Creating a WordPress website and tired of looking all around for a suitable theme?? Well, we understand. The first question that ever arise when you decide to go with WordPress site is what theme you should use? So, here are some amazing and best miscellaneous WordPress themes for 2021 you should consider for creating a website.

This list contains the most elegant, feature packed, easy to use, and best miscellaneous WordPress templates you can use for your website. The themes are designed for non-techies. So, even when you don’t particularly belong to the field, these themes let you create website effortlessly. You can consider them as ready made websites with sample data. All you’ll need to do is replace the demo data with the original content. If you want to change some design aspects of the theme to match your business branding, you have customization options. These options are intuitive and very easy to use.

The themes in this list can help you to create

• Ultimate multi purpose website
• Simple business portfolio website
• Gym and sports related sites
• Knowledge base and support related websites
• Crowdfunding website templates
• Dating and community websites
• WooCommerce compatible online shops
• Horse keeping and horse riding website
• Construction, bike blog, hotel, Trekking, Cleaning, etc

So, let’s have a look at the varied themes and the features they have to offer.

WordPress Multisite is an incredibly useful network feature that you can activate on your WordPress installation. Activating Multisite allows you to run several sites and manage them all from the same WordPress dashboard. You can choose whether you want these sites on the network to be as sub-domains or sub-directories. The beauty of using Multisite is that you don’t have to install WordPress, themes or plugins more than once.

One of the main advantages of activating Multisite is that you can use different or the same themes and plugins across several sites on the network. This wouldn’t be so awesome if you had to have a separate admin dashboard to control all sites on your network. Using WordPress Multisite lets you do just that – you can control all network sites from the very same WP admin dashboard.

Table Of Contents

1- What is multisite WordPress?
2- What is WordPress multisite used for?
3- How to install WordPress Multisite
4- How to configure network settings in WordPress Multisite
5- How to add a new website to the WordPress Multisite network
6- How to convert WordPress to Multisite
7- How to clone a site on WordPress Multisite
8- How to secure your WordPress Multisite
9- When to use and not to use WordPress Multisite
10- How to update themes in WordPress Multisite
11- How to Install themes in WordPress Multisite
12- How to Install plugins in WordPress Multisite
13- WordPress Multisite Requirements
14- How to give another admin ‘Super Admin’ role in Multisite
15- Choosing the best hosting for Multisite
16- Conclusion

Now that I have briefly explained what is WordPress Multisite, let’s delve into some more details. In this guide, I’ll walk you through all you need to know about installing WP Multisite, managing it, and a whole lot more. Installing it is actually the easiest part – it’s actually dead simple. I also aim to take you on a tour around the cool Multisite settings, updating and securing your network.

Let’s jump right into it and find out what WordPress Multisite is all about

What is WordPress Multisite?

In a nutshell, WordPress Multisite basically lets you manage multiple sites using the same dashboard. This powerful networking feature rolled out with the release of version 3.0 of WordPress back on June 17, 2010. Since then, using Multisite has made managing several sites from a single dashboard a real breeze.

In Multisite, you only ever need to install WordPress once. With this powerful site network feature activated, you can use the same theme and plugins to power more than 1 site. There is actually more practical use to this than meets the eye. Even though you can use the same theme and plugins to power different sites on the network, each theme or plugin can have its independent settings and configurations. This isn’t always the case though, some plugins have global settings. This means that the settings may not be configured independently per site.

When it comes to lite customization, adding CSS to hide an element in a theme or plugin can be added to a site’s ”Additional CSS”. You will find where to paste your modified CSS in the same place as with a single installation of WordPress – it’s in Appearance >> Customize. Adding the CSS for 1 site doesn’t make the element hidden on all network sites. Another example is if you had a plugin activated on all sites on the Multisite network. Each site that uses the plugin can have different settings/options for the plugin for each site. On the other hand, you can of course “Network Activate” a plugin or theme (if they are compatible with Multisite). Doing it this way means you would only need to activate/deactivate or tweak the settings only once. So in other words, all the sites on your network will be on the same settings that you’ve set. The good news is, all Templatic themes and plugins are WordPress Multisite compatible.

For users who need multi-section websites, WordPress Multisite really comes as a godsend. Using this type of WordPress installation allows you to easily manage and update all of your sites with a few clicks. I will cover updating themes and plugins on WP Multisite later on in this guide.

What is WordPress multisite used for?

