It’s a fast-paced Internet-driven world out there, and knowing how to market yourself effectively is a key factor in how successful you will become. Themes and plugins on WordPress play a key part in how you interact with your fans, and in this post, we’re going to cover the best that WordPress has to offer for musicians when it comes to themes.
Whether you’re just starting out as a musician or are already in a band that already has a decent following, how you present yourself on the Internet can mean the difference between stardom and obscurity. You probably have an image that you hold near and dear, but what is the image that you want all of your soon to be adoring fans to fall in love with? What kind of music and lifestyle do you represent?
Let’s check out some of the top WordPress music themes to get you up and rocking.
1. Lush
Music is food for the soul – a universal language that many people enjoy. If you seek to reach more souls with your music, you need a beautiful and powerful WordPress music theme such as Lush by power elite author Iron Templates.
Lush is a complete solution for everybody in the music industry from DJs to jazz masters, punk rockers and every other music professional you can think of. This beauty is packed to the brim with all the features you need to put a spotlight on your musical work.
With 8+ demos that you can import with a single click, Lush offers you plenty of style options to build the music website of your dreams. On top of that, this WordPress music theme comes bundled with the powerful WPBakery page builder, offering you absolute control over how your website looks and performs.
That’s not the end of it, Lush ships with impressive photo albums, unlimited layouts, colors and fonts, a fully-featured audio player (think of lyrics, reviews, Youtube videos, etc.), discography, Slider Revolution ($16 value), a child theme as well as a retina and responsive design meaning your music will look great on multiple devices.
Additionally, Lush is WooCommerce-ready, meaning you can start selling your music and event tickets as soon as you install the theme. That plus you get three menu styles, so you can serve your music content to your fans like a rockstar. On top of that, you get gigs manager and events countdown features that help you to stay on top of your music career.
2. Soundboard
While you dream of building a website that will shine a light on your music, the Soundboard WordPress music theme takes a different approach to market your work. This theme puts your fans first by putting all the information they would need right on the homepage.
Thanks to 5 custom widgets, you can easily display news, tour dates, newest album, latest videos, latest photos and even items from your shop. Besides, you can always plug in your own widgets into the homepage to create a fulfilling experience for your fans.
In the aesthetics department, Soundboard doesn’t disappoint either. For starters, it ships with two pre-made skins i.e., light and dark, giving you a headstart as far as creating a beautiful website goes. In addition, you can easily customize the background to add some style. On top of that, the theme comes with 5 different page templates and 5 custom post types.
If you think that’s all, you’re wrong. The Soundboard music theme comes with 800+ Google Fonts and Font Awesome icons. Adding a discography, videos or image galleries is all a matter of point and click. Additionally, you get an image lightbox, so your fans can enjoy your concert photos without distractions.
The best part is Soundboard is quite easy to use. Beginners and developers alike will love this WordPress music theme thanks to flexible options that make the theme a breeze to work with. The theme is compatible with WooCommerce, Contact Form 7 and all major browsers.
3. Singl (Free)
From the designers over at Automattic comes Singl, a minimalist theme that enables you to create a powerful online presence. It has a striking black background and a grayscale color scheme which is bound to polarize opinion, so make sure that it reflects your brand! Other features include sticky posts, custom menus, header and background images, built in subscription form and social network integration.
4. MusicPress
You need a powerful WordPress theme to put your music in front of your audience. Built-in features such as an audio player, discography and beautiful galleries are a must. SEO-readiness and responsive design are two other vital factors to keep in mind, and so is ease of use.
If you’re in the market for a WordPress music theme that embodies all these features and then some, you want nothing else but the MusicPress WordPress theme.
MusicPress is the perfect WordPress music theme for solo artists, DJs, bands, fan sites, entertainment magazines, record labels, and every other music-oriented use. Other notable features include 3 premade skins, a ready store, 3 homepage sliders, reviews, social sharing, custom shortcodes, unlimited widget areas, drop-down menus and much more.
