You might have noticed that I change my theme a lot here at Marketers Mojo. That’s one of the biggest challenges I’ve found with WordPress – finding the perfect theme.

I love WordPress and I wouldn’t be without it, but you are limited by the theme design in many instances. Over the last year or so I’ve tried out a number of themes here, including:

Internet Marketing With Blogs
Original Premium News by WooThemes
Revolution Lifestyles
Thesis
WpRemix
Rockstar by WooThemes (this is my current theme)

What to Look For in a Home Office Theme

When I look for a new WordPress theme for my business I want one that suits all my needs. It’s not always easy to find that in one theme.

Here is what I’m looking for in a good theme:

Font Options – My biggest complaint about the WpRemix theme I paid something like $300 for a developers license for is the small font that is basically unchangeable throughout the them. For one, it’s just not user friendly and two, not everyone wants the same font type on their website. To me being able to make changes to both font size and type is now a top consideration when choosing a new theme.

Header – One of the things that makes a website unique is a header that proclaims the name of the site and gives you an overall ‘feel’ for the personality of the blog or site. Any theme that makes updating with a new header easy is on it’s way to being a great theme.

Adjustable Layout – There are a number of themes available now that allow for adjustable layouts. This allows you to create a theme that looks original without having to do any back end coding to get it to look that way.

Look- Every theme has it’s own look, basically the way it’s put together. I like clean themes that don’t have too much extra customization. I think it’s really important to just get to the goods within the site rather than have a lot of fancy stuff just for looks.

Widgets – I know how to hack up a theme a little bit so in the past I would always edit my sidebar by working on the coding. But now WordPress Widgets have improved so much that they are very work-able. Many themes include customized widgets that give even more options. I don’t really need this myself as I like to keep my sidebars clean and minimum so as not to cause distraction.

That’s pretty much it for what I’m looking for in a theme. Mostly I just want something that gives me the best options for customizing when I want to make changes without having to change to a whole new theme. The current theme I’m using, Rockstar from Woo Themes, is one I’m really happy with because it’s simple, easy to edit and has a clean look.

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