Top 30 WordPress Dashboard Templates
WordPress has come a long way; and so have the wordpress templates. Most of the wordpress templates that are available today are highly customizable and come with a configurable dashboard. Depending upon the theme, the inbuilt dashboard contains various options and settings for things like background, sidebar, header, footer, widgets, search engine optimizations, etc. Many theme dashboards also allow you to change the layout of the homepage like having sidebar on the right, having sidebar on the left, no sidebar, etc. Similarly, many dashboards contain settings for changing slider or slide show effects as well. Here are the top 30 wordpress templates with inbuilt dashboards:
inFocus
This theme from theme forest comes with multiple sliders and an in built contact form builder. The theme’s functionality is substantially extended by more than one hundred ready to use short codes that the theme comes with. The theme backend is quite robust. There are seven custom widgets included. The theme comes in more than thirty pre designed color schemes.
Dandelion
This theme has as many as three jquery powered beautiful sliders to show off your featured items. The admin panel of the theme is quite powerful. Portfolio can be showcased in three different types of preset page templates. The theme comes in unlimited number of skins.
Modernize
This is a very flexible theme with a responsive design, so your website can be browsed from any mobile device irrespective of the size and resolution of the screen the site is being viewed from. You can also upload your own custom font apart from more than three hundred and fifty fonts that the theme comes with. There are unlimited sidebars.
Awake
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There are more than sixty pre designed skins in this theme. Apart from this, there are seven custom widgets and more than one hundred useful short codes. There are seven different layouts for the portfolio page. And you can easily build your own contact forms using the inbuilt contact form builder.
Delight
This is a full screen theme with widgetized layout. It includes several ready to use contact forms that are powered by ajax. There are many custom widgets and multiple templates for portfolio pages. It comes with several beautiful jQuery effects.
Light of Peace
This theme is basically meant for church websites but it can be used for many other types of websites as well – like for wedding, NGO, etc. It comes in four different color schemes. It has valid xhtml. The theme is compatible with many different web browsers including internet explorer versions 7 and 8, Mozilla fire fox versions 3 and 4, safari versions 4 and 5, google chrome, etc.
Big City
Big City theme from theme forest gives you unlimited number of possibilities for styling. It has inbuilt manager for managing portfolio and sliders. It also has a fully working contact form. There are many ready to use short codes. You can customize the header as well as the fonts. Social media integration is yet another feature of this theme.
Etherna
This theme is best suited for portfolio websites. It has got a sortable portfolio. The theme comes with as many as thirty pre designed color schemes.
Music
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Music comes in three different styles; theme options and the dashboard are quite extensive. It comes integrated with music playback. As the name suggests, this theme is best suited for musicians and other artists.
Extensio
This is a minimalistic theme from theme forest that is suitable for business websites. It has got as many as five impressive sliders. There are more than fifty ready to use short codes. Images can be uploaded in the background. Custom footers and filterable portfolios are among other features of the theme.
Clean Modern Simple
This theme gives you the flexibility of as many as six different layouts for the homepage. It comes with an attractive slider to showcase your featured items and supports dropdown navigation menu. The theme admin page is quite extensive.
Modulo
This is a fully responsive theme that comes with three attractive sliders. The color variations you get are almost unlimited. There are loads of useful short codes that extend the usability of the theme. It also supports google fonts.
Shape Shifter
This is a single page theme from theme forest with unlimited possibilities. It is very easy to customize. It includes an impressive jQuery light box and a pre designed template for image gallery. There is also an inbuilt contact form builder to help your design a form of your choice.
Match Point
This is a multi purpose theme that can be used for magazine style sites, business sites, portfolio sites, etc. It is very flexible and comes in ten alternative color schemes. You get unlimited number of slide shows, sidebars and portfolios. There are six useful widgets included. The theme has been optimized for search engines.
Torn
This theme with powerful dashboard supports image as well as video galleries. Sidebar and footer both are fully widgetized. It has a fully functional contact form included – you just need to enter your email to get started. There are seven different layout options for pages. It comes with a huge collection of ready to use short codes.
Brix
Brix comes with a highly customizable slider. You can have your own custom image in the background of each page. There are unlimited colors via inbuilt color picker. It comes with twenty five useful short codes.
KIN
This is a minimalistic yet stylish theme for photography sites. It supports music and comes in two different skins. It supports google fonts and has integrated social media links.
Duotive Three
Duotive Three from theme forest comes with an in built color picker, so you get unlimited number of color combinations. It also has as many as eighteen pre designed color schemes to choose from. There are nine preset fonts and seven custom widgets. Each page and post gives you the flexibility to select a unique custom background.
Blue Earth
Ajax powered gallery and an animated contact form are the highlights of this theme. There are two attractive slide shows included. The theme admin dashboard is quite powerful and gives you control over almost all the elements of the theme. It also contains a portfolio module.
Chameleon
Like the name of this theme, it has got the flexibility to change the skin colors easily. The code of the theme is secure. It has unlimited number of color schemes and is ready for localization. It is fully responsive theme.
Aggregate
There are loads of widgetized areas in this theme from elegant themes. It has an inbuilt customizer for fonts and many custom widgets. Mobile friendly layout is a big plus since you don’t miss out on your visitors accessing from their mobile devices. There are many preset page templates and useful short codes.
Deep Focus
This is a great theme for photography sites. It comes with as many as 5 alternative color schemes. It has a fully responsive design. You can manage the layout, advertisement, colors, search engine optimization, etc. right from the theme dashboard without touching the code. The theme supports multiple web browsers and is ready for localization.
eStore
This is an ecommerce theme from elegant themes with support for multiple payment gateways. It comes in 5 different color schemes. The theme options panel is quite extensive. There are loads of short codes and several custom page templates.
Gleam
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In spite of flashy effects, this theme loads with amazing speed (ajax loading). Screen wide portfolio is another highlight of this theme. You can have custom images in the background. It comes with a huge collection of short codes. The pre designed page templates that come with this theme include contact page, blog feeds, sitemap, galleries, etc.
AGENTPRESS THEME
This is a perfect theme for real estate sites. It comes in five different color schemes with six options for the layout. The theme has been optimized for search engines.
LIFESTYLE THEME
This is a magazine style theme from studio press that comes in as many as ten preset color schemes. Background and header both can be customized. There are widgets in the footer. It supports threaded comments.
MAGAZINE THEME
This is a magazine style theme with fixed width. It supports featured images and nested comments. It comes in seven alternative color schemes.
BACKCOUNTRY THEME
This beautiful theme comes in four alternative color styles. There are six different layouts to choose from.
FREELANCE THEME
As is clear from its name, this theme is suitable for freelancers. It gives you six layout options and supports featured images.
