What WordPress Theme To Install

When it comes to WordPress themes, there’s lots of options, but it’s important to know what the consequences of choosing some themes are.

Generally, if a theme is in the open WordPress Market and is fairly popular, it’s probably pretty safe. However, there are exceptions and some themes have bugs in them that will affect your database even when you switch to a new theme.

But that’s not the main topic of this blog post, rather it’s a segway into some of the reasons why you want to keep a clean WordPress theme area. What I recommend, is only having two themes installed generally. The main theme I recommend be a premium theme, which you can find at Themeforest WordPress themes, they have a lot of great options there.

In addition to the premium theme that is installed, you always want to have one backup theme in case anything goes wrong with your main theme. The backup theme option I recommend is WordPress 2019 theme.

This is a good backup theme because it is just basic and if you ever have any issues with your main theme, switching to this will ensure you’re able to troubleshoot the problem without any complicated coding getting in the way. So that brings me to the main point of this post: clean out any themes that are hanging out in your theme area that are not your main premium theme or your backup WordPress 2019 theme.

The reason why I recommend doing this, is because it clears up memory space on your hosting and therefore can theoretically speed up your website. I know this is a very very minute detail and would be very hard to actually measure the differences, however, I truly believe in making sure every part of your WordPress site is as optimized as possible.

Cleaning out the themes area of unused themes is often an area that most people overlook. Even if you haven’t played around and tried installing multiple different themes before settling on your final theme, like many people do, you most likely have WordPress 2016; WordPress 2017; & WordPress 2018 all just hanging out in the themes area and those will never ever be needed.

So I recommend cleaning this all out and also do this with any plugins that are hanging around as well that you’re not using. Have any questions about what theme to use or how to clear out your theme area? Hit me up here on my contact form or call me at 406-208-8733 I’d love to chat with you!

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Written by: Jophiel Silvestrone

Jophiel Silvestrone has written 326 posts in the Tech Blog.

Jophiel grew up on a ranch in Paradise Valley, Montana near Chico Hot Springs. Working on the ranch instilled work ethic and self motivation. Filled with this drive, Jophiel started mowing the local school's yards twice a month throughout the summers, at the age of 12. He moved to Billings in 2004, where he has been deeply involved in the local business community ever since. A serial entrepreneur, Jophiel has ran multiple businesses in our local community. The first business, a janitorial and carpet cleaning company, founded in 2005, has employed over 50 locals. Moving on to the media industry, Jophiel and several partners founded Green Directory Montana in the spring of 2007. Green Directory's sustainability ranking software awarded points based on sustainable or "green" actions. These points counted towards a business's total "Green Score," which in turn ranked them against other businesses in their category and throughout the entire site. It also featured a limited edition print version distributed annually. A business acquisition allowed Jophiel to focus on new projects, and a few close business colleagues and Jophiel started Rocky Mountain Mr. & Ms. Magazine, a lifestyle publication for men and women in the Magic City. After a year and a half at the helm of RM3 Magazine, the business was purchased. He now runs a web development company SkyPoint Studios and fathers his son Jaoquin, who plays football, basketball, soccer, and is learning snowboarding from his dad. Recently, has expanded to locations in Havasu, Arizona & Vegas. SkyPoint Studios is a market leader in both Billings & Havasu and Jophiel is working on building that same level of market dominance in Vegas. Specialties: Extensive experience in online and offline business. Especially savvy at WordPress, and operate several sites, one example is the blog: skypointwebdesignbillingsmontana.com/tech-blog. Check out skypointwebdesignbillingsmontana.com for the latest projects from SkyPoint Studios.