You can use WordPress Multisite in several situations to make managing your sites plain sailing. The most common use is where you have several sections on your website. Imagine having to install WordPress, theme, and plugins for each website? This is the scenario where you’ll absolutely love the features Multisite brings you. Let’s say for example that you have a directory website with a section for business listings, a second for classified ads, and the third section for real estate listings. In a regular single WordPress installation, this will mean you’ll be installing WordPress 3 times. As well as this, you will also be needing to install important plugins like Yoast SEO or Wordfence 3 times.

The above is a classic example of when WordPress Multisite comes to the rescue. With Multisite installed and setup, you would only need to install WordPress and the 2 plugins only once. This just leaves you having to install a theme for each of your sections. In this example; you would need to install our Directory theme for the business listings, our Classifieds theme for the ads, and the HomeQuest theme for the real estate section. The beauty of using this type of network is that you can manage it all from one dashboard. Once you’ve setup your network sites, linking all sections on your website from each site’s navigation menu is the only thing left for you to do. As far as your users are aware, all sections will appear as if they are all on a single WordPress installation.

Another scenario where you would appreciate WordPress Multisite is if your site has totally unrelated sections. Let’s say for example you have a business website that’s showcasing your technical products. You can have your landing page on the top level of your domain. On a new sub-directory or sub-domain, you might want to install a new network site for your support, shop, forum, or a separate site for all of these on your network. You can see how many times you would’ve had to install WordPress and plugins. By installing Multisite, you only have to install WordPress once. Creating new network sites in Multisite is literally done in 2-3 seconds – it takes longer to type the name for your new site than it takes for it to be generated for you.

How to install WordPress Multisite

Now that we’ve covered what is WordPress Multisite and how you can use it, let’s start installing. You can follow the steps below to activate and setup Multisite. The quick guide assumes you already have WordPress installed. This can be a new WordPress installation or an existing installation.

Before we get started, please make sure to backup your database and wp-config.php and .htaccess files.

Step 1 – Connect to your website via your favorite FTP client. You can also use the file manager on your hosting cPanel if you prefer.

Step 2 – Download the wp-config.php file. This is found in the top-level directory which is basically the WordPress folder on the server.

Step 3 – Open the wp-config.php file and find the following line:
/* That's all, stop editing! Happy publishing. */

Step 4 – In the line directly above that, paste the following code:
define('WP_ALLOW_MULTISITE', true);

Step 5 – Save and close the wp-config.php file and upload it back to the server to replace the existing one.

Step 6 – Deactivate all plugins if any are active.

Step 7 – Now you need to install the network in your dashboard by going to Tools >> Network Setup.

Step 8 – Once you’ve installed the network, you need to follow the 2 steps on the next page you’ll see to activate the network. You need to copy the code you see on the page and add it to the wp-config.php and .htaccess files.

The page looks like this with the codes that you need to copy and paste

(the code in the above screenshot will be specific to your website)

 

Step 9 – Refresh the WP admin dashboard page that you are on.

Step 10 – Login to your WP admin dashboard again.

Congratulations… you have just completed installing your WordPress Multisite network.

How to configure network settings in WordPress Multisite

Once you have installed WordPress Multisite, your admin dashboard will have plenty of extra goodies and tweaks. You will find the network options in a new area at the top of your admin dashboard called ‘My Sites’. You can go ahead and hover-over ‘My Sites’ and drill down to Network Admin >> Settings. This is where you will find a whole set of new options you’ll really only need to set once.

Okay, all settings are pretty much self-explanatory here but I’ll guide you through each of the settings, with my recommended setting and why.

1- Network Settings

Operational Settings

Network Title = This is basically the name that you wish to give your network.

Network Admin Email = This is the email address you’ll be receiving alerts whenever someone registers an account, or a site if you’ll be allowing site registrations (see the option for this in ‘Registration Settings’ below).

This is by default, the email address you’ve entered when installing WordPress. In most cases, you wouldn’t want to enter a different email here that’s different from the super admin email address.

2- Registration Settings

Allow new registrations

Registration is disabled = Choose this if your website does not need users to be able to register. You would want to disable registrations if for example, your website is purely informational with no functions that require a user to register. You might also want this option selected if your website doesn’t even allow users to leave comments or if users don’t need to register to leave a comment. Where registrations are not necessary at all, keep them disabled, if just as another layer of security.

User accounts may be registered = Choose this option to allow frontend users on the default WordPress ‘Subscriber’ role to be able to register.

Logged in users may register new sites = Only choose this if you’ll be allowing users to create subsites on your network. Unless you’re creating a user blogging network for example, this option should never be activated.

Both sites and user accounts can be registered = Only choose this if you’ll be allowing users to register and be able to create sites on your network.

