This talk was initially delivered at the Melbourne WordPress User Meetup. With tens of thousands of choices for WordPress users and developers, choosing the right theme is an important decision to make when working on any WordPress project. Theme choice impacts on not only design and UX, but also usability, accessibility, performance and more.
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Choosing the Right WordPress Theme
1. Choosing the Right WordPress
Theme for Your Project
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2. What We’ll Cover…
• What is a theme?
• A word about plugins
• What is a good theme?
• What is a theme framework?
• Different types of themes
• Popular Free Themes
• Popular Commercial Themes
• Why is it important to choose the right theme for the
job?
• How do you install a theme?
• How do you change a theme?
6. “A WordPress Theme is a
collection of files that work together
to produce a graphical interface with an
underlying unifying design for a weblog.
These files are called template files. A
Theme modifies the way the site is
displayed, without modifying the
underlying software.”
https://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Themes
9. For free themes on WordPress.org check date
last updated, number of installs and reviews
10. Theme choice is critical not just for
design but for flexibility, usability,
accessibility, security, compatibility,
performance and maintainability.
12. “Frameworks are for theme developers.
They offer a set of standards for theme
developers to use in creating their own
themes. They’re a set of functions/
features created to aid development.”
https://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Frameworks
37. Why is it important
to choose the right
theme for the job?
38. Decide first what type of site you are
building (e.g blog, news, business site,
ecommerce, online training, portfolio,
community etc.) and find the right theme
to fit your needs.
43. • WebPagetest.org (http://www.webpagetest.org/)
• Google Page Speed Insights (
https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/)
• Pingdom Speed Test (https://tools.pingdom.com/)
• GTmetrix (https://gtmetrix.com/)
• Akamai Mobitest (http://mobitest.akamai.com/m/index.cgi – a
mobile testing tool by Akamai)
• More page speed tools can be found here:
http://chrisburgess.com.au/page-speed-testing-tools/
Page Speed Testing Tools