Like all ideas, it started out as a tiny, little itch: I felt my existing WordHer design was looking tired. And since I’m marketing my tech services to web designers, I figured it was prudent to not look completely outdated. Anyway, regardless of how I justified it to myself, one morning I woke up with… [Continue]
Themes
How to Delete Unused Themes (and why you should!)
It’s easy to amass unused themes in your WordPress install. Each year WordPress releases a new theme, and you get it automatically when you update WordPress. Additionally, there are the themes you used to use, the themes you tried but abandoned, and so on. So, you may ask, what’s the harm? There are a couple… [Continue]
7 Reliable Sources for Free WordPress Themes
Free WordPress themes are often a very bad choice for all of the reasons listed here. But if you choose a reliable vendor, you can be assured that your free theme won’t be malware infested, nor suffer from many of the mistakes made by novice coders. Usually, what separates these free themes from premium ones… [Continue]
6 Reasons Why Free WordPress Themes Are Bad
When I was a WordPress newbie in 2007, I did as most novices do. I googled “free WordPress theme” and picked one I liked. But that was then, and I’ve wised up. Here’s why picking a free theme can be penny wise and pound foolish. 1) Malicious Code This is the worst case, where the… [Continue]