Registration notification

Send the network admin an email notification every time someone registers a site or user account = Activate this option so you receive an email alert whenever someone registers an account or a site on your multisite network.

Add New Users

Allow site administrators to add new users to their site via the “Users → Add New” page = Activate this if you wish any user on the site with an ‘Administrator’ user role to be able to add users to any site on the multisite network. You might want to activate this even if you’ll be the only person who will be creating sites on the network. Leaving this option deactivated means you’ll always need to be logged in as ‘Super Admin’ on your network so you can add users to any site.

Banned Names = Providing that you have activated the option to add sites in the above setting, you can enter the names of sites you don’t want users to be able to register. I recommend you also enter names here which sound similar to the title of your website or brand name. In other words, you would want to disallow names that someone would register to trick people into thinking that their site represents your site or brand name. There is no limit to the names you can enter here. just think of all the names anyone might choose and enter them.

Limited Email Registrations = You can enter the only email domains you wish to allow users to be able to register from. As an example, you would enter gmail.com on one line and hotmail.com on another line if you only want users to be able to register if their emails are from either of these email providers. I am not sure how many sites would want to limit the number of users. If you can think of a good reason to use this limiter, brilliant – the option is there for you. Do be aware that the limitation also applies to admin when adding users on the backend as well. The limitation does not apply to any existing users on the network.

Banned Email Domains = As the opposite to the above option, this option lets you enter email domains you don’t want users to be able to register with. You can enter the email domains here (1 domain per line) that you want to block. For example, if you don’t want any user to be able to register on your website with a Gmail, you would enter ‘gmail.com’ on one line.

You might want to use this option for offending users you wish to block from a particular spamming domain for example. To get the domain to enter, take a look at the offending users and see if you can spot a pattern to catch the domain to block. It is not always easy to simply block a whole offending domain as spammers usually use random email domains. The option is there should you wish to use it for purposes other than to just block spammers.

3- New Site Settings

This section in the multisite network settings lets you edit any of the email templates. Depending on whether or not you’ll be allowing users to register user accounts or new sites on the network, you’ll find all of the available email templates here to edit.

Welcome Email = This is the email that gets sent to someone who creates a new site on your network. You will need to allow site registrations first on the above ‘Registration Settings’ if you wish to allow users to create new sites on your network.

Welcome User Email = This is the email that gets sent to someone who registers a new user account on your site.

It’s worth mentioning that this is not the email template if ‘Super Admin’ creates a user account on the network. In this case, the user will only be receiving an email with the login details. This is also not the email template a user would receive if ‘Super Admin’ creates a user account from the dashboard of an individual site on the network if the ‘Skip email confirmation’ is checked. If the email skipped by ‘Super Admin’ while creating the user account, the user will only receive an email with the login details. This email template will be sent if ‘Super Admin’ does not select the ‘Skip email confirmation’ option. If selected, the user will receive this email template when the user clicks on the link in the confirmation email.

First Post = This template for the first post on your multisite network. The text you enter here will be the body text of the first sample post on a new site. You can consider this first post as the ‘Hello World’ post you see whenever you install WordPress for the first time. It’s advisable to enter some sample text in this template that also includes an explanation of where this sample post can be deleted.

First Page = When a user creates a site on your multisite network, there is always a sample page. By default, the sample page just comes with a title and no text. This template lets you enter any text for that sample page to carry. You can leave it blank if you like but I would put it to some good use since it’s there. As an example, you could perhaps enter the text that acts as a guide to your users. You can, for example, inform anyone who creates a site on your network how to get support, contact you, and so on. This is just an example so you can basically use this page to inform your users about anything you like. Leaving this page template blank is the best option if you are not sure what text to enter. The sample page will still be created, even without any text – it will just have its ‘Sample page’ title.

First Comment = Each new site that gets created on your network has a sample page. The sample page also comes with a sample comment which is empty. In this template, you can actually enter any text that you wish the sample comment to have. Unless you can think of something more imaginative for a comment on a page that will get deleted anyway, I suggest you put something as simple as ‘This is a sample comment on your new site’.

First Comment Author = This is where you can give a name to the author of the sample comment above. By default, the sample message is labeled as being left by ‘Anonymous’. You can enter any name here that you wish the sample comment’s author field displays.

First Comment Email = Enter any email you like to show with the author of the above sample comment. By default, if you don’t enter an email here, the comment will not show any email address.

First Comment URL = Enter any website address you would like to show with the author of the above sample comment. By default, if you don’t enter any URL here, the comment will not show any website address.

