{"id":6695,"date":"2014-09-23T06:00:45","date_gmt":"2014-09-23T13:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogsitestudio.com\/?p=6695"},"modified":"2016-05-05T15:46:20","modified_gmt":"2016-05-05T22:46:20","slug":"how-custom-wordpress-themes-worse-than-premium-themes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogsitestudio.com\/how-custom-wordpress-themes-worse-than-premium-themes\/","title":{"rendered":"How Custom WordPress Themes are Worse than Premium Themes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">Custom WordPress themes are not always the panacea of proprietorship as they are often sold.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Sometimes, custom themes can become a pain in the tuches, as I recently learned from a client.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">This client had a theme built for her music business by a design company that she is not interested in working with anymore. It seems there was a language difference and she had a difficult time communicating with the developers. She wanted my help to update the site and make some necessary changes. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Everything was going well until she decided to add some widgets to her sidebar. But, oops, there was no sidebar. The side menu on the left side of page was not accessible on the widgets page but actually coded into the theme somewhere. Where? I didn\u2019t know. I&#8217;m not a developer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Then we worked on her posts. She had created a post but when she tried to preview it, she got a 404 Error notice from Hostgator. This happens every time she posts, she told me. She could not view the post until it was published. Hostgator told her the problem was not on their end, that something in the coding prevented her preview.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">And this was a theme she paid a lot of money for. It\u2019s a nice theme, clean and simple, with good functionality that probably didn\u2019t exist in plugins when it was built. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">But now she wanted to make changes and found, to her dismay, that she would need to deal with the developer with whom she was uncomfortable working.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Which brings me to the eternal quandary about <a title=\"Get the Create a WordPress Website Ebook\" href=\"http:\/\/blogsitestudio.com\/get-create-a-wordpress-website-ebook\/\">creating\u00a0a WordPress website<\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">To use a premium or custom theme, that is the question<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogsitestudio.com\/step-3-install-a-theme\/cust-prem-free-theme\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3552\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3552\" src=\"http:\/\/blogsitestudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/cust-prem-free-theme-300x229.jpg\" alt=\"themes, install a theme, tastingroomconfidential.com\" width=\"300\" height=\"229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogsitestudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/cust-prem-free-theme-300x229.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogsitestudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/cust-prem-free-theme-200x153.jpg 200w, https:\/\/blogsitestudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/cust-prem-free-theme-500x382.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blogsitestudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/cust-prem-free-theme-600x458.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogsitestudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/cust-prem-free-theme-150x114.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogsitestudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/cust-prem-free-theme.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Essentially, <a title=\"Create a WordPress Website Step 3: Install a Theme\" href=\"http:\/\/blogsitestudio.com\/step-3-install-a-theme\/\">choosing a theme is like buying a house<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Free themes are like fixer uppers that require ongoing investment of time and money. $0<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Premium themes are move in-ready, with special rooms prepped for improvement. $40-100<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Custom themes are like parcels of land where you\u2019ll build the house from the ground up and have everything you want. $2,000 +<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">When choosing a WordPress theme, you have to know your budget for time and money, as well as<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>where your future lies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">To consider whether to purchase a custom WordPress theme over a premium theme, it\u2019s important to understand the reality behind the hype.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Custom themes make your site look unique<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">There are currently <a rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"internet stats\" href=\"http:\/\/www.internetlivestats.com\/total-number-of-websites\/\" target=\"_blank\">over 1 billion websites on the Web<\/a>. What are the chances of anyone noticing that your site looks like another?<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">And, with the <a rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"web design\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.htc.ca\/2013\/09\/03\/web-design-conventions\/\" target=\"_blank\">conventions of basic web design<\/a> fairly established,<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>how far do you want to veer from the norms?<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Also, with trends for web design ebbing and flowing the way they do, why lock yourself into a design style that might suddenly become so last year?<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Opting for a custom WordPress theme presumes that you will never want to change to look or functionality of your site.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Custom themes have cleaner code\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">It may be true that premium themes contain exterraneous code \u2013 to cater to a wide variety of users \u2013 which may slow the site down, but that doesn\u2019t mean that code cannot be cleaned up later.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The code in a custom theme may be \u201cclean\u201d but it may not be as functional as the developers promise, as my client found out after the fact.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">And, what if the needs of the site change over time? What if the user decides she wants a footer after all. Instead of just checking a \u201cShow Footer\u201d checkbox in her premium theme options, she will need to go back to the developer and pay them to alter the code.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Getting\u00a0customer support<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Everyone talks big about offering support, but where is the better support found? <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Is it in a theme mill that cranks out themes for the masses and employs dedicated support personnel? <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Or, does better support come from the little design studio that made your theme to order, where the developer is now onto the next project and would rather not talk to you? <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Complicate that with a language barrier to understand why my client is loathe to deal with her theme developer.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Getting what you pay for<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Conventional wisdom says, you get what you pay for, as if the best things in life are worth a long wait and high cost. This is the biggest argument used in favour of custom WordPress themes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The reality is, you wait a long time and pay thousands of dollars for a theme designed specifically for your site that has been road tested by no one, may soon go out of style, and cannot be easily customized by anyone but a developer who will then charge $100 an hour to update it according to your constantly changing needs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">If you call that value, I have rare Beany Babies to sell you.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Premium vs Custom WordPress Themes<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The next time you consider whether to purchase a proven premium theme or to strike out on the road less traveled with a custom WordPress theme, ask yourself this: are you going to use the theme for a long time, or do you want more nimbleness in how your site changes with the times.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Otherwise you might end up a frustrated client, seeking another developer to customize your site.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">How about you? 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