2 Ways to Change the Theme WordPress and 6 Tips for Choosing a Good Theme

One of the reasons people choose WordPress is because of the many choices of themes that can be directly used.

In the official directory More than 2,000 free theme.

It has not been included in the official theme directory is not paid like ThemeForest, for example. If there might totaled more than 5,000.

Not only that. If you are still not satisfied with so much, you can also transform themselves these themes. Until satisfied, to suit any taste.

In this chapter, we will learn how to replace a standard WordPress theme of your newly installed.

There are two ways the installation theme.

Method 1 - Installing the theme of the official directory

Step 1: Open the WordPress dashboard

As usual, go to http://yourdomain.com/wp-admin then go to the following menu:

Appearance> Themes

Click the Add New button to search for a new theme.
Step 2: Find a theme according to your taste

To see a popular theme, click the Download tab.

Please find the theme that you think look best.

After that, click the Install button. Then click Activate to activate the new theme that you install.

Done.

Method 2 - Installing unofficial theme

If for example you buy the theme from ThemeForest or elsewhere, then you can not install a theme mentioned in the above manner.

This is how:

Step 1: Download the theme you choose

Usually this theme in .zip format.

But you should check again in it. If in the .zip file is no longer a .zip file, then exit the file is in.

in .zip you should have one folder with the same name as the title theme.

Step 2a: Upload to WordPress via the dashboard

Go to the menu Appearance> Themes.

Click the Add New button. Then click Upload Theme.

Select the .zip file that you have downloaded.

Once the upload is complete, click Activate.

Done.

Step 2b: Upload to WordPress via FTP

Theme installation phase has been completed. This alternative of phase 2a above, only for those who do not want or can not install via the dashboard.

Open CPanel (http://yourdomain.com/cpanel) and then login.

Sign in to an application called File Manager.

Then go into this directory:

public_html / wp-content / themes /

Here you will see there are some theme directory.

Upload your .zip file here.

After the upload process is complete, extract the .zip.

Then go to the Appearance> Themes, find the title of your new theme uploaded just now. Click the Activate button.

Done.

Tips on choosing the WordPress theme

Installing the theme was easy.

but many beginners are often confused when they choose a theme that fits. Though not difficult.

One reason is that many people who sell WordPress theme but with features that are tempting.

Therefore, these tips on choosing a WordPress theme.

Tip 1 - Choose a theme according to your taste own

Do not be influenced by features that you do not know what its function. See the design only.

If you like the design, select.

If you do not like the design, do not install.

The biggest considerations in choosing a theme is to design your personal taste and not other features.

Tip 2 - You do not need a premium theme

There are lots of free WordPress themes.

For beginners who are just learning to make and develop a website, free theme just had enough.

Almost no difference between free and paid theme, except in appearance.

Moreover, there are many free themes which the design is quite nice.
It's some of them:

Twenty Fifteen, Twenty Sixteen, and the standard WordPress theme
HUEman
Colorlib

These themes are all free, not complicated, and good design. If your website is shaped simple blog, the third theme is enough.

Tip 3 - Do not be obsessed with the theme light

Outside there are many people who sell theme.

One of the advantages they offer are the theme of light, so that the loading faster

Be careful ...!

the effect is not a lot
,
The difference in size between light theme, and the theme that the weight will not exceed 500 KB after it was activated.

By the standards of the Internet today, 500 KB is not nothing.
Moreover, almost all the popular WordPress theme would have been effective size.

Tip 4 - Do not be obsessed with themes that are SEO-friendly

Again, these are typically used by the seller theme.

They usually say that the themes they create SEO-friendly, so they can get ranked first on Google with ease.

Not true. No theme is as bizarre as it was.

SEO-friendly it is a theme that is structurally tidy and had no problems in terms of SEO.

99% of the popular free theme also SEO-friendly.

So do not decide to buy theme just because they say it SEO-friendly theme.

Tip 5 - Do not be obsessed with responsive / mobile-friendly

Just as tips number 4. All popular theme is now responsive and mobile-friendly. Not only are premium theme.

These three things (SEO, light, responsive) is a standard that we use 3-5 years ago where it was still a lot of themes that are less good implementation.

Nowadays, such standards are outdated.

Tip 6 - Never install theme (and plugins) are not authorized.

When you meet people in forums or Facebook, which provides premium theme or plugin for free, do not be installed.

There is a possibility already injected virus.

When installing themes and plugins that injected the virus, then your website could be bad or hacker attack.

Be careful.

Always download or buy themes and plugins from a trusted place.