4- Upload Settings

Site upload space = As you are allowing users to create skite on your network, you might want to set some limits. In this section of the Multisite settings, you can control the maximum space each site is allowed. By activating the ‘Limit total size of files uploaded to’ option, you can enter a number of Megabytes each site on your network is allowed to have as a total space. The limit you enter here only applies to individual sites on your network. Any number of maximum allowed total Megabytes that can be uploaded shows on the admin dashboard of each site.

I strongly recommend you activate this limit on each site. You might want to do this in case your hosting has a limit on the total number of files. You will need to contact your host to know the limits set on your hosting account before you activate this option or not. It’s worth mentioning that some hosts claim they allow you unlimited space and bandwidth and so on. That being said, I have come across a couple of hosting companies that offer this but actually have a limit on the total number of files the account is allowed to have.

What can happen if your hosting account exceeds this limit?

• The host may suspend your account with all domains on it.
• The host may not be able to perform an auto backup of your sites.
• The host may not allow you to upload any more files.
• The host may apply all of the above, combined.

Please do your own research and make sure your network will not adversely affect your hosting account.

Upload file types = You might want to add or remove certain file types that are allowed to be uploaded on all sites. This field contains all the file types that are allowed to be uploaded to any site on your multisite network. Please be careful what files you add here. Adding the wrong file type here can pose a security risk. On the other hand, if you remove a file type, it may prevent users from being able to upload a harmless and required file to a site. I recommend that you leave the default file types if you are not sure what you are doing.

Max upload file size = This limit applies to any single file that a user uploads. The number is set to 1500 kilobytes by default. Enter a maximum upload file size based on what you deem as a required file size your users will need. Keep in mind that any number you enter here cannot exceed the maximum allowed file size that’s set by your hosting company on your account. The maximum upload file size varies from host to host. I recommend you contact your hosting company so you know what is the limit on your account.

Most hosting companies will let you change this limit on your account’s php.ini file. That said, it really depends on the type of hosting plan you have. In some cases, certain hosting plans on certain hosts do not even allow you to make changes to the maximum upload file size limit. I highly recommend you contact your hosting company before entering a number in this field. No number you enter here will have any effect if it exceeds the allowed limit on your hosting plan.

5- Language Settings

Default Language = You can choose the default dashboard language for any site that gets created on your network. If you allow users to create sites on your multisite network, this is the language that each new site will have its dashboard displayed in. A site admin can change this language from Settings >> General.

The user will only be able to select from the languages that are loaded on the network. As ‘Super Admin’, you can go to My Sites >> Network Admin >> Settings. Choose any language and save changes. Repeat this step for any language that you wish to make available in the dropdown to admins on their own sites on your network. In other words, unless you load a language as ‘Super Admin’, a user who is admin on a site on the network will not find this language to select in the drop-down.

6- Menu Settings

Enable administration menus = This option is where you can allow/disallow site admins to have access to the ‘Plugins’ section on each individual site’s admin dashboard. By default, this is not checked so only the networks ‘Super Admin’ can activate or deactivate plugins that have already been installed and enabled for any site on the network.

You can check the ‘Plugins’ option if you wish to allow site administrators to have access to plugins. As above, the administrator of any site on your multisite network will have access to plugins on the site they are an admin on. Activating this option will only allow a site’s admin to activate or deactivate an already installed plugin on an individual network site.

I recommend you leave this option off so site admins may not access the plugins section. You might want to disallow access to plugins if for example, deactivating a certain plugin may break the site.

Regardless of which option you choose, on multisite installations, only the ‘Super Admin’ can install or delete plugins.

 

How to convert WordPress to Multisite

Good news, converting an existing regular WordPress installation into Multisite is possible. A word of caution though, as you’ll be making such a big change to a live site – do make sure you perform a full backup. I won’t cover backups here but I recommend you make a backup of your database and files just in case anything goes wrong.

To convert your WordPress installation you’ll be following the same steps as above to install Multisite. You can go to the ‘How to install WordPress Multisite’ above on this guide by pressing here.

Before working on the conversion to Multisite on a live site, I recommend you install WordPress on a development site first. You can then turn that installation of WordPress into Multisite. Making such a change on a live site is not really recommended if you haven’t done this before. Seeing what gets changed on a development site first will at least let you see exactly what will change or be affected. Converting a single WordPress installation to Multisite is not all that difficult. Working on a test site will just mean there will be no surprises. I also recommend you replicate the live site on your development site. Try to add the same plugins and theme you have on your live site to your development site. Doing your conversion to Multisite on a test site first is of course an extra step but it’s always better to test first before performing such a big change rather than on a live site.

