In The 4 Steps of WordPress Theme Selection, I described the design trends of 2015. Basically, now you can find some of the following features:
- Large and moving background images,
- Multimedia experience,
- Parallax scrolling & effect mutations,
- Ghost buttons,
- Hidden menus,
- Upwardly responsive design for big screens, and
- Big and bold fonts.
In this post, I list 52 awesome WordPress websites that use most of them. This list of has been compiled from the following sources:
- Site of The Day E-commerce Websites Winners from Awwwards (@awwwards). Awwwards is a directory of web design companies and professional web designers . They give awards that recognize the talent and effort of the best web designers, developers and agencies in the world.
- 43 Great Examples of WordPress Websites from Creative Bloq (@CreativeBloq). Creative Bloq is a blog that delivers a daily balance of creative tips and inspiration across web design, graphic design, 3D, and more.
- 30 Insanely Awesome Websites using WordPress as a CMS from 1st Web Designer (@1stWebDesigner). 1st Web Designer is a community of Digital Professionals that share ideas, tips and knowledge to become a great web designer and marketer.
- The Best Designs (@TheBestDesigns) is a website that includes a directory of freelance web designers and agencies. There is also a selection of the best design trends.
- HOW Design (@HOWbrand): is a magazine that includes several design competitions and serve the business, creativity, and technology needs of graphic designers.
- Best Web Gallery (@bwg_official): website that selects top 20 great website designs. It is managed by the product designer Chad Mueller.
So, if you’re looking to create a new landing page or redesign your current website, it’s helpful to know what goes into a great landing page, and see a few examples. Let’s click to each one and discover the nice effects they have introduced. They will, for sure, be a great source of inspiration!
Note that the list is in alphabetical order.
1. 25AH

2. 30U

3. A.H.A. DESIGN

4. Alfred Service

5. Alt Design

6. Anima

7. Blossomtype

8. Brandts

9. Debbie Millman

10. The Dominion Rocket

11. Chris Hadfield

12. Eight Arms

13. Elaine Lustig Cohen

14. Fantastic Plastic Mag

15. ESPN Sports Programming

16. Fabrica

17. Fact Check

18. fivefootsix

19. Folch Studio

20. Gear Patrol

21. Haruki Murakami

22. JOHO’S

23. Junction Moama

24. La pierre qui tourne

25. Moodboard

26. Move

27. Night Owls

28. Paprika

29. Peter Manning

30. Pirate

31. Resonate

32. Rigas Geto Muzejs

33. Sassi Holford

34. She Was Only

35. Signature International

36. Social Design House

37. Spatz Labs

38. Sparked

39. TaDah

40. Taostudio

41. The Good Batch

42. The Marmalade

43. The New Yorker

44. Think Appart

45. Tinderflint

46. Typeset Design

47. Urban Influence

48. White Oak Creative

49. Stupid Studio

50. Uber Brand Guidelines

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51. Within The Fold

52. Zeo

Which of these landing pages were your favorite? Let us know in the comments.
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