How to Select the Perfect WordPress Theme for Your Blog

Choosing the perfect WordPress theme for your blog can be really stressful but one cannot undermine its need. One must consider a lot of things while choosing the appropriate name for his/her blog. No doubt that choosing the right name for your blog is extremely important but selecting the right theme for your blog is also of equal importance. Many people focus on choosing the appropriate name for their blog and underestimate the need for the right theme. They do not realise its importance in the short term but as the time passes by, they understand what is at stake.

Of course, one makes a blog to attract a big chunk of traffic and this cannot be achieved until you choose the right theme for your blog that is easy to use. There are a lot of things that one should consider before applying a particular theme to your blog like size of the header or footer, how many columns you need on the left or right, how many rows available, size of the page, colour combination should match your blog’s logo (if any) and size of tabs.

Instructions

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    You should open your blog and sign in.

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    Then you should click on ‘Appearance’ and hover the cursor to theme’s link. After clicking on the link, you will be shown all themes of WordPress. Explore through the options, you will be given an option to preview how your blog will look like after the selection of a particular theme. Keep checking until you are satisfied and when you find the right theme, save it.

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    If your blog is not free and you have a separate domain name and host, you would have to contact your ftp client. You can also do that by signing in with your ftp client and choose a theme of your choice. In this case, you will have to download a theme in a zip file and then extract it in a separate folder. After the theme is downloaded, you should upload it to the new theme folder as yourblogname.com/wp-content/themes.

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    Now open your blog, sign in and go to themes by clicking on ‘Appearance’. Now you will be shown a preview of your downloaded theme, if you like it then save it, otherwise do not activate it. Do the same process again to apply a different theme, and save your desired file.

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