WordPress is the blogging platform favored by a rapidly growing number of bloggers and online business owners. WordPress is free, which is part of it’s appeal, as are many of the enhancements that can be installed to change the look and function of WordPress, including its themes. However, although there are hundreds of free WordPress themes that you can download and use quite easily, sometimes it’s wise to invest in a premium theme instead. Why? Here are 5 reasons:
1. Customization
The best premium themes are far more customizable than the best free themes. If you want to have the most options for design and search engine optimization without having to learn HTML backwards and forwards, a good premium theme is definitely your best choice.
2. Support
It’s common for the developers of free themes to offer very limited support. And sometimes they offer no support at all. The developers of the best premium themes have more incentive to offer support and will usually have both detailed instructions that are updated frequently and an active user forum. Even the best themes can have technical glitches from time to time, so having good support is manditory when using any WordPress theme.
3. Updates
There is also less incentive for developers of free themes to fix bugs and update their theme when WordPress goes through one of it’s many upgrades. Sometimes they’ll stop offering the theme altogether. Purchasing a good premium theme will usually give you a lifetime of bug fixes and updates so any issues with be corrected in a timely way.
4. Quality
There are very few free themes that come close to the quality of the best premium themes. Everything from design elements to search engine optimization is covered by a good premium theme.
5. No unwanted adware
Free themes sometimes contain hidden code that inserts ads or other things that benefit the theme’s creator instead of you. The best premium themes do not have adware and often you can purchase a license to remove the companies’ logo, etc. so you can ‘brand’ your site and your client’s sites as your own.
While there are good free themes available and honorable developers, the 5 advantages of using a good premium theme should be taken into consideration. If you want to create a site that will hold up well over time and give you the most options, the best premium themes are your best bet by far.
Article written by Lillea Woodlyns. Lillea Woodlyns helps people master WordPress quickly. For more free WordPress tips and information about the best WordPress themes, visit: http://www.speedonlinewealth.com/blog/better-business-blogs-best-wordpress-theme/
More beautiful themes. I like the GlowTheme; very eye-cathing yet simple.
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a lot of choice and beautiful theme. thank you
Using a customised variant of Snippet, we have created a client-fed directory site that allows them to update (via log-in, twitter, posterous, ping.fm, facebook, SMS or email!) news, events, offers, updates and specials.
In this instance, deployed to the premium winery district of Australia’s Yarra Valley.
Features live updates with most recent post by client to top of home page.
We have found this is be a very servicable and customisable theme, albeit requiring a fast server environment.
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specialbank.com is a real encyclopedia on banking! The site helped me to find the type of institution I needed and much more relevant information. Several clicks, 15 minutes to read and now I may easily talk to the bank workers on equal terms!
hmm looking for a new fresh and clean theme to use for an office cleaning blog – would the glow theme be best for this??