Picking the Right WordPress Theme

Mario Peshev @no_fear_inc

WordPress Engineer DevWP.eu

About Me

• WordPress Engineer and Consultant

• DevirX CTO

• @no_fear_inc

• Trainer and consultant

• WPBGUG organizer

• Java/PHP/Python background

WordPress Themes

• Presentation layer of a WordPress site

• Compatible with most plugin

• Support the WordPress template engine

• Some general options

Free and Premium

Benefits of Premium Themes

A higher quality is expected

Great look-and-feel

Highly customizable

• Various extra templates and options

Dedicated support

Piracy

“I’ll just try this out from some warez website to see if it’s fine and then buy it…”

Why is piracy bad?

Violating terms of use

Relying on a shady source

Inviting malware over

http://premium.wpmudev.org/blog/free-wordpress-themes-ultimate-guide/

Theme Vendors

Theme Directories

Companies and Freelancers building

themes

Theme Markets

Theme Directories

http://wordpress.org/themes/

Companies

http://www.woothemes.com/

http://www.elegantthemes.com/

Theme Markets

http://themeforest.net/

http://www.mojo-themes.com/

http://www.competethemes.com/state-wordpress-themes/

http://premium.wpmudev.org/blog/theme-seller-reviews-winners-and-losers/

Plugins

http://wordpress.org/plugins/theme-check/

http://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-file-monitor-plus/

http://wordpress.org/plugins/tac/

http://wordpress.org/plugins/exploit-scanner/

http://sucuri.net/

http://wordpress.org/plugins/antivirus/

http://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-security-scan/

Tools and Tips

WP_DEBUG

“Always test with WP_DEBUG on”

define('WP_DEBUG', true);

http://www.wpthemedetector.com/

http://wptest.io/

http://wp-compatibility.com/

http://wordpress.org/plugins/theme-test-drive/

Summary

Don’t test premium themes from warez sites

Only use trustful sources

Theme = Design + Code (Standards) + Compatibility

Questions?

Mario Peshev @no_fear_inc

WordPress Engineer DevWP.eu