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Choose from nearly 5 thousand themes!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In the days before WordPress, building a new site was a daunting challenge. You needed design skills to envision a page and programming skills to turn your vision into a reality. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With WordPress, you can build a beautiful, customized website for your blog,  photography site, portfolio, or even an eCommerce business\u2013no coding required. One of the tools needed for this revolution was the WordPress theme. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this article, we\u2019ll go over the features and functions of WordPress themes. Let\u2019s get started!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is a WordPress Theme?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A WordPress theme is a collection of files\u2013 style sheets, images, graphics, and code\u2013 that determines how your website or blog looks and feels on the frontend. That\u2019s what visitors see when they view your website. These themes giver your website structure and are a necessary part of any WordPress website. They underlie everything from the overall layout to the color of your buttons and your hyperlinks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In contrast to plugins<\/a>, which control the functionality of your WordPress site, themes control how the content is presented. If you want to change how your site looks periodically, it\u2019s best to leave all the essential features to a plugin so you can preserve the functionality even if you switch themes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What can WordPress themes do?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Themes help take the content and data WordPress stores and display it in the browser. You customize the actual content and data that\u2019s displayed while the theme determines how it is presented. Of course almost all themes allow you to customize how things are displayed to varying degrees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 WordPress themes allow you to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n