There are a number of businesses and services belonging to the financial sector. These include startups, small firms, private financial advisors, investment firms, etc. Launching any business or financial website becomes much simpler and easier with the help of the ready-made WordPress themes. As a rule, these are loaded with all functionality, elements, and tools that you will need when working on the effective online presentation of your site.

Why Is WordPress the Best Choice for Business Sites

The today’s web offers you a wide variety of CMS and online platforms that you can use as the foundation of your web resource. WordPress is undoubtedly the most popular CMS that includes everything needed to launch a feature-rich business project of yours. Indeed, more than 30% of the websites accessible to the public access are built on the basis of WordPress. The community expands with a number of the creative designers and developers launching ready-made themes and extensions that allow you to save tons of time, money, and efforts on the launch of online resources of any level of difficulty. Consequently, the number of WordPress themes continues to grow, with the choice of financial WordPress templates getting more diverse.

How to Select the Best Financial WordPress Theme?

The best finance WordPress themes should be designed in the clean and clear manner, making the visitors feel the ease of coming across the desired pieces of data as they scan through the web page. More than that, such designs need to be loaded with the sections and functionality for revealing contacts, team members, pricing details, services, testimonials, portfolio, and other content. This bunch of features will provide the web users with the quick ways to access the essential content from the financial website.

It goes without saying that the perfect WordPress theme for business and financial purposes should be running on the responsive frameworks. Building a website on the basis of the mobile-first design will be much more effective in the competitive today’s world. Additional skins, pages, layouts, and UI elements will be the great benefits for the creation of the user-friendly web designs. All of these and a number of extra functionality are included in the 20 WordPress themes that we’ve handpicked for this showcase.

Creating a brilliant website design can be a daunting task sometimes. Not just because of all the steps involved in this process, but also because of all things you should take into consideration and the direction your website design should take on.  

And a good website, which accommodates effectively plenty of content with an excellent user experience is often a tricky balancing act to pull off.  Should you attempt to present the user the whole information in a clean, organized manner, or you should reveal it bit-by-bit, to create an engaging trip that tugs the visitor on the road to the enlightenment?

If you get it wrong, and you will overwhelm your visitors, they’ll leave your website without retaining anything from what they’ve just read.  And maybe they will not come back again, as long as their experience on your website was not exactly what they expected.

But if you get it right, you’ll gain a new audience, who not only understand your message, but they will come back again and again, and even bring few friends with them.

If there is one thing true about the website design, it’s that it is always evolving. The design is dynamic, and it must adjust to accommodate the form and the function. And because of its ever-changing nature, it can be a challenge not only to keep up with the newest design trends but also to follow few principles that should live in every website design.

1. Color – the site’s color should always match your brand’s color scheme and have consistency through the site. Colors evoke emotions for your website visitors and sustain your brand messages. Therefore you should take it into consideration when choosing the colors for your website.  Also, you keep in mind that the colors on your website should be easy to read and pleasant to the eyes.
2. White Space – by using the white space for your website design, you will allow the content and the visitors’ eyes room to breathe   
3. Font – the site’s font doesn’t necessary match your logo but it should fit in your brand. Aside from this, making sure that the font is legible, is one of the most important things. You can vary and mix different fonts through the site, to increase the visual intrigue and add visual appeal, but make sure they complement each other well. Also, keeping the body font consistent across the whole site is essential.
4. Simplicity – the simpler, the better. Keeping your website design simple allows that “clean” look your visitors are looking for.
5. Consistency – keep the design consistent. The website colors, fonts, button styles, heading and subheading sizes and styles, image styles and sizes and backgrounds are among the pieces to keep your site consistent.
6. Usability – make the functionality the key of your website. An appealing visual website shouldn’t sacrifice the ease of usage for a better visual. Creating user-friendly websites with easy to understand navigation and page layout is what determines how your visitors will interact with your website.
7. Visual hierarchy – the relative importance of different content areas and elements can be visually implied in many ways, ranging from the typography (headlines, sub-headings, body text, quotes, etc.) to image size, style, and saturation, placement, etc.   

We gathered 15 website designs for your inspiration. Some of them are new, some of them you’ve seen before. In all of them, you’ll see some of the best practices mentioned before. These sites are, in my humble opinion, well-designed for their clearness, usability, aesthetics and user experience and for sure, they will give you inspiration for the next project you’ll be working on.

