Porto vs Soledad Theme comparison [2024] 💥
PORTO vs SOLEDAD
Soledad vs Porto, two very popular Wordpress themes for years. Both Porto and Soledad are currently among the best-selling themes on the Themeforest marketplace. Both themes also receive a very good rating from their users. Let's see which theme offers more value for money.
PORTO THEME (Soledad vs Porto)
I will discuss here the Wordpress version of the Porto Theme. There is also an HTML 5 version that has been around much longer, that you can find here. But we will discuss that another time. The Porto Theme has risen sharply lately, although it has always been among the best themes.
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Porto theme review: Rating
When we check out Porto's rating on Themeforest, it is indeed 4.92 out of 5. I know the site and all the themes very well there, and 4.92 may very well be the highest possible rating for the 20 best-selling themes. There are themes with a higher rating, but not on Themeforest. Porto has been sold over 78.767+ times and 2855 people have given a rating, so that is very reliable.
Porto theme review: Demos
The theme has gone through some pretty extreme improvements that we're going to talk about now. Just like any other self-respecting WP theme nowadays, Porto has ready-made demo websites that can be installed with one click. They have added 30 of these since the last upgrade, bringing the total to almost 100.
The nice thing about demos is that you can make a quick start. The website is already with the wrong photos and texts in principle. So put your logo in it, adjust texts and photos and you are well on your way to having your own site.
Porto theme review: Webshops
66 multipurpose demos are available for all conceivable niches that can be used to create beautiful corporate and private websites. It is great that no fewer than 33 demos are ready-made shops. From here you can quickly start a webshop.
Porto theme review: Speed
In the meantime, no theme wants to be left behind in terms of loading times or speed, as Google attaches more and more value to this. Porto is therefore also built with a fast code that ensures good loading times in browsers. Porto also has a built-in speed wizard that helps you make your website even faster, which is quite unique. Of course you can also do this yourself if you read my tutorial here.
Porto theme review: Pagebuilders
The Porto theme comes standard with the in my opinion very good WP Bakery Pagebuilder. A solid page builder that has several third-party plugins available to extend the elements. The theme is also fully compatible with the Elementor page builder, one of the best out there in this area. Among the demos you will find about twenty layouts that have been made with it, so that you can work with Elementor after you install one.
Click on the video above to see the page builder in action.
Porto theme review: Header builder
The header is like a grid where you can drag and drop elements. So it is easy even for laymen to build exactly the header they had in mind. A cool tool! We can't help but give the full marks for this in this Porto theme review.
Porto theme review: Elements
Porto currently offers 33 elements for the Bakery Pagebuilder, which, as mentioned before, is easy to expand with plugins.
Porto theme review: Revolution Slider
The Revolution Slider is by far the best slider plugin. There are a lot of options, which takes some getting used to if you do not know the plug-in yet and also after a major upgrade as has only happened with the new version 6. However, the documentation of the plug-in is very good, which means that you will quickly discover how everything works. Google searches also always help me with that. The good side is that once you get used to it, you don't want anything else. There are practically no limits to what it can do and everything works smoothly.
Porto theme review: Conclusion
I think the Porto theme is great. The demo layouts are beautiful, the setup of the theme is quick and easy, and it has a good loading time. The theme is indeed very suitable for building shops and the header builder is of course fantastic. The price is just standard for themes on Themeforest so that's okay too. The theme offers great value for money.
SOLEDAD THEME (Soledad vs Porto)
In september of 2015 the Soledad theme was successfully launched and has since continuously increased in popularity until now [2024]. The theme was developed by the premium builder PenciDesign. Originally it was only a magazine and blog theme, but over the years it was adjusted so extremely that it is no longer just one of the best themes for a blog website but now also for e-commerce websites or online shops and both business and private websites. with demo websites in every conceivable niche. In this Soledad review we can safely say that the theme is 100% multifunctional.
The beauty of Soledad is that you absolutely don't need any coding experience. It is not even a problem if you are going to build a website for the first time in your life. The theme is more than flexible and has an enormous adaptability. This Soledad review appreciates the latest upgrades from Soledad, in particular that the page builder Elementor can now be integrated which is a great idea.
Elementor is one of the best page builders there are. Furthermore, the theme is packed with features, settings, fonts, and tools that will make creating your site easier and you can actually build any website you have in mind.
Countless demo websites
One would think, so many functions .. is that suitable for the layman. That is why Soledad is considered to be one of the best Wordpress themes because that is indeed possible. Everything remained completely manageable despite all the new functions. Let's talk about the Theme Customizer, which has 34 tabs and each tab offers a different function. Examples of functions: footer settings, social media options, adjust colors, adjust fonts and therefore 30 additional functions.
Soledad theme review: AMP supported
The Soledad theme fully supports AMP, or Accelerated Mobile Pages. This allows your site to load on mobile phones up to 5 times faster than is normally the case.
Soledad has a good SEO
Regardless of whether you have a shop, a blog or a business website, you always want your pages to be found and load quickly in your visitors' browsers. PenciDesign, the builders of Soledad have correctly developed the theme according to Google standards that it has a top SEO. The latest CSS3 and HTML5 techniques were used for the code and the theme is 100% compatible with Yoast-SEO. Pages load quickly so that visitors don't get bored and stay on your site.
Multilingual websites
Translate your website into as many languages as you want and offer across different domains but manage all this from just 1 CMS system? No problem for the top translation plug-in WPML.
Compatibility
It is important when you buy a theme that it also works with all top plug-ins. Otherwise you will have to adjust this yourself which is a task for a professional or you simply cannot use these plug-ins because the design is heavily distorted. In the case of the Soledad theme you certainly have no problems in this regard. In addition to compatibility with the aforementioned plug-ins, the theme is compatible with Woocommerce, bbPress forum, BuddyPress, Slider Revolution. The theme is of course RTL ready and fully responsive on all devices. Soledad is a top theme and is also in our Top Wordpress themes [2024].
Soledad vs Porto conclusion
First of all, thank you for reading this Porto vs Soledad comparison to the end. Both of these themes load fairly quickly and are both great for creating web shops. Porto and Soledad both come with the Elementor pagebuilder free version, upgrading to Elementor Pro is definitely recommended.
The problem these themes have is that there are much better themes like Astra and Divi which are also sold at more attractive prices. Before making up your mind, I recommend that you read my best themes for [2024].
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