A portfolio is a great tool for sharing some work project, web designs, themes and other cool stuff on the web.

A portfolio theme for WordPress is very easy to work with, being the most popular way for Professional Freelancers and Web Developers.

Here I created the most sophisticated collection on the web about Portfolio Themes for WordPress only, so you now not need to worry about getting a Portfolio theme.

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1. Examples of Creative WordPress Portfolio Blogs:

Daniel Gutiérrez

Clear and creative example of a Portfolio Theme, very simple with a big slider section in the header with a kitty as the background.

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Snopp Media

Another creative design example with a cardboard background, I like this original idea in a portfolio theme.

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Joe Longstreet

A nice logo design, simple and elegant portfolio site.

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Dead Trendy

Outstanding funny design, very colored and original.

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Andrew Reff

Black portfolio theme of a talented web developer.

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Darren Hoyt

Great design with blue colors, functional and sophisticated.

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Ritchie Linao

Web designer portfolio theme with a integrated gallery. Contact info am graffiti background.

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2. Free WordPress Portfolio Themes:

Folio Elements

This is a very basic WordPress theme with a clean and efficient design intended to put your best content forward in a way that is enticing and fun for the user.
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Creative by Nature

A unique and flexible high-quality portfolio WordPress theme for artists, photographers and designers. The theme was designed by .css{mayo} and released especially for Smashing Magazine and its readers.
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Linquist

Simple, portfolio oriented theme, without the usual blogging garbage. Inspired by and partially based on the fantastic Sharpfolio theme.
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The Unstandard

A split two / three column WordPress 2.6+ compatible theme. The home and archive index pages utilize photos rather than text. The latest update is completely optimized and stripped of any unnecessary code allowing for complete customization.
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WPESP

A “minimalist” Theme based on the idea of portfolio created by DAILYWP. The Theme is a starting point in the creation of portfolios, using WordPress as CMS.
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ImPress

It looks really awesome and is useful for design or magazine styled websites.
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Portfolio Press

This is a dark-colored theme suitable for anyone who wants to create a quick portfolio or wants to showcase his work through WordPress.
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3. Premium WordPress Portfolio Themes:

Mortar

A hugely flexible theme built on a neat JQuery layout plugin that arranges your posts vertically than horizontally with complete control over the number of columns on the home and archive page.
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Big Easy

A very neatly coded, pixel sharp portfolio-based theme designed by the UK based web legend Dan Rubin. This theme boasts an impressive widgetized home page, custom typography, and impressive portfolio handling functionality.
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Groovy Photo

A vibrant, fun colour palette set in a neat layout with tons of neat features – what more could you ask for?
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Basic

Basic features a very clean, easy-to-read and traditional layout that focuses on displaying your content in an orderly fashion.
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Sleekslide Portfolio

The Mainpage also contains your latest blog entries as well as some personal information, a typical mash for portfolio themes.
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YourFolio

A WordPress portfolio theme designed to be used as a personal online portfolio as well as personal blog. This theme has 5 different stylesheets to choose from, allowing the user different color and font options.
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Bluelight

One of the best selling HTML templates on ThemeForest now has a WordPress counterpart. Manage your portfolio and blog posts easily with this mash-up WordPress theme.
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Wordfolio

WordPress + Portfolio = Wordfolio, a wordpress theme which is suitable for graphic & web designers.
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4. Portfolio Tutorials:

1. Create a Portfolio Layout with Wooden Background in Photoshop
In this Photoshop tutorial I am going to show you how to create a portfolio layout with a wooden background.
2. How to Design a Portfolio Site
If you’re a freelance designer, you know how important your portfolio site is to your business. Therefore, we decided to commission Elliot Jay Stocks, a well-known web designer, to film two 30-minute screen-casts on “How to Design a Portfolio Site.”
3. Create an awesome portfolio layout
I will show you how to create another website portfolio.
4. Create a dark portfolio pixel layout
In this tutorial I will show you the power of patterns applied in web layouts. Photoshop patterns are very important.