• Bienville Capital Management

http://www.bienvillecapital.com

This is a very simple responsive design that transitions to mobile perfectly. They kept the information concise and focused, taking into consideration that you don’t need walls of text for attracting and engaging your visitors. Give them the most important information first. In the same time, the navigation menu is very friendly, letting you drive easily through the website.

• Brooklyn Soap Company

http://bklynsoap.com/

One of my favorites in the list. The website design is clean and bold, using the white space very well and allowing the visitor’s eyes to rest. The company makes quality products and they don’t need to astonish with a lot of sparkly or complicated graphics and animation to get your interest. Both the website and soaps have an undeniable classy feel, underlined by the black and white color scheme.   

• Emblem

  

http://emblemip.com/

This website is entirely funky and funny. The visitor’s curiosity is caused by bright, vivid and sparkly colors, lots of eye-catching imagery, icons, and fonts you wouldn’t usually find in a law company’s website. In the same time, they offer a great user experience, especially with the services section. And guess what? It’s responsive!  

• Auger

http://www.auger.co.uk/

I like this mostly flat website, which is responsive and looks good on any device. The solid bold and contrasting colors, combined with vector images and the photos from this website seamlessly melt between devices.  

• Falve

http://www.falve.co.nz/

This site is a carousel of color-rich full pages images, combined with a lot of white space and clean serif font. The general design is clean, bold and simple, and the overall feeling modern and undoubtedly classy. A site where you are welcomed from the homepage and which implores you to stay.

• Brave People

http://www.falve.co.nz/

Check out this website, and you will be rewarded with a brave experience! Simple, clean and bold design, color-rich photography are complemented nicely by the simplicity of the typography. The last, but not the least, the videos from this site tell you the story of this fast-growing digital creative agency in a way you can’t resist!   

• GC Watches

  

http://gcwatches.com/

Take a look on this website, and you’ll convince yourself (if it was still necessary) that timeless designs always stand out! Clear copy next to bold and vivid images, in a white and black color scheme, pass the test of the time and become more valuable over the time. Besides, the website is responsive, and its usability gives a great user experience to the visitors.  

• Feed

http://feedmusic.com/

Feed presents us an interesting concept, with a stunning execution that challenges our understanding of what could be possible on the internet. Using the contrast in the best way possible and blending creatively animation and video, the site provides the users a very engaging experience. A totally atypical site, which contains several unique usability elements, including a navigation that doubles as a scroll progress bar.   

• ETQ

http://etq-amsterdam.com/

ETQ takes a minimalistic approach to e-commerce with their clear and bold website, with big and compelling visuals for their products. Simple, flat, mixing the powerful and endless elegance of the white and black visuals with a color-based background, the imagery is accompanied by strong and simple typography that helps users to focus on what they want to see: shoes.     

• World of Swiss

http://world-of-swiss.com/

Swiss Airlines built a thrilling website that tells their story and describes how it’s like to fly with them in a powerful and engaging way, by captivating their visitors from the first glance. The strong visuals and animation introduce the users to the different sections of the site, which are packed in an unusual sales and marketing pitch.      

• IWC Schaffhausen

http://iwc.com/

A timeless classic elegance, perfect for this premium brand. That’s what IWC Schaffhausen’s website offers to their visitors through a refreshingly clean and unexpected design for a watch manufacturer. A simple, clear and bold design, determined by the strong contrast between the neutral colors of the background and the rich-colors photography.

• Jack Daniels

  

http://jackdaniels.com/

Once you pass the age verification, the Jack Daniels’ website offers you an incredible experience and tells a great story! A stunning design, rich in colors and contrasts. Once you open the “Our History” page, you are transposed in a world full of history and passion. And you experience the same feelings while you are greeted with a carousel featuring different varieties of whiskey.

• Juliana Bicycles

http://www.julianabicycles.com/

If you prefer a photography-infused web design, you should take your inspiration from this site! It is a good inspiration for people who are both goods in photography and web design, as the photos are exquisite and manifest the magnificence in the simplest way possible. Also, like many other websites, this is a responsive one, which makes it good also for tablets and smart phones.     

• JOHO’s Bean

http://johos.at/

This website tells the story of a coffee bean’s journey in a compelling, emotional and engaging way. Storytelling, incredible imagery, animation, interactivity, visual design and sound engineering (which you find out from the very first moment you came up on the home page). These all come together and offer the users a unique experience.  

• Ogilvy One Worldwide

http://adayinbigdata.com/

The simplicity of this website is amazing, the main focus being on the content and how it could be delivered in the simplest yet prettiest way. The flat design and the minimalistic approach present the content in a readable and logical way, while the very easy navigation makes it better.  All these ensure that the content is properly delivered and understood by the user. The site is also responsive, and this makes it even more beautiful and friendly.     

