Let’s take a moment to explore some of the top WordPress plugins and themes available as of August 2024.
In this overview, I’ll be highlighting the most noteworthy WordPress plugins and themes released this month, organised into two easy-to-navigate lists. The first list features a mix of both free and premium plugins.
Next, you’ll find a carefully curated selection of plugins designed to meet various needs, such as a plugin that contains an exceptional task management within WordPress, a plugin that enhances how content is displayed on your site. To a robust anti-spam plugin that was designed to safeguard your contact forms and talking about contact forms I’ve got an add-on for WordPress’s Contact Form 7 that enhances user experience with Ajax validation for required fields.
For themes, I’ve put together another collection that includes both free and premium options, catering to a wide range of requirements. Whether you’re searching for themes tailored to businesses, Gutenberg compatibility, blogging, versatile eCommerce solutions, or even child themes, this list has something for everyone.
These themes are ready to be used as they are or can be customised to match your or your clients’ unique preferences.
Plugins – Free & Premium
1. LazyTasks
LazyTasks offers an exceptional task management experience within WordPress, seamlessly integrating your project workflows directly into your WordPress environment. Designed for efficiency, LazyTasks is more than just a plugin—it’s a powerful solution that enables you to manage tasks, projects, and teams all from your WordPress dashboard.
Plus, it includes native mobile apps for both iOS and Android, and it’s completely free.
Price: Free
2. Super Product Filter
The Super Product Filter is a robust WordPress plugin designed to elevate the shopping experience on WooCommerce websites. It allows customers to effortlessly filter products by various attributes, including categories, price range, color, size, brand, and more.
Featuring a user-friendly interface, the plugin integrates seamlessly into any WooCommerce store, offering real-time filtering that instantly updates product listings as users adjust their preferences.
Ideal for online retailers with extensive product catalogs, this plugin empowers customers to quickly find exactly what they’re looking for, turning browsing into a streamlined and efficient process.
Price: Free
3. Content Views
Content Views is a plugin that enhances how content is displayed on your WordPress site. It works seamlessly with both default post types and any custom post types you may have.
The plugin offers a variety of layouts to showcase your content on the frontend, giving you flexibility in how your site’s content is presented. To use it, simply add the Content Views Layout block to a page on your site, and the plugin will take care of the rest.
Price: Free
4. Envision Blocks
Envision Blocks is a collection of creative and unique Elementor widgets and add-ons designed to enhance your website. With over 16 free Elementor widgets available, you have the flexibility to customise and optimise your site as you see fit. Additionally, you can easily disable any widgets you don’t need, which helps improve your site’s performance and loading speed. Elevate your website with Envision Blocks today!
Price: Free
5. EMO Shield
EMO Shield is a robust anti-spam solution designed to safeguard your contact forms from unwanted submissions and bolster your website’s security. It seamlessly integrates with popular form plugins like Contact Form 7, Gravity Forms, Ninja Forms, and WPForms, ensuring compatibility with your existing setup.
Price: $15.00
6. Currency Converter Widget
The Currency Converter Widget enhances your website by providing visitors with up-to-date exchange rates and seamless conversion calculations directly within Elementor. Offering a user-friendly experience, this widget improves your site’s functionality, whether visitors are making international purchases or planning travel expenses. Transform your website into a global platform with the Currency Converter widget for Elementor.
Price: $18.00
7. QRPay Payment Gateway
If you run a WooCommerce site and need a custom payment gateway solution, QRPay is the ideal choice. Specifically designed for WooCommerce, QRPay is a comprehensive payment gateway plugin that facilitates seamless payment acceptance from your customers. This plugin is perfect for a range of online platforms, including eCommerce stores, grocery shops, marts, utility billing platforms, digital goods marketplaces, subscription services, and food delivery services—essentially any platform that requires online payments.
Tailored for existing QRPay clients, this plugin integrates secure, efficient payment processing directly into your WooCommerce site. Developed in response to customer needs, QRPay offers a versatile, all-in-one solution for various online payment requirements. Elevate your business with QRPay—transforming everyday transactions into exceptional achievements. Unlock the full potential of your retail business today!
Price: $29.00
8. Contact Form 7 Smart Validation
Contact Form 7 Smart Validation is an addon for WordPress’s Contact Form 7 that enhances user experience with Ajax validation for required fields. Designed to make Contact Form 7 forms more user-friendly, this addon ensures that required fields are validated in real time. It is highly configurable, allowing each form to have its own settings for smart validation, so you can tailor the validation process individually for each Contact Form 7 form.
Price: $20.00
Themes – Free & Premium
1. TravelVerse
TravelVerse is a free Full Site Editing (FSE) WordPress theme designed specifically for creating travel and tour booking websites. Powered by the popular WP Travel Engine plugin, TravelVerse is ideal for travel agencies, tour operators, trekking, city tours, rafting, jungle safaris, or any other travel-related businesses.
The theme is fully responsive, SEO-ready, and speed-optimized, ensuring your site performs at its best. TravelVerse also offers extensive customization options with various blocks and patterns, and it’s WooCommerce compatible, as well as RTL and translation-ready, giving you the flexibility to reach a global audience.
Price: Free
2. WP-DOS
WP-DOS is a blog theme crafted for those who feel nostalgic about the early days of computing. It’s a tribute to the pioneers who shaped modern computing, offering a unique opportunity to experience blogging as if we were back in the era of green (or amber) phosphor.
