Free WP Theme Verses Paid WP Theme: Missing Components of Free WP Themes
Free WP Theme Verses Paid WP Theme: Missing Components of Free WP Themes
I was using Free WP Theme for a long time for all of my blogs. Then I switched into paid themes and currently I am enjoying the benefits of that decision. So, I decided to share my experience with free wp themes, and how I decided to buy those paid premium themes that I have bought and finally the benefits of paid Wp themes.
Today I will share the major and typical problems that I encountered with Free WP Themes. I will try not to get into too much detailed much here rather I will just give you some high level overview and hopefully you will be able to relate to those typical problems.
Lack of customization on the theme
I bet that you always wanted to have a unique a look in your blog. And you can do that with Free WP themes but then two things has to be true: you know how to code and you have a whole lot of time in your hand. And in that case you are not using your time effectively.
Lack of concentrated support for that theme:
I always had an issue with this. It is always easier to ask someone about something than reading about that and learning it. It will be very rare that you will meet a group of folks who are using the same free WP theme that you are using and you can ask for help.
Lack of updates with the evergreen WP versions
I have experienced this bunch of time. I update the WP version the free theme is not compatible to work with new WP version resulting my site the crash.
Plugin compatibility issue with Free WP themes
This is a fun one. Imagine your site was working perfectly but as days go by it gets slower and weirder. By the time you figure it’s a plugin and your Free WP theme compatibility issue (posting questions to forums, using google and calling hosting tech support) you have already spend a good chunk of time that you can use to improve you blog. I truly hated every time that I went through this particular issue.
Time spend on customizing is too much
After I went through all the above and at the end I had to switch to a different theme for whatever reason, I went through everything one more time. If I think about it now, it was simple a paid.
I do want to understand couple of things. It is beneficial to have free themes at the very beginning for your blog, just like having your first car and then you should work your way up. Using free themes will also allow you to look around more for the type of themes that you are looking for. And best of all its FREE. But think again when you really decided to get into blogging long term. And just in case you want to know, I have used the some magazine style free themes for the longest and then moved forward with Solostream Theme. Any other thoughts??
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