How to Find Free Wordpress Themes

One of the wonderful things about using a Wordpress (or Blogger) blog is that you can change the appearance of the blog at the push of a button. There are many options in appearance for the blogs hosted free by Wordpress and Blogger. If you do your own Wordpress hosting on your own server, you can find even more gorgeous Wordpress themes. Here is how.

Things You'll Need

• A Wordpress blog
• An Internet connection

Instructions

1. Smashing Magazine offers up a steady stream of stunning, free Wordpress themes. (see Resources below for some links). The site has an RSS feed, so you can keep an eye on the site for new Wordpress themes.

2. Free Wordpress Themes is another site offering free themes. They don't have as many as Smashing Magazine, but they may have just the one for you.

3. The Theme Lab offers free Wordpress themes and reviews them too. This site also offers general information about Wordpress and Wordpress plugins.

4. If one of your hopes for your blog is to make money using Google AdSense ads, wpSkins provides AdSense-ready templates for free.

Tips & Warnings

• If you want to try designing your own Wordpress theme, you'll find a lot of helpful tips at Lorelle on Wordpress.

• There's an online wizard at Wordpress Theme Generator that will also help you get started making your own customized Wordpress themes.

Resources

• Smashing Mag: 100 Excellent Free Wordpress themes
• Smashing Mag: 83 Beautiful Wordpress Themes You (Probably) Haven't Seen
• Free Wordpress Themes
• Theme Lab
• wpSkins
• Lorelle on Wordpress: Designing a Wordpress Theme from Scratch
• Wordpress Theme Generator