{"id":1039,"date":"2011-08-30T19:55:28","date_gmt":"2011-08-30T19:55:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/2011\/08\/30\/finding-a-new-theme-online\/"},"modified":"2021-08-16T23:53:06","modified_gmt":"2021-08-17T03:53:06","slug":"finding-a-new-theme-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/wordpress\/finding-a-new-theme-online\/","title":{"rendered":"Finding a new theme online"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>While WordPress comes with hundreds of themes available to be automatically installed through the Dashboard, you may not be able to find one that meets your needs perfectly. &nbsp;With thousands of themes available online, to help you get started below we have outlined how to find more WordPress themes online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What types of themes are available online?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There are two main types of themes available fro you to use:&nbsp; free and paid. &nbsp;We recommend looking into the free themes first since there&#8217;s no point in paying for a theme if you can find a free one that you like.&nbsp; Many free themes will have a line at the bottom of your theme giving credit to the person that made it, but beyond that you can fully customize them.&nbsp; If you purchase a theme, some sites will sell a theme by itself while at other sites you will pay a yearly fee to have full access to their themes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Where do I find themes online?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Many websites offer WordPress themes and a simple Google search returns millions of links to websites for WordPress themes .&nbsp; To help you get started, below we have outlined some of the more popular theme sites.&nbsp; These sites are not affiliated with InMotion Hosting but are commonly used by WordPress users:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Free Themes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/extend\/themes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Themes from WordPress.org&nbsp;<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freewordpressthemes.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Free WordPress Themes<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wptemplates.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WPTemplates<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/flashxml.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FlashXML.net<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Paid Themes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Template Monster<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elegantthemes.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elegant Themes<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/themeforest.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Theme Forest<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/templatic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Templatic<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Once you have downloaded the theme you want to use, you will need to install the theme.&nbsp;Most themes will contain documentation on how to manually install the theme and any plugins the theme may require you to install.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please check the next article on <a title=\"Click here to view the next article\" href=\"\/support\/edu\/wordpress\/themes\/changing-your-layout-finding-a-new-wordpress-theme\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Installing a WordPress Theme from the Internet<\/a>. If you missed our previous article, please see the <a title=\"Click here to view the previous article\" href=\"\/support\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Installing a new theme in the WordPress Dashboard<\/a> tutorial. For more information on this course please visit <a title=\"Click here to view the courses\" href=\"\/support\/edu\/drupal\/optimize-drupal-7\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Installing a Theme<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"jumbotron\">\r\n<p><strong>Power Your Growth with Managed WordPress<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>Unlock the full potential of your mission-critical WordPress site with scalable, purpose-built servers. 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