How to Use WordPress Themes
WordPress is the world’s most popular blogging platform in the world. Forty-eight out of the top 100 blogs on Technorati use some version of WordPress, and Alexa estimates that around 17% of their “top one million” websites are powered by that blogging platform. How is it possible for WordPress to be used by so many website owners, and yet every blog looks different, and some WordPress powered sites don’t look like blogs at all? The Power of Themes The beauty of WordPress is that it is flexible and easy to extend. At its core, WordPress is a pretty simple platform. Most of the fancy features that you are used to seeing on blogs these days come from plugins and themes. Plugins add extra functionality such as SEO features, YouTube video embedding, store fronts and contact forms. Themes are used to change how WordPress looks. With the right theme, you can make your blog look like an online magazine, a store front, a typical two-column blog, or a clean and simple Posterous-st