How to Change Your WordPress Theme

WordPress is an incredibly flexible CMS (Content Management System) and blogging platform, which enables you to change the 'skin' and functionality of your site with a few clicks.

Imagine that you no longer want your red themed site and want a blue one, or if you need a three column site rather than a one column site. That's easy to do simply by changing the theme.

There are thousands of WordPress themes available to choose from, from free to premium quality, magazine style, blog style, corporate style, the list goes on.

OK, so how do you go about changing a WordPress theme?

First of all log into your WordPress Dashboard found at yoursite.com/wp-admin. From there you need to click Appearance on the left, and then Themes.

Clicking the Install Themes tab at the top will give you some options: you can Search for a theme using the search box and the filter tick boxes at the bottom, or you can Upload a theme from your computer, or search by Featured, Newest or Recently updated themes.

Let say that you're going to look for a blue blog theme, type Blog into the search box and tick Blue and then hit search.

You will then be faced with all the possibilities from your search, which you can browse through. By clicking the Preview link below each Image you can see roughly how the them will look. When you have decided on your perfect theme, click the install button. WordPress will then download the theme. Once done click the Activate link.

The theme will then be live on your site. You need to do a few things now. Firstly, have a look at the setting of the theme (most have these) and change what you need to, from colours, font sizes, to menus and widgets. Then have a look at your site and make sure everything is OK, as sometimes themes don't always do what's expected, especially free themes.

Downloaded a theme, and decide actually you don't like it? No problem a few more clicks and you can revert back to your original theme. Simply go tot Appearances, Themes find your theme in the list of available themes and click Activate. Done.

So there you have it, changing a theme on WordPress is simple and quick, allowing you to change your sites look without coding knowledge or paying a web designer.

Dean Robinson is the creator and owner of http://www.apinapress.com/, a site dedicated to all things WordPress and Internet Marketing. Should you want to learn more about using WordPress visit http://www.apinapress.com/.

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