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March 29, 2019

19 Best Real Estate WordPress Themes for Realtors (2019)

Are you looking for the best real estate WordPress themes? WordPress is the most popular website builder among real estate companies, realtors, and property management companies to showcase their listings.

By default, most WordPress themes are either made for blogs or business websites. This makes it a bit harder to find a suitable real estate theme.

In this article, we will show you some of the best WordPress real estate themes that will help you manage your listings and grow your business.

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The first thing you need to know that all themes on this website are for self-hosted WordPress.org site, and they will not work on most WordPress.com plans. Please see our comparison of WordPress.com vs WordPress.org for more details.

You will need the following items to make a real estate website using WordPress:

WordPress hosting (this is where your website files are stored)
A domain name (For example, wpbeginner.com)
A real estate WordPress plugin
A real estate WordPress theme

First, you need to get a domain name and web hosting.

We recommend using Bluehost or SiteGround because they are both officially recommended by WordPress.

Bluehost will even give you a free domain name + free SSL certificate if you signup using the link above.

After you have signed up for hosting, you can go ahead and install WordPress.

For more detailed instructions, see our step by step guide on how to create an IDX real estate website using WordPress.

That being said, let’s take a look at our expert pick of the best real estate WordPress themes for realtors.

1. AgentPress Pro

AgentPress Pro is a premium WordPress real estate theme for realtors. It comes with AgrentPress listings plugin which allows you to add a listings management system to your WordPress site.

AgentPress comes with 4 color schemes, custom widgets, backgrounds, headers, and theme options panel. It is developed by StudioPress and runs on top of the powerful Genesis theme framework. Genesis follows all the best practices and that’s why we built WPBeginner website theme on top of it as well.

StudioPress is now part of WP Engine, the most popular managed WordPress hosting company. You can get this theme and all 35+ other StudioPress themes if you sign up for WP Engine hosting to build your website.

Bonus: WPBeginner users also get additional 20% off. Get started with WP Engine.

2. Astra

Astra is a beautiful WordPress theme, which is designed to be used for any kind of websites including real estate businesses. This flexible theme comes with dozens of ready-made websites that can be installed with a single click.

It is compatible with all essential WordPress plugins and can be used with any real estate plugin of your choice. Beginners would find it easy to customize with simpler theme settings.

3. OceanWP

OceanWP is a popular free WordPress theme with tons of premium-like features and incredible flexibility. This multi-purpose WordPress theme also comes with a pro version, which gives you access to dozens of ready-made website demos that you can quickly install.

It is highly customizable and works with all popular page builders and real estate plugins. It comes with built-in page templates, custom widgets, multiple navigation menus, multiple layouts, widget areas, customizable header, and backgrounds.

4. Divi

Divi is the ultimate multi-purpose WordPress theme. It comes with the Divi builder, a popular drag and drop page builder plugin and several ready-made website layouts for different kind of websites.

It also comes with a real estate layout pack complete with a landing page, listings template, contact page, about page, and custom widgets.

Divi is quite easy to use and setup. You can easily change colors, layout, fonts, and templates using simple point and click tools.

5. Altitude Pro

Altitude Pro is an elegant WordPress business theme made on top of the Genesis theme framework. It is suitable for real-estate agents, brokers, coaching and training websites. Its homepage features a fullscreen background with your welcome message and call to action.

It comes with multiple page templates, page builder support, custom widgets, and a widgetized homepage layout. It is optimized for the Gutenberg block editor and comes with full WooCommerce support.

6. Presence

Presence is an all-purpose WordPress theme made specifically for small business websites. It includes 10 ready-made website designs, including one for a real estate website. All website demos can be easily installed with a single-click.

The real estate website comes with listings template, agent page, search widget, and IDX support. It also includes 6 color schemes, sliders, photo galleries, and custom widgets for social media integration.

7. Ultra

Ultra is another excellent multi-purpose WordPress theme that can be easily used to make a real estate website. It comes with Themify page builder plugin, several ready-made websites, and over 60 layouts.

