made just activating a new theme a couple of clicks totally free and we

have what is essentially a completely different website now of course there’s a lot here that

we’re probably going to want to edit a lot of customizations we’re going to want to make for this specific website

but it’s a really significant Improvement in terms of Aesthetics and

if this is the style that we’re looking for this could be the foundation for a really great website so we’ll just

scroll down here and get a full look at everything

really really nice we can click over to our blog post we created

see what that looks like

we would have to edit this text color because the default text color in this particular theme is going to be too

light for these backgrounds those are the things you’ll have to sort of check and catch when you change your

WordPress theme but yeah that is a quick introductory look at the process of finding and

installing a free WordPress theme in addition to the many free themes in

the official WordPress directory there’s a whole world of Premium themes that you

can buy from third-party Sellers and marketplaces now like I said free themes

are a great place to start and there are a ton of great free WordPress themes out

there so there’s nothing wrong with using a free theme but premium themes as a whole do tend to offer more advanced

functionality and higher quality design than free themes and on top of that the

purchase price usually includes support and documentation so if anything goes wrong or you need help getting set up

you’ve got a Lifeline there to help you out so if you have a little money to spend a premium WordPress theme can be a

great investment there are a lot of different places to buy WordPress themes if you just start

searching on Google let’s say photography

WordPress themes you’re going to be browsing theme after theme on site after site for hours this

is one of the most time consuming parts of starting a new website for sure personally one of my favorite places to

buy WordPress themes is themeforest.net which is a huge Marketplace of independent developers

selling their themes in one central location the prices are pretty

reasonable anywhere from 20 to 70 US Dollars which is of course nothing

compared to what you’d have to pay a designer to create a comparable theme for you

so when I get to themeforest I’ll usually go to the WordPress menu here

and sometimes I’ll look at popular items just to see which themes are trending

you know take a look at the best selling themes typically the best selling themes are best selling for a reason so this is

a good place to start your search however you can also filter by the sort

of category of website you’re building so if it’s a blog or a magazine style website you can find a lot of great