Where to Find Cool WordPress Themes

It is ideal to have a custom WordPress theme, or template, created for your website.  But, looking at what is already available, for free, can be inspirational to you.  There are hundreds of free themes out there for WordPress, as there are also hundreds of premium themes available for purchase.

By looking through these themes, and giving them a try on your website, you can decide what you really like and what you really need from your design.

The theme you choose, or have created, for your website is very important.  The look of your website has less than 10 seconds to impress your visitors.  Your theme needs to not only be attractive, but relevant to your site’s topic; it should draw in your visitors and convey information.

There are two main places on the web that have free WordPress themes to peruse.   The first is at the official WordPress website: http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/.  Here you can browse over 1,500 themes.  By putting keywords in the Search box you can find themes based on number of columns, color, topic, and general keywords.

The other website that hosts a lot of WordPress themes is called WordPressThemesGallery.org.  They have over 300, fancy, web 2.0 looking templates.   These themes often come with slideshows, social media buttons, and other pre-installed plugins.  Using the top navigation bar you can sort by theme type, colors, and more.

Remember, you can install, activate, and delete as many different themes as you’d like on your WordPress website.  Look through themes and give some a try!