The 10 Best Premium WordPress Themes of August 2012

3 Lucid – $39/yr

Modern Magazine Theme

Features:

• Perpetual updates
• Secure and valid code
• Browser compatibility
• Complete localization
• Five unique color schemes
• Unparalleled support

4 Balance – $45

Gym/Fitness HTML5 Theme

Featured:

• Fully HTML 5 Valid theme
• 4 homepage variations and 6 Sliders
• Unlimited portfolios
• Unlimited sidebars
• Per page custom backgrounds
• A fair amount of shortcodes
• Native HTML 5 self-hosted audio/video support
• Powerful custom administration panel
• Skin constructor. Changing the look of theme is extremely easy.
• 17 page templates / 6 custom widgets / 6 variations of portfolio view / 2 types of blog layout
• 2 Custom types for slider and portfolio management (with drag&drop ordering)
• Numerous CSS3 Enhancements
• Ajaxified Contacts Page

5 Ikaros – $45

Responsive Business & Portfolio Theme

Features:

• clean & professional design
• fully responsive grid layout
• incredibly awesome, easy to manage slider
• three custom portfolio types
• filterable portfolio
• lightbox galleries
• swipe sliders with mobile gestures
• six homepage layout examples
• jQuery enhanced
• great theme options panel
• change all typography colors
• shortcodes generator
• custom login logo and gravatar
• and much more…

6 Scrollider – $70

Responsive Business/Portfolio/Blogging theme

Features:

• Fully Responsive Design
• Featured Slider
• Custom Homepage
• Powerful portfolio management
• Custom typography
• Custom Widgets
• Styling options

7 Inspired – $40

Responsive Business WordPress Theme

Features:

• 20 Responsive Skins
• 500+ Google & Cufon Fonts
• Unlimited Fonts w/ Font Uploader
• Unlimited Sidebars w/ Sidebar Creator
• Robust Admin Panel w/ 500+ Admin Panel Options
• 100+ User Friendly Visual Shortcodes
• 17+ Tiling Bg Patterns Included
• 20 PSDS (one psd for each skin)
• 15+ Included Page Layouts
• Accordion Style Menu for Custom Menu Widgets
• Pricing Boxes Shortcode
• Easy Slide Creator (unlimited unique sliders)
• 8 Image Sliders (w/responsive fallbacks)

8 JPhotolio – $40

Responsive Wedding Photography Theme

Features:

• Deep integration with WPML
• Compatible with Multisite
• Front Slider with video support
• Fully responsive
• Filterable portfolio
• Unlimited Portfolio size
• Masonry & Normal Portfolio
• 2 Type Portfolio Expand Mode
• Built in like (vote) function for portfolio
• 90+ style & color option, 500++ with variant google font + Style / Skin Manager (build your own skin)
• Shortcode Generator (Grid, Toogle, Accordion, Tabs, Dropcaps, Highlight, Button, etc)
• Touch Icon Support
• iOS Web Apps Capable
• Touch Device Friendly
• Multiple Address Contact with Google Direction
• 29 Social Icon, 93 Navigator Icon, 140 Icon.
• Powerfull Admin Themes Option

9 Blocked – $45

Responsive WordPress Theme

Features:

• 30 Unique Layout Components
• 532 Fonts to choose from
• 3 Responsive Sliders: Blocked Unique, RefineSlide, NivoSlider
• Form Builder, build any form you can imagine
• Flexible Typography
• Color Picker for all Design Elements
• Multiple Widgets & Shortcodes
• State of the Art Theme Options
• Typography Manager, download new fonts when they’re available!
• Multiple Post Types: Gallery, Portfolio, Icons, Pricing, Staff
• Multiple Widgets: Advertising, Flickr Gallery, Google Maps, Latest Posts, PHP Code, Quick Shortcode
• Responsive Video embed on Posts
• Pricing Boxes, Staff Display, Toggles, Accordions, Tabs, Notifications, Testimonials, Blockquotes
• List Style icons
• Google Maps (featuring a full screen map)
• Update Manager, be notified on updates

10 Hoarder – $50

Responsive WordPress Blog Theme

Features:

• Multiple Homepage Layouts (3 Col, 2 Col + Sidebar, Blog Style)
• Responsive Design (Optimised for iPad and iPhone)
• Accent Color Control (via Color Picker)
• Full Localisation Support (contains .po/.mo files)
• 4 Custom Widgets (Twitter, Flickr, Video, Ads)
• Post Format Support (Image, Aside, Galleries, Standard, Quote, Link, Audio, Video)
• WordPress 3.1+ Ready (Menus & Featured Images, Post Formats)
• Page Templates (Archives, Full Width, jQuery Contact Form)
• Custom Admin Login Logo
• Built on the ZillaFramework
• Compatible with the ZillaShortcodes Plugin
• Compatible with the ZillaSocial Plugin
• Compatible with the ZillaLikes Plugin
• Compatible with the ZillaShare Plugin