Updated: February 1, 2009

About a month ago, I sent a call out to the WordPress community requesting that more themes be released that by default include slots for 125×125 banners. These ad ready WordPress themes are all the rage, yet it seems that few designers took the time to optimize their themes for these banners. Common sense says that if there is very little supply but a lot of demand, the people that fill the demand will find tremendous success.

In looking at the recent trends with newly released themes over this past month, it seems that bloggers have really responded and there is now a wide variety of WordPress themes available for download. I decided there are finally enough of them now that I can throw together a gallery of WordPress themes that allow for 125×125 banners. Enjoy!

2-Column Themes

Slick Blue Theme

SlickBlue Theme

Source | Download

Typebased Theme

Source/Demo | Download

Vintage Theme

vintage-theme

Source | Download | Demo

Blues Theme

blues-theme

Source | Download | Demo

PassionDuo Theme (3 Colors)

Green: Demo | Download, Red: Demo | Download, Blue: Demo | Download

WP Freemium Theme

Source | Download

Dark Zen Theme

Source | Download | Demo

Maggo Theme

Maggo Theme

Source | Download | Demo

Green Tech Theme

Green Tech Theme

Source | Download | Demo

Blue Sensation Theme
blue sensation theme

Source | Download | Demo

3-Column Themes

iPhone Theme

iPhone Theme

Source | Download | Demo

Padangan Theme

Padangan Theme

Source | Download | Demo

SimpleWP Theme

Source | Download | Demo

Black and White Theme

Black and White Theme

Source | Download | Demo

WP-Polaroid Theme

WP-Polariod Theme

Source | Download | Demo

Firebug Theme

Source | Download | Demo

Simple Red Theme

Simple Red Theme

Source | Download (Requires free registration) | Demo

True Blue Theme

True Blue Theme

Source | Download (Requires free registration) | Demo

Blue Block Theme

Source | Download | Demo

WP Premiere Theme

WP Premiere Theme

Source | Download | Demo

Magazine-Style Themes

Structure Theme

Structure Theme

Source | Download | Demo

Forte Theme

Forte

Source | Download | Demo

Mag on Wood Theme

Source | Download | Demo

Studio WordPress Theme (Available in Blue, Green, & Red)

Source | Download | Demo

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  1. 1 readywpthemes
    Monday, February 18th, 2008 at 6:00 am

    I think your forgot my themes :)

  2. 2 khairulazmi
    Monday, February 18th, 2008 at 6:18 am

    very nice collection.
    Yup! 125×125 ad button has becoming a standard for blog sidewide advertising rite now..

  3. 3 David Cooley
    Monday, February 18th, 2008 at 8:30 am

    Kyle, most of these are really fantastic looking themes. And you convinced me to try a right sidebar, now, there is only one thing stopping me from trying some of these themes.

    On my sites, especially technical ones 63% of my visitors are using a higher resolution than 1024×768, which means that themes designed for 1024 width have a lot of dead space on the sides.

    I may have overlooked one, but do you know of any like these that have a fluid width?

    Thanks in advance!

  4. 4 skarld
    Monday, February 18th, 2008 at 10:42 am

    I was inspired by your article to add 125’s to my site. They are working, but not as well as the top 300×250. I used some of Hakan’s code from readywpthemes.com to get the job done. Although I am not as good as the designers in this post, I got busy and hacked the theme I was using to pieces for a whole new look. Next step, how to get designers to submit and vote for their own themes. ;-)

  5. 5 Kyle Eslick
    Monday, February 18th, 2008 at 12:20 pm

    @ Ready - Thanks for the heads up. I will look them over tonight and get them added!

    @ Khair - Thanks. They absolutely have! At least until TechCrunch decides to change their ad blocks. :mrgreen:
    @ David - It is probably just my personal preference, but I’m glad to hear you are finding success with the right sidebar.

    I know in my searches I do, on occasion), run across fluid width WordPress themes, but they are few and far between. I can’t think of any that have blocks built in for the 125×125 ads. I’ll keep an eye out and let you know if I run across one!

    @ Skald - Very nice! You’ve got a great site, have you considered advertising to get more traffic and user interaction?

  6. 6 DeFries
    Monday, February 18th, 2008 at 1:57 pm

    Great list, but I think you missed one more:

    http://ustadz.net/indomagz-free-premium-wordpress-theme.htm

  7. 7 SEO Web hosting
    Thursday, March 27th, 2008 at 10:05 am

    Trying to find one of these types of themes for my blog. Thanks for the list.

  8. 8 ccc
    Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008 at 11:20 am

    but how do I get my ads to use the pre-existing 125×125 slots?!! i have adsense manager installed, but when i add the widget to my sidebar it creates an additional 125×125 ad, it doesnt use the 4 spaces already there! help!!

  9. 9 Dulce
    Monday, November 10th, 2008 at 3:31 am

    Hi Kyle. Check out some of our WordPress themes. Most of our WordPress themes are 125×125 button ready.

    Examples:
    WordPress Theme 1
    WordPress Theme 2
    WordPress Theme 3
    More

  10. 10 Busby
    Friday, November 14th, 2008 at 7:25 pm

    Thanks for sharing those themes. thanks to you wphacks.

  11. 11 manchit
    Monday, December 15th, 2008 at 1:16 pm

    thanks a lot.
    can you please tell me how do i get 125 by 125 ads for free to display on my blog.
    currently i am displaying skyscraper ads by google only.

  12. 12 reggie
    Thursday, January 22nd, 2009 at 6:50 pm

    can anyone help install these themes some dont have readme files or instructions and the one’s that do arent helpful.

  13. 13 Ian
    Tuesday, February 17th, 2009 at 10:04 pm

    I keep getting some error messages on the vintage theme, this one in particular.

    Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/toprank1/public_html/bygone/wp-content/themes/vintage-wordpress-theme/wordpress-brown/functions.php:2) in /home/toprank1/public_html/bygone/wp-includes/pluggable.php on line 850

    Is there any way I can stop this from happening?

  14. 14 L. Mohan Arun
    Sunday, March 29th, 2009 at 5:29 am

    Hi very helpful, the typebased theme download link is not working, it is going to woothemes site.

  15. 15 Kyle Eslick
    Sunday, March 29th, 2009 at 7:58 am

    @ L. Mohan Arun - The TypeBased theme is a FREE theme from Woo Themes. The link takes you to their theme page. You can scroll through to locate that particular theme (they have other free themes available as well).

  16. 16 Sajid
    Tuesday, May 12th, 2009 at 12:35 am

    The theme is easy to modify so you can fit a 125×125 ad in that spot.
    Yes, Joe, it’s very easy to replace the text with an image or picture.
    It really does have some nice features. Great work!….

  17. 17 Sapikk
    Thursday, May 14th, 2009 at 10:36 pm

    You must update any broken link.. BTW, thanks for this great collection.. thanks in advance!

  18. 18 srikanth
    Sunday, May 17th, 2009 at 5:49 am

    thanks for the fabulous list, i am trying Darkzen theme



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