WordPress is the most powerful content management system ever known; it’s an open source tool supporting more than 25% of the websites available on the internet. More than 50% of the website owners wanting a CMS choose WordPress CMS. While there’s a free WordPress theme, mainly targeted at business novices or new designers, professionals go for a premium WordPress theme because they wish to have all customisation options available possibly.

Well, so what are the features to be looked for in a premium WordPress theme?

• Features: Do you see all the features needed for present and future available in the theme? Are you finding it possible to switch between designs? Make sure you can do these and more if you can think further.
• Unwanted features: Do you see unwanted widgets getting clumsy in your theme, even though you dint choose to see them? Are you not seeing the option to disable features you may not want for now? This hits badly on the user experience. Watch out!
• Theme performance: There are themes that hold a lot of images unoptimized and files not falling in reasonable bandwidths, thus consuming a lot of memory and causing lower webpage load speeds. Certain themes may not go well in mobiles or smart devices even though the site is responsive. Don’t go for the theme unless you’re sure you’ve researched upon what your website needs, if the theme suffices your needs in reasonable weights and costs, if the theme is heavy on your site dropping the performance.
• Client side flexibility: Does your theme have features for the client end user to work upon, without having to code? Is it user friendly for non tech savvies? Or it forces one to know HTML, CSS, and JavaScript for customizations? Make sure your theme is flexible in the client side
• Developers ease: Is the theme easy for a developer to work upon those features that can’t be achieved from the client end? The theme should stand self explanatory for developers to follow the HTML, CSS, php, JavaScript code so the code can be worked upon effortlessly.
• Support: Does your premium WordPress theme facilitate support from WordPress professionals? Are the theme developers available for minor help or service requests? Email and call support should be ideally available. Make a note!
• Obsolete themes: Do you know themes may have some bugs which may be corrected in other themes but your theme may remain unfixed? Its important you check with WordPress if they would update the bug fixes on themes bought. Will the fixed theme be compatible with subsequent versions of WordPress? Make sure you have answers for these.
• Theme compatibility: Is your theme a theme of the past? If yes, is it compatible with the current WordPress release? Though WordPress sites don’t fail mostly, themes and plugins do require periodical maintenance. Make sure you check upon them
• Security: The executable php code in your premium WordPress theme should support no hacker or malware. It should have been taken through various tests. It should keep all the information extremely safe and secure. Take care! Don’t be susceptible for sick elements in existence
• Costworthy?: Is your theme cost worthy? You may have paid rather than taking up a free WordPress theme. Does it mean you needn’t have to pay more in future? Make sure you incur no huge costs in future once bought now.

That’s a good amount of detail you now have on the premium theme of the most powerful content management system, WordPress CMS. Do you have any questions? Or require assistance in using the WordPress plugins for content creation? Or need any other eCommerce service? Ask our design experts now!