Creating a video website with WordPress is easy as there are many themes available specifically tailored to work perfectly with video based websites and video content in general including things like vlogs, podcasts, youtube or vimeo videos, or other multimedia rich content.
To build your own video website with WordPress you need to choose the theme accordingly. Some themes work better for reviews, while some are better for tutorials. There are also many themes which lets you integrate fullscreen video backgrounds. Some of them even have settings and features to handle video playlists, episodes and different content formats.
Before choosing a theme you need to be sure what your requirements are. Our recommendation is to go through this list of WordPress themes for video websites, open up the demo websites in your browser and get a feel for the themes. Make sure to pick the right one by checking on the features which are included.
Let’s start.
1. VideoTube
The VideoTube theme is one of the most popular WordPress themes for video based websites. It was designed from the ground up to be a video website with all of the features you need.
Features include video thumbnails, video player with pause and play buttons, HTML5 code for design, responsive design for mobile devices and more.
You can easily embed videos, self host your videos, let users submit videos and the theme automatically generates video thumbnails for you. Inlcuded is also the popular WordPress page builder plugin WPbakery page builder.
2. Betube
Another theme for WordPress, “Betube”, has arisen to fill the need for a modern and sleek theme that is optimized for video websites. With this theme, users can have their own video website up and running in no time.
Betube created a stunning, minimalist and elegant design with full and fixed width layouts. You will be able to enjoy the latest design trends with beautifully designed templates that provide fully functional video websites within minutes.
It is really worth to take a look at this theme and the previews as it comes with a nice and clean design with many different dark and light mode versions which makes it a really pleasant WordPress theme to look at.
3. Vlogger (Astra)
‘Vlogger’ is a fully responsive WordPress theme beautifully crafted to be used for video blogs and vloggers. Built with care, it has all the tools you need to create an engaging video blog that your readers will love.
It has a very nice design with large images, bold typography and focuses on embedded videos and links to channels on video platfroms.
For video bloggers this is the perfect WordPress theme.
4. ExS Video Theme
ExS Video is a premium WordPress theme that was built for video websites, but also comes in a free version with a lot of features already enabled. This theme has been designed with the latest technologies and trends to offer the best experience possible.
The theme goes more into the direction of a video platform website which focuses on a great layout for a video overview page with a top search bar, similar to popular video platforms such as youtube or vimeo. It not only works well for video based pages, but also for normal posts and pages. Also the comments section is beautifully crafted and will make sure that your videos create some engagement.
For someone who wants to build up an own video portal website or just wants to create a personal website space for his or her videos and video based content, this theme might be the perfect theme to do that.
5. Video Blog (Neve)
Video Blog is a beautiful, modern and fully responsive WordPress Theme which can be used for all types of video blogging websites.
6. Movie Showcase (Neve)
This template is perfect for those who want to showcase their favorite movies and TV shows, with a slick and modern design. The default skin has a dark background to give it that cinematic feel. Video players allow you to easily upload, embed, and stream videos right from your site.
7. Video Agency (Neve)
If you are a video production company, film studio, or have anything to do with videos, this theme is for you. The Video Agency Theme is a beautiful and sleek design that will look good on any screen size.
8. Video Game (Divi)
This one does not exactly fit into the categories of the other themes, but we thought it should also be mentioned here.
Video Game Theme from Divi is perfect for video gaming websites. The theme offers a variety of layouts and styles to make your website unique. Features such as custom fonts, an image gallery, and a video section allows you to showcase all that you have to offer. With Divi, you can be up and running in no time with a beautiful video gaming website template.