Its simple drag and drop capabilities make it super easy to use and customize for your needs. It works with all popular real estate WordPress plugins, allowing you to easily add listings, property search, and agent profile features.

8. Realtor

Realtor is a premium theme for realtors, agencies, and real estate listing websites. It comes with full-featured listings area that can be displayed in grid or list view.

It also features an advanced property filter and search, properties map (built using Google maps API), realtor profile page, multiple listing templates. It has various shortcodes, custom widgets, and all the options you would want to see in a premium theme.

9. Estate Engine

Estate Engine is can convert any website into its own real estate engine. You can monetize your real estate website by allowing users to add their own listings for a fee.

It has a powerful listing search filter with Google Maps support, galleries, sliders, and custom widgets. Estate Engine also comes with a mobile theme that your mobile users will see, it looks equally beautiful without compromising the functionality.

10. Academy Pro

Academy Pro is a WordPress theme designed for training, online courses, and learning communities. It is ideal for realtors, real estate training, consultancy, and similar businesses.

This powerful WordPress theme is developed by StudioPress. It runs on the Genesis theme framework, which ensures the best performance and higher coding standards. It is super-easy to customize and comes with flexible header, drag and drop homepage layout, multiple page templates, and full Gutenberg support.

11. WPCasa Elviria

Built on WPCasa, a framework designed specifically for real estate websites. Eliviria is an elegant WordPress theme with powerful real estate features baked in.

It has listings widgets, listings slider, and listings carousel. There are multiple homepage layouts with unlimited color choices.

12. Residence

Residence is a classy mobile friendly real estate theme. It has Google Maps powered listings and IDX-MLS search filter, which makes it easier for users to find listings.

This beautiful theme comes with custom widgets, multiple page layouts, gallery carousel, and a currency and unit converter.

13. WP Real Estate

WP Real Estate is a free WordPress theme made specifically for real estate agents, brokers, and agencies. Upon activation, the theme recommends a real estate plugin which adds property listings features including a filterable search bar.

It includes a featured posts section, social media icons, customizable header, custom background, and Google Fonts. All theme options are neatly organized under theme customizer making it easy to set up.

14. WPCasa Bahia

WPCasa’s Bahia theme for realtors features large background image on the homepage with a very prominent search feature for listings. This beautiful real estate theme comes with multiple homepage layouts, custom widgets, templates, and much more.

15. Main Street

Main Street is a classy WordPress real estate theme with IDX-MLS integration and mobile-ready Layout. It has built-in support for Google maps, feature property slideshow, gorgeous property galleries, lightning-fast search with a professional look for agents and realtors.

16. London

London is another WordPress theme designed on top of WPCasa framework. It is sleek and modern featuring large background images and a prominently displayed listings search.

It is easily customizable with multiple color choices, custom templates, shortcodes, and IDX support. It has widgetized listings page, multiple homepage layout options, and one-click demo importer.

17. Real Estater

Real Estater is a free WordPress real estate theme with a professional design. It comes with a fully customizable homepage layout with sections for property listings, about us, features, services, rentals, and gallery.

It supports popular real estate plugins to manage property listings and add a listings search feature. It includes custom headers, backgrounds, social media menu, and layout choices for individual posts and pages.

18. Oslo

Oslo is a beautiful bright WordPress theme for realtors. It has listings search, filters, templates, and complete IDX support.

Apart from that it is SEO friendly, mobile-ready, and comes with tons of features needed to build an awesome real estate website.

19. Oikia

Oikia WordPress theme for realtors and agencies is a powerful feature rich theme. It features an advanced map and location filter integrated into listings management. It has custom post types, widgets, shortcodes, and multiple color choices.

That’s all for now.

We hope this article helped you find the best WordPress real estate theme for realtors. You may also want to see our ultimate step by step WordPress SEO guide for beginners.

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March 29, 2019

Factory Design Pattern [Video]

In the video below, we take a closer look at the factory design pattern in Java. So, let's get started!

