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. They 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 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 (Advertising Ready, SEO Friendly)
PassionDuo Theme (3 Colors)
Green: Demo | Download, Red: Demo | Download, Blue: Demo | Download
Green Tech Theme
3-Column Themes
iPhone Theme
Padangan Theme
Black and White Theme (SEO Friendly, Optimized for AdSense)
WP-Polaroid Theme
Simple Red Theme (Supports 125×125 banners)
Source | Download (Requires free registration) | Demo
True Blue Theme (Supports 125×125 banners)
Source | Download (Requires free registration) | Demo
WP Premiere Theme
Magazine-Style Themes
Structure Theme
Forte Theme
Mag on Wood Theme
Know of one we missed? Contact us or let us know in the comments below!
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very nice thanks. 
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Thanks Kyle!
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It is superb that my blog, SilentBits is on your list !!! 
Monday, February 18th, 2008 at 6:00 am
I think your forgot my themes
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..
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!
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.
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.
@ 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?
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
Thursday, March 27th, 2008 at 10:05 am
Trying to find one of these types of themes for my blog. Thanks for the list.