-grid cgrid-row\">\n<div class=\"cgrid-col cgrid-col-span-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-194009\" src=\"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/videostories.png\" alt=\"Videostories\" width=\"600\" height=\"455\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>With the <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/themes\/videostories\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">VideoStories theme<\/a>, you have a solution for a video-related WordPress site. With this theme, you can build video, movie, or IMDb review websites that are attractive and easy to create.<\/p>\n<p>It also features a sidebar for advertising, photo galleries, subscription forms, etc.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the key features are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Minimal Design<\/li>\n<li>Clean Typography<\/li>\n<li>Unlimited Colors<\/li>\n<li>SEO-friendly<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And more&#8230;<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"seos-video\">6. Seos Video<\/h2>\n<div>\n<div class=\"image-grid cgrid-row\">\n<div class=\"cgrid-col cgrid-col-span-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-194012\" src=\"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Seos-Video.png\" alt=\"Seos video theme\" width=\"600\" height=\"455\" \/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/themes\/seos-video\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Seos Video<\/a> is a responsive modern theme. It works perfectly for movies, videos, music, or any video-related subject matter.<\/p>\n<p>You can add a customized header and background images. Plus, this theme is translation ready.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, you can upgrade to a <a href=\"http:\/\/seosthemes.com\/free-wordpress-video-theme\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Premium version<\/a> of this theme that offers many more options, such as scroll animations, window shortcode, and Woocommerce support.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"videoblog\">7. Videoblog<\/h2>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"image-grid cgrid-row\">\n<div class=\"cgrid-col cgrid-col-span-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-194013\" src=\"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/videoblog.png\" alt=\"Videoblog\" width=\"600\" height=\"457\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>For a traditional blog\/magazine theme that&#8217;s great for videos, the <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/themes\/videoblog\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Videoblog theme<\/a> might do the trick. It focuses on content and readability by including an intuitive design and two-column layout.<\/p>\n<p>The front page gives you the ability to feature your main posts, and also you can feature up to five different post categories.<\/p>\n<p>You can see a live demo of this theme <a href=\"https:\/\/demo.ilovewp.com\/?theme=videoblog\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"big-bob\">8. Big Bob<\/h2>\n<div>\n<div class=\"image-grid cgrid-row\">\n<div class=\"cgrid-col cgrid-col-span-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-194014\" src=\"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/big-bob.png\" alt=\"Big bob theme.\" width=\"600\" height=\"457\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>With the <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/themes\/big-bob\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Big Bob theme<\/a>, you can give your images and videos a unique look on your WordPress site by maximizing their use. This theme does this by creating a layout that adapts well to a variety of headers.<\/p>\n<p>This theme also gives users the option to allow mobile browsers to utilize videos and images. It also includes a sticky sidebar and a sticky navbar. Plus, it includes a slide panel menu for mobile browsers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"ananya\">9. Ananya<\/h2>\n<div>\n<div class=\"image-grid cgrid-row\">\n<div class=\"cgrid-col cgrid-col-span-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-194015\" src=\"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/ananya.png\" alt=\"ananya theme\" width=\"600\" height=\"451\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/themes\/ananya\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ananya theme<\/a> is an easily customizable, fully responsive, and translation ready video theme. It&#8217;s for more of a blogging platform and for telling stories.<\/p>\n<p>You can add a unique video header and customize further with custom background colors, custom accent colors, custom menu, and social menu.\u00a0 Plus, you have typography options.<\/p>\n<p>Some other features are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Blog Page Options<\/li>\n<li>Social Links in Topbar<\/li>\n<li>Unlimited Colors<\/li>\n<li>Add a Search Box<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This theme is mobile-friendly and also supports RTL language (e.g. Arabic).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"fairy\">10. Fairy<\/h2>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"image-grid cgrid-row\">\n<div class=\"cgrid-col cgrid-col-span-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-194017\" src=\"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/fairy.png\" alt=\"Fairy\" width=\"600\" height=\"451\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/themes\/fairy\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fairy theme<\/a> is Gutenberg ready and a good fit for travel, food, technology, and fashion blogs.<\/p>\n<p>It comes with demo data to make the site like the demo and includes detailed documentation for video and text.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the features include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Responsive Theme<\/li>\n<li>Translation Ready<\/li>\n<li>Light Weight Theme<\/li>\n<li>Cross-Browser Compatible<\/li>\n<li>Unlimited Google Fonts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can upgrade to a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.candidthemes.com\/themes\/fairy\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Pro option<\/a>\u00a0that includes an author bio, header layout, color options, and more.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"rosa2-lite\">11. Rosa2 Lite<\/h2>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"image-grid cgrid-row\">\n<div class=\"cgrid-col cgrid-col-span-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-194019\" src=\"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/rosa2.png\" alt=\"Rosa2 Lite\" width=\"600\" height=\"432\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/themes\/rosa2-lite\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rosa2 Lite<\/a> was created for small businesses and includes some cool video aspects to it. The parallax effect allows any small business that will capture visitors&#8217; attention.<\/p>\n<p>You can include a media card block in a few clicks where you can include a background video menu on each parallax section of the page.<\/p>\n<h3>And That&#8217;s a Wrap<\/h3>\n<p>Videos can add value to your site by engaging viewers and showcasing products. As an added benefit, they&#8217;re great for SEO due to the fact they can make a user on your site longer.<\/p>\n<p>Hopefully, one of these video themes will work well for your WordPress site. They all have a different look and feel to them, and all involve video in some manner. Plus, they&#8217;re all free!<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, be sure to check out our article, <a href=\"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/add-video-background\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Add a Video Background<\/a>. This can be quite useful if you already have a theme in place and still want to add a video to the mix.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These themes will help you lay out your videos in style.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84404,"featured_media":194025,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"blog_reading_time":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_tutorials_categories":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[261],"tutorials_categories":[],"class_list":["post-89186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-themes","tag-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89186"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89186\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":208442,"href":"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89186\/revisions\/208442"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/194025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89186"},{"taxonomy":"tutorials_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tutorials_categories?post=89186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}