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When selling a product, it’s critically important to make sure shopping experience of your customers is amazing. And one of the best ways to do it is to design a cool memorable shopping bag.

Shopping bag is also a perfect place to put your advertising, logo, motto or other elements to draw people’s attention. If you’re working on branding for some company, shopping bag could be a hassle-free way to show your design on a real thing.

Here we have put together free shopping bag mockups which can be easily downloaded and edited as you like. You’ll see paper bag mockups on a nice background as well as shopping bags in a person’s hand.

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Bonus: Here are more awesome mockups. 20 free magazine mockups to use in your future design

What kind of clients do you craft websites for? Some of your projects may be based on WordPress, while others you may complete with Joomla, OpenCart, or other platforms. Whatever your CMS of choice, it’s necessary to enlist several plugins that complement the unique requirements that arise for each new project.

Premium plugins are the top-rated resources that creatives deem to be proficient. They are comprised of a practical mixture of features, not to mention coupled with reliable documentation and support, and constantly updated. If you’re interested, I put together a list with 16 premium plugins that could turn out to be very useful over this season.

LayerSlider Premium Multi-Purpose Slider Plugin

There is no better way to start than with LayerSlider. I know that many of my peers turn to  this premium multi-purpose slider during projects made with any platform, because it provides professionals with a clean path to setting up image galleries, content sliders, and slideshows. You may use this tool in one of its 13 skins, depending on your predisposition and taste. The admin interface is smooth, and complete with a drag-and-drop builder.

LayerSlider is cross-device responsive, and SEO-ready. It’s brimming with features, and offers various options that help you work on your sliders’ function and look. To begin with, there are 200 preset 2D and 3D slide transitions to speak of. However, you would also have no trouble using the transition builder and customize attractive animations, really fast. This plugin has timeline view, and live preview for every step you take within the builder. Furthermore, users can add content like text and Google Fonts, to HTML, HTML5 self-hosted videos, Youtube or Vimeo videos, and images.

Prestashop Short Code

Shortcodes are amazing. They have the power to simplify some of your tasks to the extreme, so why wouldn’t you reach out to an advanced tool that gives you this opportunity? That being said, it is my great pleasure to tell you all about this recent gem I’ve discovered: the Bootstrap Shortcode Extension for Prestashop. It has many uses, and so allows you to insert   grids, Font Awesome icons, portfolios, alerts, buttons, tabs, the toggle and Accordion functions, thumbnails , sliders , site base URL, and much more. Basically, this exhaustive pack of shortcodes for Prestashop has got you covered in every sense.

Create Multiple Forms

OpenCart is a great platform to launch web stores with. We’ve all used it on more than one occasion. Yet, as you did so, you might have hit a little snag when it comes to form building. OpenCart is, in fact, in dire need of a drag-and-drop functionality in that area. The plugin I’m about to introduce creates that desired drag-and-drop form system. Hence, you will find it much more comfortable to set up advertising forms, contact forms, support forms, ticket forms, and whatnot, on OpenCart. The premium way to Create Mutiple Forms is backed by solid code, and adapted for all the major web browsers.

Frontend Administrator Menu

Now, let’s turn our attention for a while to Joomla websites. It is a widely accepted reality that working with the Joomla Administrator means opening multiple tabs in your browser for access to both back-end and front-end tasks. I was lucky to find an awesome plugin, Adminbar, that helps you deal with all pages in the front-end. Besides, it has multilingual support,and enables you to establish permissions for specific user groups, as well as determine what specific menu items users can manage.

CSV to WordPress Import Plugin

Are you one of the many users of an AIT WordPress theme? If the answer is yes, then you might be happy to learn that there is a simple and effective way to bulk import data from CSV file to WordPress. I am referring to a brilliant plugin from AIT. The CSV to WordPress Import Plugin can also be used to upload pages and posts. But mind you, this plugin is only meant for AIT themes. So, if you own anything starting from the Creator Theme, to Business Finder, you’re all set.

SurveyFunnel

We can’t speak of e-commerce websites without approaching the subject of what is the best way to increase its visitor-to-client conversion rate. The more you know about your target audience, the better, so you have to know how to ask. If you go for a lovely plugin named SurveyFunnel, you are going to create a highly targeted and responsive list. It is compatible with all major auto-responder services, can be integrated with any brand identity, and enables you to collect e-mails via engaging surveys, along with offering powerful analytics.

