There are many great themes on themeforest. There are not many video templates so competitions and variations is not that large like in the blog themes.

I recommend to all to get a professional looking responsive theme which may cost a bit money but it definitely pays off. Now, Google is de-valuing unresponsive site design in an attempt to further integrate the web into the mobile experience.

I use the theme "Careta" It can be seen by clicking on my link in my SIG. It seems to be perfect for everything I have needed. Yea, I would of course like to change some things and as I get better I am sure I will but I think for a photo/gallery adult site this theme works great. :)

Nice... Pretty helpful. I m bookmarking it.

It's a nice hand picked list. Will come to my use.

Nice article, but still... hate WP :(

Getting the right theme is 90% of the problem

Glad to see Themify up there. They have some of the most customizable themes I've seen so far.

Heres a bump.

any new ones these days?

Thanks for sharing the info. WP-Script is also great.

Check out themes from XWPThemes. Every few months a new theme is released.

try with WP-script i have used in my some tube sites they have good support with frequent updates...

Im bumping this up.

New theme updates?

good information to share

Some of my favorite WP themes for media projects.

* Video Theme - Video is a WordPress theme that is built for blogs that have media such as videos. Live Demo

https://image.ibb.co/iPbVRR/video_theme.png

* VPress Theme - vPress Responsive WordPress is great theme with clean design, minimal layout, and scroll motion slider. Live Demo

https://image.ibb.co/nvaqRR/vpress.png

* VideoPro Theme - The most powerful WordPress theme for video-based websites. Live Demo

https://image.ibb.co/gHdS6R/VideoPro.png

* Moview Theme - Using Moview theme with suggested extensions allows you build movie database with reviews for new and recent movies in theaters, DVD and Blu-ray releases, and film classics. Live Demo

https://image.ibb.co/g3vqRR/Moview.png

Thanks for putting together this resource. Some valuable themes that must have took a lot of time and experience. Appreciate the knowledge.

nice read

Tanks for this post and the many useful contributions.

Has anyone more recommendations for themes that will work well for a combination of vids and stills?

nice article.

Thank you so much! I found something for my blog

You deserve a bump and a pad on the shoulder!

Very nice info for us.

Get a real theme.
 

This thread needs a massive update.

themify.domainsecure.com
Mobile optimized
so customizable your grandmother could do it in her sleep while knitting.

Get a real theme.

These themes are free, but no support. No video grabber and nobody is there is problem in theme. You spend lots of time and finally close the site because of so many errors and nobody is there to help you. Daily Spend 10-12 hours on Google and resolve yourself.

It's good if you purchase premium script like wp-tube-plugin.com. There are tons of plugin and theme features. More than 10 themes, 50 jwplayer feed, 100 porn tube grabber, paid member subscription......... and so many features. Most specially free support and future version free download. What else you need ? It is full worth of money.

Free theme does not support and no help if any problem.

learned a lot thanks

bumping it

Appreciate the post op. Just what I was looking for

This doesn't seem to work as well as it used to. Very sad.

There are many themes available. Thank you for sharing. I was wondering do you know which from the above is better on terms of user experience for mobile devices?

Wp-script is also a good theme for adult sites.

does anyone have an updated list to share here? I see themify is the only one still active. The rest are defunct.

I moved from Themify to Elementor, but only because the Tech guy I work with required it/ forced me/ refused to use Themify.

Started using/testing wp-script again.
It works if you are a novice / lazy (ish) limited affiliate and site connections.

Banner management is still very basic.