A Tumblr blog stuck on a default light theme feels like wearing a suit to a basement punk show. It’s a visual mismatch that undermines the mood, the content, and the very reason someone chooses the platform. For photography, poetry, or any blog built on atmosphere, the right dark theme isn't just decoration—it's the foundation of the experience.
This list cuts through the clutter to spotlight themes that actually deliver on that promise, from the richly configurable GothicDream to the sleek, responsive framework of Desire. Each one is evaluated for how it handles the essentials: typography in low light, post format support, and that crucial balance between style and usability. See which dark theme finally makes your blog look the way it’s supposed to.
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cmsGothicDream
htmlGothicDream is simple yet powerful Gothic-style Tumblr theme with rich capabilities for configuring and customization. You will be able to change it beyond recognition in few minutes, even if you do not have any skills in design and HTML. Attention, the package lacks the manual! You can download it here: http://dream-theme.com/goth_manual.zip Sorry for the inconvenience. Background You can upload custom background image and select background color. Also you can activate “fixed background” option. Title / Logo Upload your own logo or use simple text title. Title font, color and hover color options are available. Fonts, headers and links You can customize body font and font of headers. Headers and links color are customizable. Social features Enter your Disqus Shortname to render post comments. Share links to your Facebook, Twitter and Flickr account. Moreover show /hide post type icons show /hide description show /hide people you follow show /hide tags show /hide album art on audio posts enable/disable jump pagination Need some help? Faced a problem? No worries – our premium class customer support service is always ready to help you. Support requests are being processed on business days from 8:00 to 17:00 (GMT 0.0) [normally] within 24h in the order they were received. Please note that the fastest way to obtain support is to submit a request via our online Help Desk: http://support.dream-theme.com/ . Requests received via ThemeForest comments and personal messages, email, Twitter or FaceBook will take much longer time to process or can be not addressed at all! Check out our featured WordPress Themes:
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cmsDesire
htmlThe Desire Tumblr theme is a fully responsive and retina ready Tumblr theme suitable for any blog type. Use it for your business blog, portfolio or just any general blog. All the graphics and javascript files are hosted on Tumblr’s own servers so no need to edit the code adding in links to your graphics. The HTML has been laid out clearly and is easy to navigate. I have also included comments throughout the CSS so you can quickly find certain elements. Please remember to rate the Desire Tumblr theme after purchasing it. Thank you! Current Version: v2.0 ( Changelog ) Features Responsive and Retina Ready Supports ALL Tumblr post types Change the colour for each post type icon Disqus Commenting System Fontello icon set for high quality, retina ready icons Instagram Feed, Dribbble Feed, Flickr Feed and Twitter Feed Multiple social network icons located in the sidebar PSD’s included for the logo and retina logo Free access to the Support Forum Video Tutorials How to install a Premium Tumblr Theme Responsive and Retina Ready Please Note! If you feel like giving this item a less than 5 star rating, please get in touch and let me know why so that I can improve the item for you. Updates View the changelog .
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cmsRho Aquarii
htmlRho Aquarii – Portfolio Tumblr Theme This is a Rho Aquarii theme for Tumblr . It’s a portfolio style theme, with the customizable slideshow. Be aware that this template supports only a Photo and Photoset post types and is suitable especially for the photographers, graphic designers, illustrators etc. This template literally divides the whole page for the two areas: an informations about the author on the left side and the portfolio on the right. It’s dead easy to use and customize and it has a detailed documentation to help you out with the every aspect of this theme. Features Responsive layout Cross-browser compatibility Custom CSS Easy and rich customization Only a Photo and Photoset post types supported About section Up to 20 social profiles Social sharing Google Analytics Disqus comments Ask feature Customizable slideshow with up to 5 slides Package content 3 Fully customized and well organized PSD files Theme files Detailed documentation Credits jQuery MaxImage2 jQuery Share jQuery Cycle Plugin jQuery Responsive Text Split Layout Glisse.js Font Sansita One – free Google web font. Font Raleway – free Google web font. Metrize Icons . The images shown are not included with the item! Thanks to Piotr Zawistowski for his amazing pictures!