5. Byblos (Free)
For an extremely clean and modern design this free WordPress theme will have you jumpin’ and jivin’ in no time! Perfect for musicians, Byblos by Smartcat is a full-width slider theme that looks great and is easily customizable. The masonry grid tiles are great if you have a lot of galleries or similar; they stop the page from getting too cluttered, which can dissuade people from exploring your site. Plus it includes features like vertical menu layout, inbuilt Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Font Awesome and Bootstrap, sidebar and footer widgets, CSS3 animations and customizable calls to action
6. Music Club
At number four we have Music Club, a one of a kind WordPress music theme that – somehow – reminds me of a game of cards and four-leaf clovers. Have you ever heard about the superstition of good luck associated with the latter?
By the way, in a 52-card deck, why don’t they have a four-leaf clover as the symbol for the suit of clubs, instead of the three-leaf clover? For a game of chance, it could indicate some degree of good luck, don’t you agree? But I digress.
If this is your lucky day, the Music Club WordPress theme is unlike any you’ve seen before, what with a list of features that will blow your mind.
Brought to you by web developer(s) extraordinaire and power elite author GoodLayers, Music Club is an ideal solution for club music fans, DJs, musicians, radio stations, and event planners just to mention a few.
While Music Club is easy to use, the theme ships with powerful tools for managing events and sharing your musical passion with the world.
Features you will love include a floating audio player that stays with the listener on any page of your site, a landing page template, Page Builder, sliders, beautiful music albums, an upcoming events feature that offers your fans full gig details and tickets, and I can go on and on.
With plenty of advanced theme options and flexible design, nothing is to stop you from building the WordPress music website of your dreams.
7. FWRD
Say you want a one-pager (insert link) that comes with multi-page functionality. Who knows? Perhaps the plan is to add more pages in the future, even if all you need currently is a single-page website.
Whether you have such a specific need or fancy having both options at your disposal, you’ll love the FWRD WordPress theme.
Hot straight out of the door, this banger will breathe life back to your music website. If you’re starting out, on the other hand, FWRD makes for a solid foundation for your website.
With 5 ready-to-import demos and more coming soon, you’re never short of professional-looking designs to raffle a few features (or even disrupt) the industry.
That’s not all, this WordPress music theme comes with the popular WPBakery Page Builder ($33value), meaning you can create layouts out of this galaxy without breaking a sweat. Over 100 header design options come in handy if you’re looking to build fantastic menus easily.
Other features include the Essential Grid ($25 value), video and parallax backgrounds, hot links (great for a one-pager website), events & gigs manager, music albums, audio players, WooCommerce, translation-ready, unlimited layouts, colors & fonts, Slider Revolution ($18 value), responsive & retina-ready design, a child theme and so on.
8. Blackoot (Free)
Blackoot Lite is a free WordPress theme designed with musicians and photographers in mind. This elegant and responsive WordPress theme can enable you to build a professional website in minutes. Features include widgetized areas, customizable background, automatic translation and fully responsive design
You also have the option to upgrade to the premium Blackoot Pro which has more features and support, such as the ability to create slideshows, Google Maps integration and lots more.
9. Croma
Building a successful career in the music industry is hard as it is. There are many moving parts, and one wrong move could bring your career to an untimely end. That’s why you need a beautifully responsive and powerful WordPress theme that makes digital marketing easy.
Croma is one such WordPress music theme. It’s the perfect multi-purpose theme for DJs, musicians, bands, record labels, producers and so on. The Croma WordPress music theme packs quite a punch in terms of features it just might be the last WordPress music theme you’ll ever need.
I’m talking about features such as 9 ready-to-import demos, a sitewide AJAX audio player with continuous playback, music albums, seamless social media integration, multiple page templates, deep WooCommerce integration, events & gigs manager, 100% responsive design, hot links, flexible headers and much more.
