How to Change Theme in WordPress

October 10, 2018

 

by Kuldeep Singh

Setting up themes in wordpress

Making website or blog presentable / attractive

           Congratulations on birth of your website,   As your Website up and live, its time now to dress up your website to make it attractive and presentable than question is how to change theme in WordPress .

The first post which is automatically generated by WordPress looks  like :

This kind of look seems to be dull and unattractive.  We can add theme to make it attractive and presentable.

The Tons of Themes available on web , which can divided in two major categories;

1. FREE THEMES - Themes which we  get free of cost. Good for beginners.

2. PREMIUM THEMES  - You have to pay for getting these themes. Good for premium users, as they provide some premium looks.

The Points which one should consider while choosing a theme for website;

1. DESIGN - The Design and color scheme of the theme should be suited to the Topic, It should be Neat ( Less cluttering ) Looking and look attractive to provide good feel to users.

2. THEME CURATOR - Themes created by experienced programmers are less prone to glitches or problems. Bad coded themes brings bad experience to users.

3. THEME RESPONSIVENESS - Since the website are see on different formats screen that is Desktop, Tablets, Mobiles.  Website to be responsive to the display screen  of the devices. Thus selection should be for a responsive theme.

4. SEO READY - Since searchability of the webite is largely driven by search engines, it becomes very important that website is discoverable by search engines. Hence should be optimised for SEO ( Search Engine Optimisation).

5. THEME SUPPORT - This is specially necessary if one is buying a premium Theme.

Suggestions :  It is better you give a Trial and Error method to check which themes  ( Obviously from FREE THEMES) to have a feel  which themes suits to your requirement and looks pleasing.

I have used Siteorigin North Theme for my website,

Now find below the process  HOW TO CHANGE THEME IN WORDPRESS  website.

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