Finding WordPress Theme Resources
Why reinvent the wheel? WordPress has an active development community that has created free and commercial themes that are available for download and ready for you to customize for your next WordPress Web design project. Here are some places where you can explore WordPress themes.
| WordPress Theme Resource |
Description |
| WordPress Theme
Directory |
The official theme directory at the WordPress Web site contains
hundreds of free themes available for download. |
| ThemeGarden.com |
A repository of downloadable commercial themes available for
purchase. |
| WooThemes |
A large offering of commercial WordPress themes available for
purchase and download. |
| WPMU
Premium |
A quality selection of commercial WordPress plugins and themes
with a strong focus on Multisite and BuddyPress (social community)
functionality. |
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AJAX
asynchronous JavaScript and XML. A technique used in web page development.
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API
application programming interface. A set of rules programs use to communicate with each other.
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color stop
A special element that indicates a color to be added to a gradient.
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FTP
File Transfer Protocol. A network protocol useful for transferring files in a client-server relationship.
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HTML
HyperText Markup Language. The predominant language for building web pages.
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HTTP
HyperText Transfer Protocol. The primary networking language for the Internet.
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PHP
PHP Hypertext Processor. A scripting language that works well within HTML.
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socket
A technology that allows remote computers to maintain a persistent connection in order to communicate with each other.
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sprite
An graphic object on a web page that will be manipulated in real time.
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SQL
Structured Query Language. A programming language useful in managing relational databases.
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stateless protocol
An Internet procedure that completely breaks the connection between the client and the server after a transaction, meaning that the next transaction will require an entirely new connection.
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Telnet
A network protocol useful in interactive, text-oriented communications.
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W3C
World Wide Web Consortium. The organization that sets international standards for the World Wide Web.
