How To Select The Right WordPress Theme

by Crystal J. Briscoe on December 7, 2011

If you are running your blog or website on WordPress then there are many things that you will have to keep in your mind. The best thing about WordPress is that, it allows you to select different themes for your website and that too for free. So, if don’t want to spend a lot of time designing your website template and then keep updating it then it is better to go with a WordPress theme. However, before you finally chose a WordPress theme, you will need to consider different things. Below are some essential tips for selecting the right WordPress theme for your website/ blog.

Right Wordpress Theme

What is your niche?

A theme should represent the niche of a blog. If you are running a travel blog then such images should be used on the themes that are related to traveling or tourism. Similarly, a technology blog should have a theme that tells the visitors everything about the blog. A reader will try to get as much information from your theme as possible before actually reading your content. So, if you want to capture the attention of the visitor then you must make your theme relevant to you niche.

What is your purpose to run a blog?

Choosing a WordPress theme is totally dependent on your purpose to run a blog. Different people run their blogs for different reasons. For example, a person may want to sell his e-book or other products on his blog so he will need an e=commerce theme for his blog. Similarly, if a person is looking to earn through ads then he will have to select such theme that is better to display ads so that he can get as many sponsors as possible.

Theme should load fast

If someone enters your URL address in the browser and he has to wait for some time to see your theme get loaded then he will quit the idea to visit your website. In this way, you will lose a lot of visitors. So, you should select such theme that can load very fast. A theme that has very less codes in its background is the best them to go with. Such theme will never take much time to get loaded on web browser and your reader will get what he was looking for. Statistics have shown that many people lost their potential visitors just because the respond time of their themes was very slow.

Readers must show interest in the theme

If a reader or visitor is not interested in your theme then he will never get interested in your content or products. So, in order to make sure that you can make most out of your WordPress blog, you will have to make sure that your visitors will show interest in your theme. For this purpose, you can make your theme simple and elegant. Don’t stuff it with different things; rather keep it as simple as possible.

Keeping these tips in your mind, you can select the best WordPress theme for your website/ blog.

Author Bio: Crystal J. Briscoe is from Self Test Engine. Looking for 70-177 exam help? Let’s take advantage of Self Test Engine self paced 70-178 training and pass your IT exams on first try.

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Crystal J. Briscoe has been blogging since 2005 & contributing in many websites since its initial career. He is Professional Writer and also technical guru, overloaded with a wealth of experience, and even more degrees, at present learning Oracle Programs, He get pleasure from Blogging.

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  • http://www.wonboard.com Nipon@Wonboard forums

    Selection of themes is most important.Again I want to add premium themes are better free themes

    • http://www.selftestengine.com/ Crystal J. Briscoe

      no doubt premium are always best, they are easy to use and editing is also easy on them that’s why we called them premium.

  • http://www.designscreations.com Aanchal

    Having good looking and niche related theme, gives you more advantage than your competitors.

  • http://topbestphonereviews.info/ zamahsari@topbestphonereviews

    I like the simple and clean theme with some features that is good for SEO purpose..

  • http://www.tech-buzz.in/ santhosh

    Great post I must say. Simple but yet interesting. Wonderful work!

  • http://www.naplesguru.com/ Tim Ryan

    Choosing the right theme for a particular website can be quite hard at times and it may require the person to do a very thorough search before they decide on which theme they want. WordPress is a wonderful web hosting company which has many thems to chose from so one will never go wrong if the right choice of a wordpress theme is selected.

  • http://www.omthoke.com Om Thoke

    In free themes, Pro-Sense is always a fantastic option, while Busy-Bee and Thesis are great paid WP themes!

  • http://www.homebiz.bukiki.com Louis

    Keep in mind that it should be free from malicious codes usually hidden in the footer (encrypted).

    • http://www.selftestengine.com/ Crystal J. Briscoe

      Thank you Louis for highlighting this important point, there is many hackers who are using this trick to hack webistes.

  • http://www.rsatechnologies.in Rakesh

    Theme selection is always crucial for a successful blog. Most of the time new bloggers start with some fancy themes and keeps on changing later on. Thus dilute their brand value in a long run. Some times we only select a themes because famous and mighty bloggers suggest us like thesis and genesis. But these two themes needs a lots of customization that also needs a lots of money or programming skills.

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