Best WordPress themes I’ve worked with

As a WordPress designer I’ve worked with lots of themes from different sources, and over the time I could tell which were good ones and where were not.

I will try to cover here some of the best themes I’ve worked with to give you a heads up on where to go when looking for quality themes.

1. Blank or Bare-bones themes:

If you’re a designer like me, you would be looking for themes that have no styling at all to apply your custom work to it, and there are some really good ones for this:

• Blank Theme by Chris Coyier
• Starkers theme by Elliot Jay Stocks
• Thematic by Theme Shaper which uses the principle of Child theme to customize.

2. Quality Free Themes:

One of the greatest thing about WordPress is the availability of thousands of quality free themes for it to make it super easy for you to find any style you’re looking for, and here are some of the best I’ve seen:

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Change the look of your WP site using themes

The ability to change a theme with one click was one of the first things that attracted me to WordPress, and I have to admit that the first time I tried it, I couldn’t believe my eyes how easy it was!

This is part 5 of a WordPress How-to video series.

Topics covered in Screen Cast:

• What are themes and why we need them.
• How to get and install a new theme .
• Where can you get free themes or paid ones.

Check out some of the themes I created for WP sites here, my portfolio.

You can get lots of free themes at the WordPress.org site here.

And there are lots of sources for paid themes, like themeforest.net, woothemes and a lot others.

I also do a lot custom theme creation, so if you have a design you want me to do for you or want to have your site designed and coded, please, contact me here.

As usual, watching the screen cast in Full screen gives you a better experience.

elmalak