How to add a new website to the WordPress Multisite network

As being the biggest reason for using WordPress Multisite, adding a site to the network is very simple. No longer do you have to create a sub-directory or sub-domain and install WordPress and then a theme. To add a site in WordPress Multisite, all you’ll need to do go to Site >> Add New.

 

How to clone a site on WordPress Multisite

Now that you have installed a website on your network, you might need to clone it. You will find that using Multisite saves you a considerable amount of time in building websites. That being said, you would still need to go through all the settings, changing colors and so on. Imagine that you can clone any site on your network in a few seconds – sounds too good to be true right? Well, this is exactly what you can do if you install the NS Cloner plugin. Do we get a commission for recommending this plugin? The true answer is ‘No’ we don’t, we should though 🙂 I have personally used this plugin for years and it’s proven to be a priceless tool when it comes to duplicating sites on a Multisite network.

 

To clone any site on your network, all you have to do is to install NS Cloner plugin and within seconds, you’ve got yourself an exact clone of any site. This plugin creates a new section on the dashboard that gives you various options for cloning sites on your network. You’ll basically be able to choose any site you wish to clone from the drop-down of all sites on your network, name your new site, give the site its unique URL and press the ‘Clone’ button. That’s about it really – it’s as simple as that. The plugin is usually able to clone a site in under 10 seconds.

You will find the plugin is very easy to use and best of all, it’s a free plugin. The plugin also has a premium version. It’s up to you, but I found the free version adequately does the job and does it well.

How to secure your WordPress Multisite

Securing your Multisite installation isn’t really different than a regular WordPress installation. That being said, as you’ll be having more than one site, you’ve got more reasons to keep your network secure. Just imagine all the stress and the lost hours or days when 1 site gets hacked. Having more than one site on your network means all the stress and lost time will be multiplied by the number of sites you have. As a very basic step that many people forget to do to keep a site secure is to always make sure you’re running the latest version of WordPress, theme and all plugins.

The good news is, if you’ve installed WordPress Multisite, you won’t have to update WordPress, a theme or plugin more than once. Assuming you’re using one theme on more than one site, you will only need to update the theme once. In this case, all of the sites that are using the theme on the network will have the theme updated. The same applies to any plugins you’ve installed that are used by more than one network site.

Very importantly, don’t forget to keep every single site on your network updated. As ‘Super Admin’, make sure that there aren’t any abandoned test sites that are running on old and un-updated themes or plugins. You can bet your bottom dollar that a vulnerability on any site, “pardon the pun”, will be the red carpet to welcome any hacker through the ‘backdoor’. As most attacks on sites are automated, don’t think for a minute that a test site that doesn’t even appear on Google will leave the door wide open to hackers. Depending on the hacking attempt, cross-infection attacks will bring down or infect all sites on your network. You might also be unlucky and have all other sites on your hosting account infected or brought down. Keeping track of all plugins and themes that need updating can be quite a task if you have so many sites. One of the great options the Wordfence plugin has is that it can send you email alerts if WordPress, themes or plugins require an update.

As well as keeping WordPress, any themes or plugins up-to-date, you must really consider installing a good security plugin. Make no mistake, you should install a security plugin before you even open your site to the public.
There are a few good security plugins out there but the two that stand out are: Wordfence and Sucuri. I won’t go into which of the two you should use. A simple search on Google will bring up several comparison articles between the two security plugins. My personal favorite is Wordfence and I’ve used it for years. Both plugins are free and they also have a premium version.

When to use and not to use WordPress Multisite

Using Multisite can be a godsend in some cases and a curse in other cases. As practical and time-saving this feature in WordPress is, it’s not perfect to use in all situations. To help you decide if multisite is good for you or not, let’s go through all of the significant pros and cons of using WordPress Multisite.

Pros of using Multisite

1- Managing all your sites on the network from 1 admin dashboard.

2- Updating WordPress once applies to all sites on your network.

3- Updating a theme once applies to all sites that use the theme on your network.

4- Updating a plugin once applies to all sites that use the plugin on your network.

5- Ability to create new sites without having to reinstall WordPress.

6- Each site on the Multisite network gets its own admin dashboard.

7- You don’t need to backup each site separately. You only need to backup your Multisite installation and all sites on the network get backed up.

8- Multisite saves resources on your hosting account. You don’t need to upload WordPress, themes or plugins more than once.

9- You can easily create or add users to any site on your network.

