{"id":327,"date":"2008-02-02T01:17:25","date_gmt":"2008-02-02T01:17:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.amitbhawani.com\/blog\/custom-vs-free-wordpress-blog-themes-advantages-disadvantages\/"},"modified":"2008-02-01T14:52:28","modified_gmt":"2008-02-01T14:52:28","slug":"custom-vs-free-wordpress-blog-themes-advantages-disadvantages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amitbhawani.com\/blog\/custom-vs-free-wordpress-blog-themes-advantages-disadvantages\/","title":{"rendered":"Custom Vs Free WordPress Blog Themes : Advantages & Disadvantages"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every blogger who has just started into web blogging keeps changing his website’s theme\/design , keep uploading new plugins , wordpress tweaks<\/a> and trying them out in order to make online money<\/a>, but the most important question which arises here is that do you have a blog design which is of your choice or a design which is selected by your blogs viewers.<\/p>\n

\"WowNormally you would search in google for free wordpress themes (or) free premium wordpress themes based on your requirement like 2 column, 3 column or magazine designed wordpress theme and you will find some good themes which may suit your blog but you will never be 100% satisfied with these themes.<\/p>\n

Why not invest couple bucks in getting a custom theme? Now this question arises when you are not satisfied by a free\/sponsored theme and there are many problems with these free themes like these –<\/p>\n

Free Blog Themes Disadvantages :<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. You cannot use it on your company blog<\/li>\n
  2. You wont like to give a link back \/ credit \/ sponsored links to the theme designer<\/li>\n
  3. You wont be satisfied with the structure or colour patterns of the theme unless its a custom designed theme<\/li>\n
  4. You cannot brand a free theme using wordpress blog<\/li>\n
  5. You cannot customise it completely because of the coding problems or precoded layouts<\/li>\n
  6. Your visitors\/ subscribers cannot remember your blog for its design but may have to bookmark it if its useful, other hand if your blog has a custom theme many of your visitors may remember your blog because of the design or logo.<\/li>\n
  7. The themes you use wont be unique, hence you wont be able to attract first time visitors to your blog in order to make them subscribe<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Free Blog Themes Advantages :<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. Free themes are always free and you will just need to link back to the designer from the footer which is not much pain.<\/li>\n
    2. You have a ultimate level of choice of wordpress themes which you can select from based on structures like 1,2,3,4 and 5 column wordpress themes.<\/li>\n
    3. Theme developers keep updating their themes to keep them out of bugs when new version of wordpress<\/a> are released regularly, to make sure you dont find any bugs<\/a> on the front end.<\/li>\n
    4. You will never has to make any payment for these themes and will be allowed to customise them.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Custom Blog Themes Disadvantages :<\/strong><\/p>\n

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      1. Where a free blog design can be completely free and costs you ranging from 100$ to 2000$ based on the designer, their brand, your requirement in terms of coding etc.<\/li>\n
      2. You will need to contact your theme designing\/coding company whenever there is a wordpress\/cms upgradation and you will need to get your custom theme working to the latest coding updates.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Custom Blog Themes Advantages :<\/strong><\/p>\n

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        1. These themes are completely unique and are always appretiated by your visitors.<\/li>\n
        2. Your first time visitors will love to move around some of your pages of your blog and may get satisfied with the content and subscribe to your blogs feed.<\/li>\n
        3. A Custom theme may help you create a brand because these normally suit to your main company website or the main page and you can port the same theme into your blog.<\/li>\n
        4. Since these themes are unique your blog will be viewed in a different view and the visitors will stick for some time, because its not just another wordpress theme.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          What kind of Blog theme do you have on your blog and what are your views regarding your current theme. What do you suggest to others in order to use a blog theme?<\/p>\n

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