While loathed by many WordPress developers these extremely customizable multi-purpose themes are very popular with average WordPress users. It’s not hard to see why.
Often marketed as something like “the last theme you will ever need to buy” these multi-purpose do-it-all themes can be can be used to build virtually any type of website. They’re packed full with sometimes thousands of features and options such as drag and drop visual page builders, unlimited layout and styling options, a plethora of built-in shortcodes, dozens of sliders, unlimited color scheme options and much more. They’re also very cheap to buy, typically costing only $50 to $70.
Although there are thousands of excellent lean premium and free WordPress available that have been carefully crafted for specific purposes and niches, finding one that has exactly the design you want can be difficult. Besides that, most people don’t have the money to hire an expensive developer for customization, and don’t have the skills, time or desire to get their hands dirty in the code in order to customize one to suit their needs.
Consequently these cheap, feature rich, multi-purpose WordPress themes which promise to let you create any type of website the way you want quickly and easily without needing to touch any code can look very attractive.
There are many reasons why using such a theme may not the best long-term solution. Potential issues and problems can include: code bloat, server load issues, slow page load speed, functionality bundled and built into the theme that is best provided by a plugin, security vulnerabilities, data portability and lock-in problems, not following WordPress standards and best practice, and major hassles when wanting to switch to another theme design later on. You really should carefully check and consider all the issues before you decide to use one of these themes to build your website, particularly if you’re building a large site with lots of content.
That said if you’re looking for a feature rich, super customizable, multi-purpose all-in-one WordPress theme then 11 of the most popular themes are listed below.
Divi WordPress Theme
Divi is a smart, powerful and extremely customizable WordPress theme builder. The flagship premium WordPress theme from Elegant Themes has an extensive set of features and options giving you complete creative control to build any type of mobile friendly responsive website exactly the way you want. Divi is probably the only theme you will ever need.
The core of Divi is the Divi Builder – an advanced drag and drop layout builder that allows you to create beautiful and unique layouts visually, without touching a single line of code. There’s no limitations to how layouts can be customized and arranged, giving anyone the ability to create truly dynamic websites with ease.
Some of the other key features and benefits of Divi include: 20 pre-made layouts, ability to create and save your own layouts, extensive module options with the drag and drop layout builder, fully mobile responsive, rock solid security, lots of header and navigation options, fully translated inside and out, full RTL support, one-page website option, beautiful portfolio and product page layouts, WooCommerce ready, video and parallax background options, 300+ elegant icons, unlimited color options, and much more.
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Presence
Presence is a versatile and powerful multipurpose WordPress theme from WPZOOM. Designed to be a “starting point” theme suitable for any type of blog or website project it includes heaps of features, options and design controls that enable you to easily customize and style it as you like to suit your specific needs. Presence is perfectly suited for the “enthusiasts” that would like to be able to create a website on their own without having to touch one line of code.
Some of the key features and benefits of the Presence theme include: lots of customization options (controls for colors, backgrounds, font styles, font sizes etc), drag and drop visual page builder (Unyson framework), multiple header layouts, boxed or full width layouts, WooCommerce support, numerous slider styles, 4 different blog layouts, JetPack portfolio, fully responsive, custom widgets, Events Calendar integration, infinite scroll option and more.
It also includes functionality for specific industries and use. For example Real Estate (listings, search widget, agents page, IDX support), Music (music bar, upcoming shows, playlists), Hotels (page builder, testimonials, gallery), Portfolio (JetPack portfolio support, page builder, team members)/
Presence is a really impressive and powerful WordPress theme that includes everything you need to create a professional blog or website. You can use it for business, an online ecommerce shop, hotel, real estate, education, music, magazine, church, portfolio, project or any other type of website.
The Core
The Core is a powerful and feature rich multipurpose drag and drop WordPress theme that comes with 10+ purpose built child themes for specific niches and industries. The Core theme will allow you to build all sorts of modern and professional looking websites quickly and easily.
The Core is built on Unyson, ThemeFuses’s open source WordPress framework. It comes with heaps of cool features and customization options including an advanced visual drag and drop page builder, unlimited color schemes using a color picker, mobile responsive and retina ready, multiple sliders (Slider Revolution, Layers Slider and a custom-built slider), demo content install, WooCommerce integration (with styled page templates from product listing to checkout), 4 header types, 3 footer variations, multiple page layouts, mega menu, over 700 Google font options, lots of shortcodes (use together with the drag & drop page builder to create unique, complex pages), animation options, multiple portfolio types (2, 3 or 4 columns, plus different types of display portfolio blocks), sticky header option, events management, advanced SEO options, translation ready and more.