10- Easily maintain more than 1 site from the same admin dashboard and hosting cPanel.

 

Cons of using Multisite

1- In case your site is attacked by a hacker, it’s very probable that all sites on your network will be hit.

2- You cannot make custom modifications to the core WordPress coding for 1 site. Any changes you make will apply to all of the sites on your network – you might not want this to happen.

3- All sites on Multisite run on 1 database. This might not be perfect for speed since an influx of traffic on 1 site could slow down all other sites. The severity of this effect will of course depend on the performance of the hosting your site is using.

4- Not all plugins are Multisite compatible. In some cases, a theme might also not perform very well in a Multisite environment.

5- As easy as Multisite has made it to only have to update a theme or plugin once, an update can also break more than 1 site. As an example, you have 10 sites that are using 1 theme and there is an update available for that theme. In a perfect world, updating that theme should not pose a problem to any site that’s using it. On some occasions, this isn’t really the case – instead of dealing with 1 broken site, you’ll be dealing with 10 broken sites.

You might think that you’ll just be dealing with 1 theme to figure out how it broke the sites, very true. You do however have to consider that you’ve got downtime on 10 of your sites, not just 1 of them. Now, this isn’t really a big deal if you’re not earning from these sites. If you have a site that’s making you money going down, it’s a problem – imagine 10 of the sites are down.

6- Any downtime will affect all of your sites on the Multisite network.

7- Your database is larger than that of a single WordPress installation. The database size also grows faster. This might push it over the maximum size limit to import it in case you need to import it in phpMyAdmin for any reason.

8- All of the sites on your network are obviously hosted on the same host and plan. Using Multisite means you won’t be able to freely change the hosting plan or host for any particular site. Changing the hosting company or plan applies to all of the sites on your network.

9- Only ‘Super Admin’ can install themes or plugins on the network. This limitation might not be ideal if you’re allowing other admins to manage some of the sites on your network.

10- Multisite is not for you if you’re planning to customize the look of each site. Since you can only install a theme or plugin once, serious customization on individual sites aren’t possible. That’s of course unless you start creating child themes to apply your customization on. If you’re happy with that, then Multisite is for you.

How to update themes in WordPress Multisite

Updating themes in Multisite is easily done but you need to do it as ‘Super Admin. It is not possible to update themes from individual sites on the network. To update a theme, go to My Sites >> Network Admin >> Themes and choose the theme you wish to update.

Since a theme might be used on more than one site on the network, I recommend you backup the theme first before updating it. After updating a theme, it might be worth checking all of the sites that are using it to check if anything was broken. If you see that all sites look fine, you’re all set. Updating a theme on the Multisite network updates it on all of the sites that are using it.

How to Install themes in WordPress Multisite

Installing new themes in Multisite is slightly different than on a single WordPress installation. As it’s a network, any theme you wish to install on a network site has to actually be installed on the network first. Installing new themes on WordPress Multisite is only possible if you are logged in as ‘Super Admin’. Once you’ve logged in, go to My Sites >> Network Admin >> Themes and choose ‘Add New’ from the top of the screen. You can now upload a theme as you normally would in a single WordPress installation.

Now you’re probably wondering how to activate a theme on a site on the Multisite network. This is done by first enabling any theme that you’ve already uploaded to the network (as in the above step).

To enable any theme for a site, go to My Sites >> Network Admin >> Sites. Choose the site to enable a theme for by hovering-over its ‘Edit’ option.

 

The next step is to click on the ‘Themes’ tab and click on ‘Enable’ which appears under any theme you wish to enable for the site on the network. You can also choose any number of themes by putting a check next to them and using ‘Bulk Actions’ >> Enable and Apply. The only themes you’ll be able to see here are the ones you see that have already uploaded from My Sites >> Network Admin >> Themes.

 

You can now go to the dashboard of the site you’ve activated a theme or more in the above steps. Once you’re on the site’s dashboard, go to Appearance >> Themes and you will see any theme you’ve enabled for the site.

How to Install plugins in WordPress Multisite

To install plugins on a Multisite installation, you need to be logged in as ‘Super Admin’. Now you need to go to My Sites >> Network Admin >> Plugins. The screen is pretty much the same as in the single WordPress installation. As in the case with themes, any plugin you wish to activate on a network site, the plugin has to be installed on the network by ‘Super Admin’ first.

After uploading any plugin on the network, you can navigate to the dashboard of any site to activate it. Once you are on a site’s dashboard, you can simply go to the ‘Plugins’ section in the left admin sidebar to activate it.