Price: Free
3. Bestio
The Bestio WordPress theme is an ideal choice for agencies seeking a robust and versatile online presence. With its extensive features and customizable design, Bestio provides all the tools you need to create an attractive, functional website that effectively showcases your agency’s services and portfolio. This theme is GPL compatible, incorporating elements and creatives crafted by our own team.
Price: Free
4. Moontopia
Moontopia is an innovative, highly customizable multi-purpose theme designed to empower users to create stunning WordPress websites. Tailored for small businesses, startups, and personal portfolios, Moontopia integrates seamlessly with Kubio Page Builder, enhancing the WordPress block editor with a wide range of new blocks and advanced styling options for complete design freedom.
Price: Free
5. Mental Care
Mental Care is a specialised WordPress theme designed for medical and therapy professionals, including psychologists, psychiatrists, and mental health specialists. It’s ideal for personal pages of psychology doctors, child guidance specialists, and therapists with private practices or therapy groups.
This theme is an excellent solution for centres offering various therapies for conditions like ADHD, trauma, OCD, anxiety, relationship issues, childhood abuse, eating disorders, depression, and more. Mental Care also includes full support for the WooCommerce plugin, enabling you to easily set up an online store to sell specialised literature, magazines, books, as well as medical and wellness products. The theme is equipped with pre-designed templates for all content areas, making the setup process straightforward.
Mental Care offers three ready-made homepages and six designer colour palettes, with the option to create and customise your own. Each colour palette comes with demo content and a full set of dedicated healthcare niche pages, including doctor profiles, service pages, appointment booking forms, medical blogs, and health product shops.
Packed with premium features, Mental Care includes a custom Elementor addon, a wide array of widgets, templates, colour options, and seamless plugin integrations, making it a highly functional and versatile theme for any mental health or therapy-related website.
Price: $19.00
6. Anvogue
Anvogue is a modern and stylish Elementor WordPress WooCommerce theme, perfect for a wide range of online stores, including fashion, cosmetics, jewelry, toys, yoga, pet supplies, electronics, furniture, and more. It offers over 23 high-quality pre-built home pages, making it adaptable to any type of online shop.
The theme leverages Elementor, a drag-and-drop page builder that requires no coding skills, allowing users to easily edit and create new pages. Anvogue is fully responsive, ensuring your site looks great on desktops, tablets, and mobile devices. Plus, it can be set up quickly with the One Click Demo Import feature.
Anvogue includes all the essential eCommerce features needed for a successful online store, such as Product Filters, Ajax Search, Ajax Add to Cart, Quick Buy, Bought Together, and a Mini Cart. It’s an excellent choice for any online business, whether it’s a fashion boutique, clothing store, furniture outlet, cosmetics shop, or luxury jewelry and accessories store.
This theme is advanced, clean, and professional, with a powerful admin panel that offers over 450 options for managing header styles, page layouts, typography, and more. With Anvogue, you can build your store without needing any coding knowledge.
Price: $13.00
7. Herrington
Herrington is a beautifully handcrafted, pixel-perfect business consulting WordPress theme, built on Elementor Page Builder and designed with meticulous attention to detail, flexibility, and performance. With Herrington, you can quickly create a professional website thanks to its stunning styles and elements.
The theme integrates seamlessly with Elementor, allowing you to use the latest web technologies and enjoy a user-friendly experience. With a simple drag-and-drop interface, you can easily customize the look and feel of your site, previewing changes instantly before they go live.
If you’re new to website creation, Herrington has you covered. It includes demo content and video tutorials to guide you through the setup process, ensuring you can build a site tailored to modern consulting, business consulting, investment consultants, consulting firms, HR consulting, financial advisors, corporate firms, fintech, and more.
Herrington also features Elementor and Revolution Slider, enabling you to create stunning layouts without any programming knowledge. Whether you’re an accountant, financial planner, insurance broker, or involved in any other finance-related business, Herrington provides the tools and support you need to build a standout website.
Price: $39.00
8. eCommax
eCommax is a cutting-edge WooCommerce theme meticulously designed for electronics and gadget stores, offering a robust platform suitable for both MegaShops and specialised retail outlets. This theme is perfect for businesses selling a wide range of tech products, from smartphones and computers to accessories and more. eCommax stands out with its sleek, modern design that not only captivates visitors but also provides an intuitive shopping experience, allowing customers to easily navigate through extensive product catalogs.
What sets eCommax apart is its solid foundation built on the TailwindCSS framework, ensuring your website is not only visually appealing but also fast, responsive, and optimised for all devices. Whether viewed on desktops, tablets, or smartphones, your store will deliver a seamless user experience that can boost conversions and enhance customer satisfaction.
eCommax is fully integrated with the Elementor Page Builder, giving you the power to customise every aspect of your website effortlessly. Whether you’re crafting stunning landing pages, customising product layouts, or adjusting design elements to match your brand’s identity, Elementor’s drag-and-drop interface makes these tasks simple, even for users with minimal technical expertise.
With eCommax, you gain more than just a theme; you get a powerful tool designed to help you build and grow a successful online store. From its versatile design options to its advanced customisation features, eCommax is the perfect choice for any electronics and gadget retailer aiming to make a significant impact in the competitive eCommerce landscape.
Price: $19.00