{"id":21109,"date":"2018-03-15T15:18:03","date_gmt":"2018-03-15T09:48:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.resellerclub.com\/?p=21109"},"modified":"2026-05-22T10:42:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T10:42:09","slug":"how-to-customize-or-change-a-theme-in-wordpress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.resellerclub.com\/blog\/how-to-customize-or-change-a-theme-in-wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"How to customize or change a theme in WordPress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With thousands of free and premium themes available online, why would someone want to put in the work to customize their WordPress theme? Also, how easy is it to change a &nbsp;theme in WordPress entirely? Let\u2019s find out.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>How to change a theme in WordPress :<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As you will see below, changing a theme in WordPress &nbsp;involves just just a few clicks. However, repairing the damage done post a change that was not thought through, may not be easy at all. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here are a few things to keep in mind before \/ after changing your WordPress theme:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Test your website speed on the theme you currently have to note the increase\/decrease in speed<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Note any custom code that you may have added to the website such as the Google Analytics tracking code, etc. so that you remember to add it back to your website once your theme is changed (please note: this does not refer to plugins for the analytics code that have been added)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"\/blog\/dont-know-how-to-backup-website-we-have-your-answer\/\">Take a backup of your WordPress website<\/a> as a precaution<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Test your website in all browsers<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Monitor visitor behaviour once you\u2019ve switched themes<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>If you\u2019re confident you\u2019ve made the right selection of a theme, there are several ways to customize or change a theme in WordPress:<\/b><\/p>\n<h3><b>A. Changing a theme from the WordPress dashboard &#8211; without&nbsp;modifying the code:<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Log into your dashboard<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Navigate to <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Appearance<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &gt; <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Themes<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You will see a list of themes in several categories such as \u2018popular\u2019, \u2018latest\u2019, \u2018featured\u2019, etc. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-21113 size-large\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/themeblog2-401x200.png\" width=\"401\" height=\"200\"><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can also use the filter to specify the kind of theme you are looking for. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-21111 \" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/themeblog1-245x200.png\" width=\"396\" height=\"323\"><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hover over a theme to see options to preview a theme and install it as your new one.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-21117 size-large\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/themeblog4-249x200.png\" width=\"249\" height=\"200\"><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Another way to do this is to :<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Navigate to<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Appearance<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &gt; <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Customize<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Like you see in the image below, you can change the theme from here as well and also tweak the CSS, images and other content.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-21119 size-large\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/themeblog5-510x200.png\" width=\"510\" height=\"200\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let\u2019s look more closely at how the different elements of your WordPress website theme can be customized here:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Changing the header image:<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-21127 \" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/wp1.png\" width=\"357\" height=\"726\"><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Customizing \/ adding menu options:<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-21139 size-full\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/lost.png\" width=\"242\" height=\"423\"><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Create a new menu, name it and add its location<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-21129 \" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/wp2.png\" width=\"278\" height=\"476\"><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Customizing \/ adding Widgets:<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Apart from the ability to choose from a variety of widgets, you can also drag and reorder their sequence of appearance. <\/span><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-21131 \" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/wp3.png\" width=\"276\" height=\"582\"><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-21135 \" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/wp5.png\" width=\"189\" height=\"292\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Deleting a widget <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Customizing your WordPress theme colours, fonts and text:<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-21137 size-large\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/wp6-259x200.png\" width=\"259\" height=\"200\"><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One other way to arrive at the screen above is to select the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">customize<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> option. (This will appear above your WordPress blog, if you are also logged in, of course).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-21121 size-large\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/themeblog6-689x200.png\" width=\"648\" height=\"188\"><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>B. Customization using plugins:<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can also use several plugins to customize the CSS of your WordPress theme. Some of these are:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/so-css\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">SiteOrigin CSS:<\/a><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This popular CSS editor has a fairly good rating from users and has been built for for beginners and pros alike. <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/advanced-css-editor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Advanced CSS Editor:<\/a><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This useful editor is designed to let you customize code for your website separately for each device.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.csshero.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CSS Hero:<\/a><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Has features similar to the two plugins above with great UI. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>C. How to customize a WordPress theme by editing the CSS :<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Navigate to \u2018<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Appearance<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &gt; <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to make code changes directly to your website. This is really only if you\u2019re really confident about doing this. WordPress recommends that you actually create a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/codex.wordpress.org\/Child_Themes\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Child Theme<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to your main, parent theme to minimize the risk and also to ensure your work is saved (in the event your parent theme is updated while you are still working on changes).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-21123 size-large\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/themeblog7-604x200.png\" width=\"604\" height=\"200\"><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We hope we\u2019ve helped you better understand how to customize or change a theme in WordPress.&nbsp;If you\u2019re looking for a robust hosting solution for your WordPress website, take a look at our <a href=\"https:\/\/india.resellerclub.com\/wordpress-hosting\">WordPress Hosting<\/a> product built on the cloud.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Reseller Club Hosting Services<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.resellerclub.com\/reseller-hosting\">Reseller Hosting<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.resellerclub.com\/windows-reseller-hosting\">Windows Reseller Hosting<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.resellerclub.com\/cloud-hosting\">Cloud Hosting<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.resellerclub.com\/vps-hosting\">VPS Hosting<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.resellerclub.com\/managed-vps-hosting\">Managed VPS Hosting<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.resellerclub.com\/dedicated-server-hosting\">Dedicated Server Hosting<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.resellerclub.com\/windows-dedicated-server-hosting\">Windows Dedicated Server<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.resellerclub.com\/managed-dedicated-server-hosting\">Managed Dedicated Server<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.resellerclub.com\/shared-hosting\">Linux Shared Hosting<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.resellerclub.com\/windows-shared-hosting\">Windows Shared Hosting<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.resellerclub.com\/blog\/how-to-customize-or-change-a-theme-in-wordpress\/\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground:  !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 100% !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With thousands of free and premium themes available online, why would someone want to put in the work to customize their WordPress theme? 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