You have to bear in mind that not all WordPress plugins are Multisite compatible. In reverse to this, some plugins actually force you to ‘Network Activate’ them before they can be used. These plugins will only have the ‘Network Activate’ option. You do not later have to activate ‘Network Active’ plugins on individual sites on your network – they will be active on every single site.

You might want to first check if you would want other admins to have access to ‘Network Active’ plugins. If you do activate a plugin on the network, in most cases, each site can have its own configurations for the plugin. Please check what other admins can see before you decide that you’ll give other admins access to a plugin by network activating it.

WordPress Multisite Requirements

1- You need to have an existing regular WordPress installation. You will be converting this installation into a Multisite installation.

2- You need to have logins to a user with the ‘Administrator’ role on the WordPress installation.

3- You need to have access to the WordPress installation by FTP or via the File Manager on your hosting account’s cPanel.

How to give another admin ‘Super Admin’ role in Multisite

In a situation where running a big network of sites becomes too much of a task for you, appointing other admins can be of help. In WordPress Multisite, you can grant other users the ‘Super Admin’ role. Needless to say, you need to be very careful with this level of access granted to any other user.

Another user with the ‘Super Admin’ role can do everything you can do as ‘Super Admin’ except to delete your user on the network. That being said, be aware that the user you’ve given this role can edit your user profile and revoke its ‘Super Admin’ privileges on the network. Use this feature with extra caution.

To make another user ‘Super Admin’, go to My Sites >> Network Admin >> Users.

1- Edit the user you wish to give the ‘Super Admin’ role.

2- Select ‘Grant this user super admin privileges for the Network‘.

3- Update the user.

 

Choosing the best hosting for Multisite

Hosting your WordPress Multisite is possible with almost all major hosting companies. As the network features require some special server permissions, it’s best you ask your hosting company first before attempting to convert an existing WordPress installation to Multisite. In case you are looking for new hosting, you will find that Bluehost (our recommend host) is perfect for hosting Multisite. Bluehost is used by many of our customers and we have had nothing but positive feedback from our customers for using this hosting company. The host is not only great if you’re looking at hosting Multisite, the company is also great for the single WordPress powered websites.

 

Conclusion on using WordPress Multisite

Using WordPress Multisite is an amazingly easy and practical way of managing more than one site from a single dashboard. The powerful network settings in WordPress allow you to fully control 1, hundreds, or even thousands of sites. Multisite is built in a way that makes updating themes and plugins super-easy. No longer do you need to install WordPress, themes, or plugins more than once. Managing sites, themes, plugins, and users is all done from your network admin dashboard. By installing Multisite, you don’t need to login in and out of different dashboards to do any of the things above.

Those were the advantages of using Multisite, now the downside…

As brilliant as Multisite sounds, it’s not ideal or even a good idea to use in all situations. I have highlighted the ‘Pros and Cons’ above but in summary, the multisite setup is not the best way to go if you want to have freedom with all sites. The limitations when using Multisite are primarily if you plan to apply custom design or functions to individual sites, you’ll find it much easier if you use single WordPress installations. Another important and probably the biggest put off in using Multisite is that if anything goes wrong, like getting hacked, all sites go down. One more thing you might not really sing and dance about is that, it doesn’t matter whether you have 1 or thousands of sites, everything runs from a single MySQL database. That’s not very good news for overall performance.

I really hope you’ve enjoyed reading this guide on WordPress Multisite.

Further reading

• Creating a book launch website in 45 minutes, on your own
• How to create a real estate website with WordPress
• Blogging for beginners: A complete guide
• How to launch your own directory website with WordPress?

Needless to say, we all dream about owning beautiful and stylish websites that will quickly catch the eye of potential clients/customers. Seeing that today I’m going to tell you about awesome the brightest and newest design and photography WordPress themes that one can use to make their desired website qualitative and popular. Without a doubt, creating a nice design and photography site is a real must-have for today, as such a step gives one a quick chance to develop their business and become their own boss.

For these simple reasons, today you can find plenty of different recent features that some companies propose to use to build the desired website. Still, they are useless when you don’t have your own online project. All in all, would you like to know how to get your long-awaited website, related to design and photography, without spending a mint of money on the services of professional web designers or developers. Here are some of the best WordPress photography themes to create portfolio websites and photography sites on the go.

Photo me WordPress Photography Portfolio Theme

Photo-Me is one of the best photography WordPress themes. It is designed for creating professional-looking photography websites or an online photography portfolio.