Monarch

Social following and sharing matter if you desire high incoming traffic for your website. Readers can really appreciate your content, but might decline the option to share it with their acquaintances, if they are not provided with a quick and easy way to do that. Monarch is the brainchild of Elegant Themes, and the most sophisticated social sharing plugin I’ve ever seen. With it, you can choose from 40 social networks, design gorgeous buttons, and place them in either of 8 different locations on your web page.

Chimpy – MailChimp WordPress Plugin

How well do you fare with e-mail marketing? I guess it would be pointless to ask if you want your websites to be properly integrated with MailChimp, but how well did you manage, thus far? Chimpy is a sure way to create that viable MailChimp WordPress connection. It’s an all-in-one solution for synchronizing all WordPress users with MailChimp, making sign up forms that look wonderful, then display them in pop-ups, and display comment forms. In addition, you can lock up some content that is only accessible to subscribers.

Lizatom Shortcodes Plugin

As I mentioned in a previous paragraph, there is every reason to work with shortcodes as you create websites. If you base them on WordPress, then you might wish to consider using Lizatom Shortcodes Plugin. This is a premium resource through and through, with 5000 shortcodes on the table. Additionally, you can expect to find info boxes, tooltips, pricing tables, and CSS3 buttons. In the case of virtual stores, you will be able to customize beautiful order lists, and use a 3D shadow effect on product images.

UserPro

You shouldn’t stop at anything to give your website user a proper way to interact within the community you’ve formed. In this sense, you can opt for a premium plugin that supports profile management. UserPro has been widely acclaimed, so it would make for a fine choice. In essence, it helps you create member directories using loads of display options, as well as registration forms for many purposes. Even further, you can include one-click paths to social networks.

Subscriptio – WooCommerce Subscriptions

Perhaps you’re dealing with a WooCommerce web shop that sells subscriptions to some service or another. If you really wish to control every aspect related to WooCommerce subscriptions, then Subscriptio would really come in handy. This is a premium extension for the popular WordPress plugin, and it helps you configure then deal out subscriptions. You can establish the frequency of reminders, and the length suspension periods. Subscriptio has a homely admin interface, which offers many filters and hooks that are appealing for developers.

Content Timeline

There is no doubt about it, content displayed in timelines is exceptionally well received by website visitors. If your website content is rather condensed, then Content Timeline comes to the rescue. It is a first-rate plugin for WordPress, which lets you set up a timeline, with 11 customization options. You may add countless groups and numbers, and the timeline allows you to display information in ambivalent points – to the right, and to the left.

FrontEnd Page Builder

You can go many ways to create WordPress websites, and some are easier than others. The ultimate goal is to come up with a fresh and handsome-looking website that people can visit across all known browsers and devices. The plugin named FrontEnd Page Builder liberates you from tedious technical tasks, has an awesome support team, and provides an uncomplicated way to complete client projects. A series of preset elements are available, and you can easily bend them to your will.

iMapper

Content images can have various effects on the audience of a website, but the longer they secure your visitors’ attention, the better the odds of their closing a purchase. I am referring, of course, to merchant websites. Why not use a plugin to map out your images with attractive pins? Since it’s cross-device responsive, and versatile, iMapper would make an excellent choice. You can rely on some of its pre-styled pins, or work to integrate pins of your own design.

Mega Slider

What tools do you use in order to create slides for Drupal? My vote goes to the Mega Slider module. It sports such a welcoming admin interface, and offers an easy way to add images, videos, and text to sliders on your website. Plus, it is optimized for devices with touch-swipe function.

Advanced Layered Navigation Extension for Magento

Do you need to integrate layered navigation into your Magento virtual shop? It would allow site visitors to filter selections simply, and not wait for the page to refresh. Piece of cake, if you get your hands on the Advanced Layered Navigation Extension for Magento. It’s quick to install, and easy to command.

I have nothing more to add to this selection of astute premium plugins for website creators. It is rich enough to answer to your every need, but it’s compiled from my perspective, so it describes a subjective standpoint. What are your thought on the matter? Did you work with any of these premium plugins in your previous projects, and how did that work out for you? May you have a fruitful and productive streak, this autumn!

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• jQuery Featured Content Slider
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• Two Color Schemes
• Post Thumbnails
• Upload a Custom Logo
• Smooth Animated Drop-down Menu
• Twitter integration
• Threaded Comments
• Button Shortcodes

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