How to create a blog on wordpress - Part 4

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Step 4: Here’s how to change how your blog looks

When you create a WordPress blog, one of the major benefits that you get is access to WordPress’ huge collection of themes and plugins. Here’s a quick overview of the two:

Themes – these change how your blog looks

Plugins – these add functionality to your blog

We’ll cover the former in this section.

As soon as you create a WordPress blog, you already have a theme active. This is either the default WordPress theme or the theme that you chose during the Bluehost Setup Wizard.

But there are actually thousands of themes available for WordPress, so you’re by no means limited to that small selection.

Where to find WordPress themes for your blog

When you go to choose a WordPress theme, you’ll need to pick between free and premium themes. There’s no inherent difference between the two, but premium themes often have more detailed designs and features.

To find free themes, the best place to search is the official WordPress.org theme directory. Another solid option is Just Free Themes for a more curated approach.

To find premium themes, you’ll need a broader approach. Some good options are:

• ThemeForest – a big directory of premium themes.
• ThemeIsle – we think our themes are pretty swell.
• StudioPress – these themes use a popular “framework” called Genesis.

If you want to skip the searching, we also put together a list of the best WordPress themes for blogs.

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