Weston
Weston is a mega multipurpose WordPress theme that allows you to build virtually any kind of website. The premium theme from Theme Trust has a heap of fantastic features and options and comes packaged with the amazing Visual Composer plugin that gives you the power to your content exactly the way you want.
Some of the key features and benefits of the Weston theme include: unlimited widget areas, slider revolution plugin, responsive layout, portfolios, video backgrounds, Google fonts, 1500+ icons, custom colors controls, parallax backgrounds, pricing tables, custom per page design options, WooCommerce ready, serveral blog layouts, Google maps, mega menus, multiple header layouts, 12 premade homepage concepts, and more.
Weston is an amazing multipurpose WordPress theme that allows you to easily build a modern and professional looking blog or website. You can use it for a creative agency, online stop, studio, portfolio, product, café, wedding, event, photography, freelancers, landing page or any other project.
X Theme
The X theme is a powerful WordPress theme that includes multiple unique designs (called Stacks) built into the theme combined with comprehensive customization options and Cornerstone page builder for endless possibilities. X is one of the most popular and fastest selling themes on Theme Forest. The X theme is used by more than 80,000+ people (as of December 2015) making it one of the most popular WordPress themes around.
Some of the key features of the X theme include: 4 unique stacks (designs) built in, native WordPress Customizer for extensive design and layout controls, 100% responsive, page builder to built complex layouts (via integrated Visual Composer and custom shortcodes), typography (600 fonts), WooCommerce support, bbPress and BuddyPress support, shortcodes, dozens of navigation options, mega menu, search functionality, boxed or wide layouts, one page site option, customisable and unlimited sidebars, portfolio pages, icons fonts, lots of styling options, right to left language support, translation ready, integrated social sharing and more.
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Avada
Avada is a responsive multipurpose WordPress theme that has a list of features as long as your arm and leg. It was first released in August 2012 and has become the number one selling theme of all time on ThemeForest with an incredible 170,000+ sales (as of December 2015). Its constantly updated and new features keep being added.
The Avada theme actually has a quite a nice, clean design. It has way too many features to list here but some of the notable ones include: a 100% fully responsive design, 20+ home page designs, Fusion Page Builder (a visual page builder that lets you create custom pages with little effort), 21 different theme option panels for full customization, 5 different slider options, shortcode generator with over 100 shortcodes, mega menu system, WooCommerce compatibility, unlimited colour options, advanced portfolio options, 6 blog layouts, typography options (500+ Google fonts), 5 different header designs, unlimited sidebars, boxed or wide layouts, customizable site width, one page parallax site option, custom backgrounds, Font Awesome icons, custom widgets and more.
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Enfold
Enfold is a flexible, multi-purpose WordPress theme with a responsive design. Released in April 2013 on ThemeForest the theme has more than 37,000 sales. The theme has a clean and traditional design that would be suited to business and company websites, shops and portfolio sites. Some of the key features of the theme include: a mobile responsive and retina ready design, a plethora of options to modify layout, styling, colors and fonts directly from within the backend, 18 pre-defined skins, unlimited colours and layouts, layout builder, tons of shortcodes, multiple 3D and 2D sliders, parallax full screen slideshow, unlimited portfolio pages and more.
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Salient
Salient is another popular multi-purpose WordPress theme for sale on ThemeForest. Released in March 2013, over 22,000 copies of the theme have been sold. It has a fairly clean and modern design and of course can be used for any type of website.
Salient comes with a high customized and integrated version of the visual composer plugin for building pages via drag and drop. Its fully customizable with unlimited colors and layouts, 600+ fonts and a fully responsive and retina ready design. Some of the other key features of the theme include: an extensive options panel, Nectar slider (swipe enabled, video background support, full screen and loop options etc), shortcodes, WooCommerce ready, lots of portfolio configurations and options, 3 icons sets, AJAX page options, a built-in “love” system, 4 different blog layouts, post formats and more.
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The7
The7 multipurpose WordPress theme packs “everything you need to build and awesome website”. Released in September 2013, the theme has had over 15,000 sales in a year. The theme has been designed to fit any website large or small and could be used for a landing page, business website, creative portfolio, online shop, blog / magazine websites, or a one page site.
The premium theme is mobile responsive and retina ready. It contains a huge range of customization options that allows you to customize almost every aspect of its appearance from the theme options panel. It has 2 design styles, 4 header layouts, unlimited backgrounds and colors, 12 included skins, and 600+ Google fonts. It also comes with a Visual Layout Builder so you can create custom layouts via custom widgets and shortcodes. Some of the other notable features include: WooCommerce support, translation ready, mega menu system, post formats, lots of blog, portfolio and gallery layouts, social icons, custom widgets, unlimited widget areas and more.