10. Epron
You work so hard on your music, and you want to offer your fans only the best of experiences. For this reason, you don’t make excuses; you create only the best music.
When it comes to your website, you shouldn’t make excuses either. Endeavor to build the best site you possibly can. The first step to creating a WordPress music website you’re extremely proud of is picking the right theme.
If you’re tired of WordPress music themes that promise heaven but deliver hell, say a big hello to Epron by elite author Rascals.
Without sugar coating anything, Epron comes with all the features you need to create a simple yet powerful music website whether you’re a beginner or an experienced professional.
Epron boasts of features such as the ultra-flexible Muttley Framework, a superb events manager, a revolutionary shortcode manager, beautiful headers, Slider Revolution, Scamp music player with Soundcloud support, Woocommerce-ready, responsive layout, smooth CSS3 transitions, unlimited colors, 380+ Google Fonts, Nivo Slider, 6 custom post types, 4 custom widgets and the list goes on and on.
11. Decibel
With an appropriate name for a WordPress music theme, Decibel will help you to blast your musical content to the world like a rockstar. With this theme, the only thing that stands in your way is your imagination, not a lack of features.
I know choosing the perfect theme is challenging. For instance, who do you believe? What features do you even need to begin with? Are there pitfalls to avoid? And with a million and one themes, which do you choose when all have beautiful promotional materials?
Well, Decibel steers clear of feature bloat and focuses on your needs as a DJ, musician, band, record label or anybody related to the music industry.
The theme comes with features such as 100+ layouts, 12 ready-to-use homepage demos, discography, tour dates, 6 inner page templates, responsive design, WPBakery Page Builder ($46), Slider Revolution ($26) and beautiful galleries just to touch the tip of the iceberg.
12. JamSession
Perhaps you’d like something more subtle – just a simple and clean website design. But with some style, you know, nice backgrounds, beautiful animations, fresh modern design, and the works. If that sounds like you, JamSession is just the WordPress music theme you need.
JamSession is easy to configure and customize whether you’re a beginner or expert. Other features you’ll love include full-screen sliders, amazing video support, it’s responsive baby, blog, events, discography, beautiful photo galleries and…
…With three ready-to-use demos, you can hit the ground running and customize along the way until you drop. Oh yeah, JamSession ships with the WPBakery Page builder, slider revolution, SoundCloud support, audio player, responsive design, multiple menu layouts, and WooCommerce support among other things.
13. Lucille
Then you get the Lucille WordPress music theme, and you immediately realize that your search for the perfect WordPress music theme has come to an end. Why? Because SmartWPress – the developer – means business.
Great design coupled with powerful functionality makes this wordPress music theme an ideal solution for radio stations, record labels, musicians, bands, producers, etc.
Lucille ships with WPBakery Page builder, 5+ ready-to-import demos, Slider Revolution, seamless Woocommerce integration, responsive design, unlimited colors, theme customizer, multiple menu styles, 2 premade color skins, beautiful audio players, flexible backgrounds, custom post types for events, discography, galleries and so on.
14. Beat Heaven
From the maestros at ThemeFuse, Beat Heaven is a premium elegant and responsive premium theme designed for musicians and bands who want it all. In a world gone mobile, this theme rocks for fans on the go. Beat Heaven takes the zooming and scrolling right out of the mix and leaves you with a smooth browsing experience on your tablet, smart phone or laptop. Premium features include the easy to use page templates & layouts, clean integrated HTML 5 Audio player, full music video support (plus widget), events module (with timeline display), latest albums carousel and more!
15. Music
This is another great premium band & music WordPress theme, this time from Themify. With the ability for site-wide jams, Music enables you to highlight a custom playlist of your music across the entire website. The distinct audio player included in this theme displays the current track while the rest of your music is easily accessible via a toggle feature. Other premium features include the easy to use Themify builder, albums custom post type, custom events module (for tours, concerts, etc), masonry & grid galleries support and a fully responsive design.