Check out the links below to download the code:

March 29, 2019

Product Owner vs. Product Manager vs. Project Manager Explained

Over the years, professional roles and titles in project management have gone beyond the basic title of Project Manager. Despite the rise in popularity and increasing understanding of project management methodologies including Agile, these titles are often mixed up.

For instance, the titles of Project Manager, Product Manage, and Product Owner are more often used interchangeably. So, what is the difference between a Project Manager, Product Manager and a Product Owner?

March 29, 2019

Benefits of AR and VR in the Travel Industry

Everyone gets excited about traveling to different places. And the tourism industry has been serving travelers for many years. But, the job of the tourism industry is not just to sell their tour packages but, in fact, to attach people’s emotions with that particular destination. So in order to bring this image into existence, AR and VR technology is constantly putting efforts to transform the tourism world.

It is obvious that everyone, before visiting a particular destination, wants to experience that place. So in order to do this, they see images, videos, visit websites, and read reviews. Somehow, this practice of exploring destinations works. But, there is a new technology that has made it possible to experience the feeling of a particular place. Here, we are talking about VR and AR technology.

March 29, 2019

Telerik UI for Blazor Data Grid Component Basics

Telerik UI for Blazor is a brand new library of UI components for the Razor Components and Blazor frameworks. Even though Telerik UI for Blazor is in an "Early Preview" stage it ships with one of the most popular and versatile UI components, the data grid. The data grid features out-of-the-box functionality like paging, sorting, templates, and themes. In this article, we will focus on how to get started with the grid's basic features.

Prerequisites

Since the ASP.NET Preview is are moving at a rapid pace, it's best to update your bits. Make sure you're on the current version of Razor Components (server-side) and Blazor (client-side) since we'll be working with both. Detailed installation instructions for both frameworks can be found on the Blazor getting started page.

March 29, 2019

Top 17 Resources To Learn Test Automation In 2019

Lack of training is something that creates a major roadblock for a tester. Often, testers working in an organization are all of a sudden forced to learn a new framework or an automation tool whenever a new project demands it. You may be overwhelmed on how to learn test automation, where to start from and how to master test automation for web applications, and mobile applications on new technology so soon.

Thankfully, there are plenty of resources to help you deal with your questions on test automation and guide you through the process of learning basics of automation testing to become skilled in test automation for web applications and mobile applications. In this article, we will cover some resources for test automation, ranging from blogs, workshops, and online video tutorials and more to help you brush up the basics of automation testing with in-depth tutorials. I believe every tester, whether beginner or experienced, should research them.

March 29, 2019

Dockerizing Java MicroProfile Applications

For cloud-native applications, Kubernetes and Istio deliver a lot of important functionality out of the box, like ensuring resiliency and scalability. This functionality works generically for microservices, no matter in which language they have been implemented and independent from the application logic.

Some cloud-native functionality, like application-specific failover functionality, metrics, and fine-grained authorization, cannot be handled by Kubernetes and Istio, since it needs to be handled in the business logic of the microservices.

March 29, 2019

Memory Usage of OpenWhisk Functions

Last week Red Hat introduced the open source framework Quarkus which promises fast boot times and low memory usages. This makes Quarkus interesting for Java workloads running as serverless functions.

I've done a little experiment to compare how much memory functions require which run on Apache OpenWhisk and have been implemented with Java and JavaScript.

March 29, 2019

Parallel Testing in Selenium WebDriver With Python Using Unittest

Cross-browser testing is deemed to be an indispensable task for the modern-day release cycle. However, manual cross-browser testing could turn out to be very strenuous and time-consuming. This is a major hindrance that developers and testers face while performing browser compatibility testing for their website or web application across different operating systems, browsers, etc. This is where Selenium, a free and open source software, steps in!

Selenium is a popular automation testing framework for browser compatibility testing and is utilized for performing automated functional testing with less/minimal learning curve with respect to implementation.

March 29, 2019

Speed Racer: Our Eureka Moment for AI and Cognitive Automation

Steve gripped the steering wheel of his Nissan 300Z, the race track curving ahead. Engines all around grumbled impatiently as he waited for the checkered flag.

