WordPress Web Sites: Free Themes vs. Pro Themes

I’ve been thinking about moving my entire website over to WordPress lately, mainly because it would be nice if I could get someone else to do some edits now and then for me, and I can’t decide whether I need to get a pro theme or not.

I’ve checked out both Thesis and Studiopress themes since they are the popular ones, and they do indeed look great, but I wonder if a regular free theme would suffice?  I do have a “coding” background and I can often sneak into the back end of things and make what I want to happen actually happen.  But not many other people will be able to, which brings me back again to getting someone to do some edits etc. for me.  And I do know that with the pro themes there is support available, and that’s always a good thing.

What is the general consensus?  Free theme or Pro theme?

I’d love to hear everyone else’s opinions…

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One Response to WordPress Web Sites: Free Themes vs. Pro Themes

  1. Renee Shupe says:

    Sarah,

    As you already know I’m an advocated for WordPress. I love the platform,the clean aspect of it, and the ease to update and manage the site.

    While there are great free themes out there, I’m huge fan of Thesis, I love the ability to customize it to anything you want. The ease in which you can customize it and how friendly it is for the search engine. I prefer Thesis for the simple fact that it makes it easier for me to do my job and I don’t have to worry about going into the background to make an coding changes if I don’t want to…

    My two bits….

    Renee
    The RedheadVA

    If you’re thinking of buying Thesis my resource page on my site has a link (affiliate) that you can purchase Thesis – If you like…LOL!

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