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Bridge
Bridge is a creative multipurpose WordPress theme with a modern and rather attractive design that follows some of the latest web design trends. Released in April 2014 it’s already had almost 9,000 sales on ThemeForest.
The theme is completely customizable and some of the core features of the theme include: 40+ ready to use designs, 100% responsive and retina design, a visual composer page builder, unlimited headers, WooCommerce shop ready, a powerful slider, AJAX animated transitions, video backgrounds, custom mega menu, tons of shortcodes, sticky header, portfolios, multiple sidebars, unlimited colors and sizes for all elements, 500+ Google fonts, a robust backend and more.
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uDesign
The uDesign WordPress theme is a powerful and customizable theme “that will help your site in no time to your liking with minimal effort”. The theme was initially released way back in June 2011 and has a massive 38,000 sales to date. Design wise the theme is showing its age a bit but would be suitable for business and company websites.
The theme is responsive and mobile ready and allows you to change the look and feel of your site in seconds. It has a lot of features packed in. Some of the notable features include: 7 homepage sliders, a drag and drop page builder, 500+ fonts, unlimited color combinations, sortable portfolios, WooCommerce integration, background images, blog section, widgetzied homepage and more.
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Jupiter
Jupiter is a versatile WordPress theme with a modern and attractive design. The theme was released in July 2013 and over 10,000 copies of the theme have been sold to date (September 2014). Its touted as a next generation WordPress theme with unlimited variations that lets you dream and create anything you want.
It’s an advanced template system with dozens of templates. Some of the notable features include: multiple header styles, a visual composer page builder, unique headers for each page, mega menu and backgrounds, 1800 icons, 5 navigation hover styles, 3 different sliders, 7 blog layouts, 10 custom post types, a mobile responsive design, 7 homepage layouts, admin panel, background customizer, and more.
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BeTheme
BeTheme is a responsive, multi-purpose WordPress theme that claims to be “more than just a WordPress theme”. It includes an advanced options panel and a drag and drop page builder tool to give unlimited possibilities. Released in May 2014 its currently one of the most popular and best selling WordPress themes on ThemeForest with more than 3,000 sales so far.
The theme has a stack of features built in. Some of the main features include: 2 different page builders (Muffin Builder and Visual Composer), 2 sliders, (Revolution and Layer Slider), 4 different grid (size) layouts, 7 header options, over 200 shortcodes, mega menu, Layouts generator (unlimited layouts for pages), WooCommerce ready, parallax effects and background video, 600+ fonts, 3 blog layouts, 4 portfolio layouts, unlimited sidebars, a responsive design and lots of other options to control basically every aspect and element of the theme.
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Total
Total is a responsive multipurpose WordPress theme framework that lets you easily build good looking, one-of-a-kind websites using drag and drop page modules. The premium theme has a mega list of features with a clean, modern and mobile responsive design. The Total theme was released in December 2013 and remains a popular theme on ThemeForest with over 4,000 copies sold.
Total was designed to be customized and was created with many different niches and professions in mind – businesses, bloggers, online stores, lawyers, agencies, wedding planners, hosting companies, nonprofits and more. The theme is “packed to the brim” with features including: a front end drag and drop page builder for unlimited page layouts, a page template manager, pre-styled theme skins, single and multipage layouts, WooCommerce ready, unlimited colour options, custom font options (650+ Google fonts), a couple of premium sliders, mega menu, 3 header styles, bbPress support, full or boxed layouts, CSS3 animations, Font Awesome icons, portfolio post types, staff and testimonial post types, local scroll menu, advanced meta options, video backgrounds support, video lightbox galleries and much more.
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Stockholm
Stockholm is one of the newest and fastest selling multipurpose WordPress themes. Released in September 2014 it’s had over 500 sales in less than a month. It easy to see why the Stockholm theme is quickly becoming a best seller on Theme Forest. The highly customisable and genuinely multi-concept theme has a modern, minimal and flat design with nice typography that could be used for a wide variety of websites.
The Stockholm theme has an impressive feature list. Some of the notable features of the theme include: 20 example layouts and endless combinations, visual composer drag and drop page builder, user friendly admin panel, 6 different header styles and unlimited layouts, 2 slider options, video slider, WooCommerce support, animated page translations, 2 icons sets, 600+ Google fonts, parallax sections, multiple portfolio and blog lists, multiple custom sidebars, 30+ custom shortcodes, customizable footer, and more.
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