John Siciliano
Has affiliate links Published 5/27/2025 Updated 7/23/2026

664 Best WordPress Website Examples

I found the best WordPress websites that own your web!

These sites prove WordPress can look stunning when you nail the fundamentals. Here’s what they’re doing right:

  • Write copy that speaks directly to one person. Peak PilatesBoutique pilates studio website — clean, elegant, feminine design in white, blue, and gold. "Reformer pilates classes personalized." uses warm, personalized language that makes locals feel seen… not marketed to.
  • Pair bold accents with dark foundations. Expert Electrical ServicesSleek, professional electrical services website in dark and chartreuse green, featuring "EXPERT ELECTRICAL SERVICES" headline. uses lime green on dark backgrounds to create instant visual authority and trust.
  • Lead with a crystal-clear tagline. Mohamed Al Azazi Advocates nails this… their hero immediately tells visitors exactly what they offer.

Browse these WordPress design examples below for more inspiration.

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Design Data

The colors, fonts, and layout choices used across 664 WordPress websites.

8px Button corner radius median across 207 sites
64px Headline size median across 220 sites
5 Navigation links median across 596 sites

Background color

How dark or light the page background is (background luminance).

  • White / near white 59.2% (393)
  • Black / near black 14.2% (94)
  • Light 10.1% (67)
  • Mid-tone 8.7% (58)
  • Dark 7.8% (52)

Accent color

The color of each site's primary button, measured from its code (accent hue family).

  • Amber / orange 35.4% (225)
  • Black, white & gray 21.4% (136)
  • Red 11.3% (72)
  • Green 7.7% (49)
  • Blue 7.2% (46)
  • Teal / cyan 6.9% (44)
  • Pink 3.9% (25)
  • Purple 3.6% (23)
  • Lime 2.5% (16)

Hero imagery

The kind of visual the top section leads with.

  • Photography 82.5% (542)
  • Illustration 6.2% (41)
  • No imagery 6.1% (40)
  • Product screenshot 3.3% (22)
  • 3D artwork 1.7% (11)

Button shape

Corner rounding on primary buttons (border radius relative to height).

  • Square corners 39.6% (82)
  • Pill (fully rounded) 38.2% (79)
  • Rounded corners 22.2% (46)

Font combination

How heading and body typefaces pair (serif vs. sans-serif).

  • All sans-serif 65.9% (145)
  • Serif headings, sans-serif body 31.4% (69)
  • All serif 2.7% (6)

Color intensity

How colorful the palette is, from black-and-white to bold color (saturation).

  • Soft, muted color 63.9% (424)
  • Black & white 22.9% (152)
  • Bold, vivid color 13.3% (88)

Dark mode support

Sites whose code adapts to the visitor's light/dark preference (prefers-color-scheme).

  • Yes 3.9% (11)
  • No 96.1% (270)

Most-used fonts

The typeface each site leads with, read from its live CSS.

  • Montserrat 8.2% (18)
  • Poppins 6.8% (15)
  • Playfair Display 5.9% (13)
  • Outfit 2.3% (5)
  • Raleway 2.3% (5)

Percentages are the share of sites where each trait could be measured, with counts in parentheses. Last updated July 2026.

The best WordPress website examples default to white, not black

Across 664 WordPress sites, near-white backgrounds account for 59.2%, more than five times the near-black share at 14.2%. Light, mid, and dark tones split the remainder into small slices of 10.1%, 8.7%, and 7.8%. WordPress skews toward publishing, services, and commerce, categories where legibility and trust outrank mood-lighting drama. Luna’s Catering, Design by Elle, and VectorVest all run white backgrounds with black-and-white palettes, and that pairing is the safest starting point for anyone building a new WordPress website design rather than chasing a dark-mode trend the platform barely supports (dark mode appears on just 3.9% of sites measured).

Amber is the accent, everything else is scattered

Amber leads accent hues at 35.4%, with neutral tones second at 21.4%. After that the field fragments fast: red at 11.3%, green at 7.7%, blue at 7.2%, teal at 6.9%, and pink, purple, and lime all under 4%. This is a niche where a single warm accent color does most of the persuasive work on a button or link, rather than a full brand palette. AAA Bishop Electric, Americano Mexicano, and Chanterelle Catering Company all use amber buttons against otherwise muted, white-background layouts, showing how one accent hue carries the call to action while the rest of the page stays quiet.

Muted color, not vibrant, is the working default

Muted palettes cover 63.9% of sites, monochrome another 22.9%, leaving vibrant color at just 13.3%. Combined, that means roughly eight in ten WordPress websites deliberately hold back saturation. Service businesses, funeral homes, nonprofits, and local shops populate this gallery, and their credibility depends on restraint rather than color intensity. Homepro Pest Control and Tender Learning Centre both pair muted palettes with photography-led heroes, letting the photo supply visual interest while the interface color stays out of the way. This pattern matters for anyone studying WordPress Nonprofit Websites or WordPress Virtual Assistant Websites, where trust signals matter more than visual excitement.

Square and pill buttons run neck and neck, rounded trails

Square buttons take 39.6% and pill buttons 38.2%, a gap of only a few sites that makes them effectively tied. Rounded corners fall behind at 22.2%. Orange County Fitness and Bladen-Gaskins Funeral Home use square buttons, while Hero Tattoo and Youly use pills, and both shapes appear across otherwise similar sans-heading, photo-hero layouts. Button shape here reads as brand personality, not usability convention, so builders browsing WordPress Portfolio Websites or WordPress Artist Websites should treat the choice as free.

Sans-serif headings dominate, serif is the deliberate exception

Sans headings appear on 75.5% of sites, with serif at just 13.2% and display fonts at 10.9%. Body text is even more consolidated: sans bodies reach 95.3%. Montserrat and Poppins top the individual font list at 8.2% and 6.8%. When serif headings do appear, as in Texas Council on Family ViolenceNonprofit domestic violence prevention website with clean, modern typography and muted purple color scheme. "Creating Safer Communities for Texas Families" set in Libre Baskerville or Luna’s Catering set in Cormorant Garamond, they signal a softer or more editorial tone, useful reference points for anyone building WordPress Blog Websites where typography carries most of the emotional weight.