THEMES AND PLUGINS

WordPress

What is wordpress?

WordPress is a free and open source Blogging tool and content management

system (CMS).

WordPress = design + content

It is written in Php language and supported by mysql for the storage of the data.

Themes and plugins

The combination of themes and plugins effects the design, layout and usability of your WordPress web site.

There are literally thousands of themes and plugins to choose from, free and premium both.

Themes

Theme is a collection of files that worktogether to produce a graphical interface

It is the design for your site.

A Theme modifies the way the site is displayed, without modifying the underlying content

Types of themes

There are basically three types of WordPress themes:

PremiumFreeCustom

Premium themes

Premium themes are very high quality WordPress themes that are developed by small or large companies

Most of time we have to pay for premium theme

Premium themes generally range from: $50 - $100 for a single site license. 

Features of Premium themes…High quality codeSEO Optimized Implement the latest and greatest

web standardsHighly optimized and performance

focusedMore flexible customizationFull Support

Free themes

There are literally thousands of free WordPress themes available on the internet. 

The easiest way to find most of them is to visit the WordPress.org theme directory. 

The great thing about free themes is that they're 100% free 

Customized themes

Custom WordPress themes are the one which give your site a truly sophisticated and unique look. 

Custom WordPress themes are developed specifically for a website by web designers and developers according to the client.

Plugins

A Plugin is a small addons program/application that you install in WordPress. Plugins can extend a WordPress to do almost anything you can imagine.

Think of a need and most likely there is already a plugin for that!

VARIOUS TYPES Of PLUGINS

WordPress Gallery Plugin

Plugin makes it as easy as it could possibly be to create gorgeous sliders for your WordPress powered site

Wordpress Membership PluginTransforms your WordPress website into a fully functional membership site.

Wordpress SEO Plugin

It is used to create a seo friendly url.

Which helps the web pages to get higher rank in Google's page rank technique.

Thus increases the traffic on web page.

Wordpress Facebook Plugin

Plugin makes your WordPress site social in a couple of clicks, powered by Facebook.

WordPress Video Plugin

To insert and play video on website

Wordpress Slider Plugin

Plugin adds beautiful, responsive photo rotators and sliders to your WordPress site in seconds