Gifta
htmlGifta – Tumblr Theme is base on Flat Long Shadows designs, to represented more clean and elegan feel. This is tumblr theme that has many features such as photo sets turned into a responsive image slider, disqus widget and instagram widget. Please rate, if you like this Template With some creativity you can coustoumize the theme to something cool like bellow FEATURES HTML5 + CSS3 Gifta is created using the newest web standards (HTML 5, CSS 3) Photoset Image Slider Multi photoset will automatically be photo image slider, if you post multiple photo post Fancybox Image Pop Up Image will automatically be converted on pop up fancybox effect Unlimited Color Post Header This is color chooser for Header post Unlimited Image Background To create a background image according to your own taste Selectable Google Font Body text selected from the coolest google font options Disqus Widget The comments facility connected with your Disqus account Instagram Widget Photo gallery taken from your instagram account Like and Reblog buttons Has implemented new Tumblr features: Like and Reblog buttons Latest Tweet Twitter widget will automatically appear if your tumblr account to connect with Twitter account Social Media Icon You can set up your social media links here Skill Set Diagram You can fill the content according to your skill-owned, and the value of your ability level with a maximum value of 100 OPTION CREDITS I’ve uused the following fonts, lightbox, images, icons or other files as listed. jQuery — for javascript library Fit Video — for reponsive video embeded Jquery Fancybox — for portfolio jQInstaPics —is a simple jQuery plugin that enables you to display the latest pics from your Instagram feed on your website or blog. SlidesJS —is a responsive slideshow plug-in for jQuery (1.7.1+) with features like touch and CSS3 transitions Font Long shadow — For Flat Shadows effect Long Shadow — Long Shadows effect plugin PT Sans Narrow — for Content & tittle We Love Icon Fon
April
April – Responsive Tumblr Theme Features Responsive layout HTML5 Custom CSS Cross-browser compatibility Easy and rich customization Custom pages All post types supported Ask and Submissions 2 Text widgets Up to 12 social profiles Google Analytics Instagram widget Flickr widget Dribbble widget Disqus comments Related posts Social sharing Package content 2 Fully customized and well organized PSD files Template files Detailed documentation Credits Pace Social Icon Set Patua One – free Google web font. Open Sans – free Google web font. jQuery Modernizr FitVids Flickr feed plugin Jribbble Related posts widget jQuery share plugin Masonry Responsive nav The images shown are not included with the item! Thanks to Piotr Zawistowski for his amazing pictures!
Silent Alley
htmlSilentAlley is a multi-color scheme Tumblr theme, include three color styles. It supports full-screen background image and you can change it easily, so I think it’s suited for photographer, artist or designer use. Meanwhile, you can change some parts of color,e.g. Links color, article title background and so on, it’s unlimited color. At some level, it’s not confined to those three defined styles, you can try your plenty of imagination to customize this theme. Some features Three color styles HTML5/CSS Responsive design Fullscreen background image Easy to customize color and background image Lightbox integrated Disqus comment integrated PSD Files ready Well Documented Major browsers compatible Updates V1.0 – Released V1.1 – Resize the iframe width when it’s displayed on mobile phone. V1.2 – Add two social network icons and options: Vimeo and Google+. Clear a wrong background image url problem. V1.3 – Add two social network icons and options: Lensblr and Pinterest
Quadro
htmlMeet Quadro , a sleek blog theme for Tumblr with an emphasis on sharing. Quadro has a flexible masonry layout with blocks of different sizes. Simply use tags to “embiggen” posts to draw attention to them. The sharing widget makes your posts even more discoverable thanks to its beautiful design, and the full-featured sidebar can be hidden off-canvas, or “pinned” on desktop screens. Take a look at the demos—blogging has just become a tad more stylish! Crispy design Quadro uses CSS3 properties—gradients, drop shadows, transparency—and SVG (scalable vector graphics) for all of the icons and user interface. This ensures that your website will look great on any device, no matter its screen resolution or pixel density. You can use a text logo or an image one, with an option to upload a retina logo image as well. Ajax post loading and endless scrolling Choose between regular static pagination links, Ajax post loading with the click of a button, or true endless scrolling without the need for user interaction. Off-canvas sidebar with plenty of widgets The off-canvas sidebar can be optionally “pinned” on large screens, which means it will be always visible on the left above a certain screen width. The included widgets are: Navigation and search, Twitter, Dribbble, Flickr, Instagram and the Social widget. Flexible Masonry layout The homepage grid is made-up of columns that are about 300 pixels wide. Each block can span a single column, or you can use the special tags medium and large so they span two or three columns instead. You can also limit the grid width to four, three or two columns. Focus on sharing Both on the homepage and individual pages, each post features a widget with “reblog”, “like” and “share” actions prominently, with an stylish and exclusive design. Photoset Grids Responsive photoset grids lets you arrange your images in any way you want. “Fake” titles for image, audio and vide
Weeko
htmlWeeko – Responsive Portfolio Tumblr Theme This is a Weeko – responsive portfolio theme for Tumblr . It’s a single page theme with 100+ custom options to play with. It supports only a Photo / Photoset post type at the moment, so it may be perfect for the photographers, graphic designers, etc. Features Up to 5 customized slides Up to 20 social profiles Up to 7 skills progress bars Portfolio image gallery with the original effects Up to 5 customized testimonials Ask feature Social sharing Disqus comments Google Analytics And more… Package content Theme files Detailed documentation Credits jQuery jQuery Share Animated Skills Bar Fullscreen Slit Slider Glisse.js PageScroll Quotes Rotator Slopy Elements Font Noto Serif – free Google web font. Font Playfair Display SC – free Google web font. The images shown are not included with the item! Thanks to Unsplash , Pixabay and Piotr Zawistowski for their amazing pictures!