The 24-Hour Lemons Endurance Race brought together 180 teams, each spending no more than $500 on their souped-up relics, many reclaimed from weeded-over backyards. All were vying to survive the most laps and claim victory.

March 29, 2019

Add Databases to CI With Production Database Clones

DevOps involves source control and automated application builds with binaries as immutable artifacts for a repeatable DevOps process. Updating SQL Server databases, however, is not accomplished so simply and must be upgraded in place. Current SQL DevOps practices involve building a development database with schema and objects and static data for functional testing. The “development database” is succeeded by a “production like” database for later stages and ultimately, upgraded scripts are applied to production. This approach is complex and breaks the principle of working with unchanging artifacts throughout the DevOps process.

Fortunately, a simpler approach with production database clones and SQL Server containers delivers simplicity, horizontal scalability, and economy. Production database clones are delivered in seconds with immutable writable replicas of production for higher fidelity releases. Full disclosure: I am a principal at Windocks where we focus on SQL Server containers and database cloning, but these same approaches should work with storage array cloning with Bash or other scripting.

March 29, 2019

Java Immutable Objects

An object is considered immutable if its state cannot change after it is constructed. Since they cannot change state, they cannot be corrupted by thread interference or observed in an inconsistent state, making them useful in concurrent applications.

For example, String objects in Java are immutables.

March 29, 2019

How to Configure MySQL Master-Slave Replication on Ubuntu 16.04

Alibaba Cloud offers a hassle-free on-demand computing service, Elastic Compute Service (ECS), which can be deployed with just a few clicks and install a Linux distribution of your choice.

With each instance configured, you can run highly scalable database servers such as MySQL. On top of these, you can take advantage of their fast memory and latest CPUs to create a redundant environment for your MySQL server.

March 29, 2019

How to Apply Machine Learning to Android Using Fritz.ai

This article describes how to apply machine learning to Android using Fritz.ai. Before diving into the details about how to develop a machine learning Android app, it is useful to briefly describe what Fritz.ai is. As you may know, machine learning is an interesting topic that is gaining importance, and it promises to transform several areas including the way we interact with Android apps.

To experiment with how to apply machine learning to Android using Fritz.ai, we will develop an Android app that uses image classification.

March 29, 2019

Getting Started With React.js, Babel 7, Webpack 4, and MobX 5

I used to use Redux for application state management, but due to complex code patterns and a lot of boilerplate code, it was not friendly to me at all. Recently, I've started exploring MobX. MobX is a clean and handy framework for state management. All my recent development efforts have been with MobX.

Getting my first project set up with the latest versions of MobX 5, I found some difficulties in packaging and wiring everything together with MobX decorators or annotations. Finally, I was able to resolve the issues and thought of sharing my experience in a blog post.

March 29, 2019

Tutorial on wxPython 4 and PubSub

The Publish-Subscribe pattern is pretty common in computer science and very useful too. The wxPython GUI toolkit has had an implementation of it for a very long time in wx.lib.pubsub. This implementation is based on the PyPubSub package. While you could always download PyPubSub and use it directly instead, it was nice to be able to just run wxPython without an additional dependency.

However, as of wxPython 4.0.4, wx.lib.pubsub is now deprecated and will be removed in a future version of wxPython. So now you will need to download PyPubSub or PyDispatcher if you want to use the Publish-Subscribe pattern easily in wxPython.

March 29, 2019

Lessons From the Daily Scrum

What is Scrum?

Scrum, as you can see in the image below, and as per Wikipedia, is the method of restarting play in a Rugby game that involves players packing closely together with their heads down and attempting to gain possession of the ball.

I am pretty sure that is not the definition that you wanted to see, at least not in this blog. But, bear with me for a couple of seconds. It was not a failed attempt at a bad joke. I just wanted you to see the imagery and get a feel of what is happening. Also, I wanted to throw some light on the history of that name. How did a Rugby method give its name to the popular Agile methodology that we use almost throughout the software engineering world?

Building a Real Estate Website for Realtors

Prerequisites

Vulnerabilities

What is Scrum?