Where To Find Free WordPress Themes
WordPress is arguably the most popular self-hosted blogging platform available today and with that comes a big following of gifted WordPress theme and plugin coders. There are thousands of free WordPress themes available for download and use.
The first place to look for WordPress themes is the official WordPress Theme Directory. This is probably the safest place to find a decent free WordPress theme. Why is it the safest? Well all themes uploaded are subject to review and if it doesn’t cut it it will not be made available for download on this site.
Requirements for a theme on the WordPress Theme Directory are as follows:
In order to be added to the directory each theme must meet the following requirements:
1. A single zip file, with all of the files themes file included.
2. There must be a style.css file containing:
1. Name (which must be unique to the directory)
2. Tags
3. Version (in the format of x.x or x.x.x and must be unique to the theme)
4. Align classes: .alignright, .alignleft, .aligncenter (see http://codex.wordpress.org/CSS for more details)
3. The screenshot file name must be screenshot.png, and be a real screenshot of the theme, not a splash screen.
4. Licensing must be GPL compatible.
5. No hidden, paid or sponsored links in the theme. Links back to the author’s site are fine.
6. Expose RSS feeds
7. Support Gravatars
8. Support widgets
9. Show post categories and tags
10. Show the blog title and tag line
11. The theme must be your own original work.
12. Adult/mature themes are not allowed.All themes are subject to review.
So why do these people spend all this time cranking out free WordPress themes for others to use? I am not sure but I guess one reason would be that some geeks just love to mess with code! Another is to get their website’s link on as many blogs as possible and usually have a link in the footer of the theme. So if you are using a free WordPress theme please show the geek some link love and keep his link in tact.
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Thanks for the information! I’m new to blogging, and new to Wordpress. I’m looking forward to checking out all the other themes you’ve directed me to find!
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Hello!
Excellent post. Congratulations
Greetings
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i’ve been looking for that. Thanks for this post.
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I had to have a friend lend me a hand when I first started my WordPress blog, I had no idea how to deal with the theme issues, being a “newbie” and all. But I think that I am ready now and am armed with good info (thank you very much) and am ready to make some changes. Change is good!
Betsy Buchanan
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Betsy, some change is good, but be careful what you hope for, it may be a sheep in wolves clothing. Or a change back to what took years to dig out of in the first place.
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Jeff,
Thanks for that info, and your blog work for me.
Alan
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Good post. Thank you for the information. I am a newbie to blogging so it is very helpful and useful for me. You really did a great job. Thank you for it.
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For those searching for wordpress themes that work on blogger, you can check here:
http://dollarjames.com/top-blogger-templates
As you all know wordpress themes are better
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Are there any other reliable places where free wordpress themes can be found?
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WordPress themes are pretty abundant online, Google WordPress Themes and you will find plenty.
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