Why You Should Avoid Free WordPress Themes?

By Sanjeev Shrivastava Our Bestseller: WordPress Themes

Well, many times I have written about WordPress security, you can check my security related posts in this blog also. I have also mentioned in my articles that you should not use on free themes and plugins. Free themes? Yeah those themes which are completely free and offer you all the features that a premium theme offers you. There are demo versions of premium themes, and you can install those “lite” or “demo” versions. Free premium themes are completely free with almost all the features that you may want. But why am I saying you to not use those themes? There’s something horrible about it that I will explain later.

Many of you might be thinking that we also have theme’s business so these free themes are obstacle in our growth but believe me we do not have any problem with these free themes because we offer quality service and our customers want that. So this post is completely dedicated towards alerting free themes users and help them. Lets start and focus on the topic. I said you should never search for free WordPress themes because it may cause you problem. I am not saying all free WordPress themes cause problem but I have experienced few. Or before using free WordPress theme you should check theme’s code for authenticity. If you can check the code then you do not need to worry about it.

You should check this article on “ Why You Should Never Search For Free WordPress Themes?”

This article clearly points what problem you will have to face if you use free WordPress themes. “ Encrypted code ” oh hell yeah, that’s why I asked you if you can check code of themes properly then there will be no problem for you. But I guess if you are using WordPress then you don’t want to get involved in long ugly code. So its better if you avoid free WordPress theme from these sources.

Here I am giving you some solutions which you can use in order to ensure your theme is secure and bug free. You can use some trusted plugin to ensure authenticity and smooth working of your theme:

1# TAC- Theme Authentication Checker:

This incredible plugin checks each and every file of your all installed themes source code. If it finds any malicious code in your theme file it alerts you for that. This plugin gives you path of theme file in which suspected code is found and it also tells you the line number of suspected code. So with the help of this plugin you can check if your free WordPress theme is ready to use or it requires a theme clean up.

To get this plugin Click Here.

2# WP- Malwatch:

This plugin scans your site for malicious code and activities. It regularly monitors your site and gives you a notification in your dashboard if it finds any problem.

To get this plugin Click Here.

Conclusion:

Truly saying I would never prefer free WordPress themes. Always go for premium ones they may cost you some bucks but they also ensure a secure and  bug free website. Please share if this article encourages you to use themes after checking their authenticity to help others.

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