WordPress themes come in many different styles and flavors. Some are simple and clean and built for posting and reading text.
Still others take advantage of the WordPress CMS features to offer navigation and customizable sidebars.
It may be useful for you to read the extensive WordPress documentation on using themes.
Below is a short list of websites which allow you to browse and download WordPress themes. I have ranked them in order of their usefulness to me:
- WordPress Theme Viewer
- AlexKing WordPress ThemeBrowser
- WordPress Site Featured Themes
- WordPress Theme Park
To install a WordPress theme, you must first copy (or ftp) the theme’s files (images and code files) up to your website to the wp-content/themes folder. Please read this article for more information on using File Transfer Protocol software (ftp). To activate a WordPress theme:
- Log in to the WordPress admin panel.
- Select the Presentation menu option.
- From the Select column in the table, click on “Select” for the theme you wish to activate.
- To view the new look, click View Site at the top of the Panel’s screen.
