Bloggers often struggle with choosing the right theme for their site. If you are using WordPress, there are literally thousands of freely available themes to choose from. What factors should you consider to make this decision though? My friend Joost de Valk created a nice compilation with the check points that you should look for before grabbing a theme. They are:
- Hooks
- Template files
- Is your theme widgetized?
- Does your theme have a search option?
- Does your theme work in all browsers?
- Is the theme’s code valid?
- Check the outgoing links!
- Can the theme handle pages?
- Make sure your theme supports trackbacks
- How is your theme handling titles?
We also covered this topic in the past, and if you want to read more about it, read 10+1 Tips for Choosing a WordPress Theme.
About Mark
Mark is an digital entrepreneur from New York City who recently acquired DBT. He started his ventures buying growing then selling several businesses and content blogs on Flippa. A perfect night for him constitutes pizza, wine, slow jazz and WordPress! He's an SEO expert and a growth strategist. When he's not working on his businesses he enjoys sharing his learned lessons with the DBT community.
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