10 Things you should be aware of before using Free WordPress Themes!
10 Things you should be aware of before using Free WordPress Themes!
So you've seen others making money online from the notorious art of blogging, you've read tonnes of blog's all banging on about how they make tons of money online, and now you want a bit of that apple too
So you invest your hard earned cash on some webhosting and set yourself up a brand new hot off the press blog using WordPress. You scatter across the web and find what you think is the coolest looking WordPress theme and what's more, it's completely free to use Yes! You think to yourself and set about downloading it to use on your new blog. But wait!
Before you do, let tell you how you could be making one of the biggest mistakes of all time on your quest for blogging success.
Let me share with you 10 things you should know about using free WordPress themes, so sit back read carefully.
1. Quality
How good of a quality is the theme you're going to be using? It looks good on the computer screen so what's the big deal? More often than not, free downloadable WordPress themes are poorly designed and the let down in quality will reflect on how serious you are about your blog.
The theme might look the bee's knees, but tragically many of these eye-catching themes can be poorly coded, they may contain flaws in which can cause issues with the security of your blog and your blog loading incorrectly.
2. Uniqueness
Thousands of free WordPress themes are downloaded everyday, and the one you're most likely to want to use will have probably been downloaded and used by thousands of other bloggers; so if you're looking for something unique and personal for your blog project, don't opt-in for a free theme, simple.
3. Customization
What about customization, forget it! Many free themes are designed in such a way that they render out the options of making changes to the CSS. If your free theme came with any documentation it will probably state in there that you cannot alter the theme in any form or way.
4. Security
One of the biggest issues with free themes is security. Since many of them are developed by cowboys (no disrespect to the genuine theme designers) they could potentially contain codes and scripts that you probably don't want in your blog theme. As well as this many free themes haven't been updated since they were originally created and may be vulnerable to other risks such as malware, hacks and crashes.
5. Features
What features do you get with a free theme? Normally not many if at all! Features like a dynamic content gallery or featured articles plugin may need tweeking in the theme editor which to be frank isn't worth the time or effort if you don't know what you're doing.
6. SEO
Another all important factor is SEO. If you want to generate traffic to your blog then SEO is of utmost importance, in fact very important, and many free themes unfortunately simply don't come with any SEO tools.
7. Ownership
I remember once I tried selling a blog to someone genuine online, only to receive and email from the guy stating that he wasn't interested any more, because of the simple case that I didn't own the theme. If you're planning to sell your blog for profit in the future then don't use a free theme.
8. Branding
Branding is also critical in the promoting of your blog and off course making your blog more personal to you. You'll have probably noticed that many free themes make it really difficult to upload your own header or logo, and many of them prohibit any changes made to the footer credits.
9. Technical Support
Where is the technical support with your free theme? The truth is there probably isn't any. Normally the theme designers ask for you to get in touch should any problems arise or if support is needed and through personal experience they're often never there to assist you.
10. Updates
Finally the updates, we mentioned earlier that many free themes haven't been updated since their initial release which is in fact true, not all but certainly many of them. But who needs updates I hear you say What updates? Security updates, new features, updates to scripts that make for better functionality etc.
Having said all that not all free WordPress themes are bad, but seriously now if you're going to be serious about making a real go with your blog and you've invested in paying for hosting, why wouldn't you want to go the extra length to invest in a high quality premium WordPress theme too?
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