This WordPress photography theme comes with 8 ready to use demo designs and over 50 gallery layouts and portfolio layouts for you to showcase your images. To make your site look and work the way you want, you can use the live customizer as well as the drag and drop content builder. Besides, there are abundant customization options in the WordPress dashboard. It also supports Google fonts for elegant typography to fit the mood of your website. Use this excellent photography WordPress theme to create a multipage or a one-page parallax website. There are advanced gallery and portfolio options to create awesome websites for professional photographers.

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Diamond Elegant WordPress Theme

Diamond is one of the best WordPress themes for building attractive and creative websites for professional photographers or photography studios. It supports beautiful full-screen video as well as an image slider.

The customization options are intuitive and abundant to give you creative freedom. This photography portfolio website theme is totally multipurpose and speed optimized for the best performance of your websites. It supports multiple gallery styles and also allows you to create password-protected galleries. You can post the before and after photos after photo proofing. The galleries and images can have viewed and like buttons. There are multiple portfolio layouts to choose from and a full-screen blog to let give you even more creative freedom.

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Photolux Responsive WordPress Theme for Photographers

Use this theme for photographers to build creative portfolios and photography websites with WordPress. The responsive WordPress theme comes with easy options to create and maintain elegant photography sites with an AJAX gallery with awesome jQuery animations and effects.

This photography WordPress theme comes with intuitive options to edit your site. It also comes with a separate portfolio section to manage the photography portfolios. You can use this theme to create professional-looking photography or portfolio websites with abundant options to modify their look and feel. The page templates support different gallery styles and portfolio layouts.

With this photography theme, you can create unlimited galleries, set different image effects, and on-click events with nice animations. Photolux is comparatively simpler than the advanced photography themes and does not support password-protected gallery or drag and drop page builder. However, the portfolio items can be managed and rearranged with the drag and drop options.
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Nightshade Photography Portfolio Theme

Nightshade is one of the best WordPress photography themes with multiple customizable gallery layouts, portfolio styles, smooth page transitions, and so on.

It also supports password-protected galleries and many other advanced WordPress photography theme features to create a modern and feature-rich website. There are so many different portfolio layouts for you to choose from. Moreover, you can use the different shortcodes to create unique content on your website. There are layout options, header and footer styles, and so on for your photography sites. Use the Google Fonts and the Font Awesome icon pack to create awesome content. NightShade also allows you to use WooCommerce for eCommerce on your photography website.
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eClipse photography portfolio WordPress Theme

This is a unique and beautiful portfolio Photography website theme with modern looks and all the features you need for a photography website. It comes with many pre-designed page templates and is ideal for professional photographers or photography business owners.

You have a lot of homepage styles to choose from. And you can set images, videos, solid colors, or patterns as background. You can choose from the light and dark modes of the theme. Create password-protected galleries, that can be operated through keyboard controls. The photography WordPress theme is SEO friendly and speed optimized.

The eclipse photography WordPress theme comes with an inbuilt page builder and WooCommerce compatibility. It also features a View/Likes Option.

Theme Details Get Hosting Theme Store

Julie Bernerro – Photographer Portfolio WordPress Theme

Wait! Are you the one, who still looking for a clear and beautiful WordPress theme introducing your photographer’s services? Well, without a doubt the provided WordPress photographer portfolio template would be a great way to tell the whole world about your business! Seeing that, don’t hesitate to realize all of your brave ideas with the help of a wide palette of colors, unique readable

Seeing that, don’t hesitate to realize all of your brave ideas with the help of a wide palette of colors, unique readable fonts, and high-quality pictures, as this WordPress template will easily catch your potential guests’ eye and transform them into happy and regular customers of your services! Furthermore, price-quality rates may surprise you and soon this easy in use theme will be an inherent part of your internet business.

Theme Details Get Hosting Theme Store

Theme Details Get Hosting Theme Store

Joanna Norris – Photographer Portfolio Theme

This is a modern, clean, and very attractive WordPress Theme for Photography portfolio websites.

This is a photographer WordPress theme for the building of a perspective website for your needs! All in all, let’s create a modern website for modern people together with a little help from this beautiful and strong WordPress theme that provides its owner with all the fashionable and powerful options!

To illustrate, this clear and easy in use WordPress theme provides its owner with bright social integration options, colorful maps, SEO optimization, and other modern options. In addition, you will never be left alone with your issues, as this WordPress theme also gives you the free technical support that is ready to help you 24 / 7.

Theme Details Get Hosting Theme Store

Unquestionably, such a progressive and beautiful WordPress theme will absolutely catch your guests’ eye. Keep in mind that today this wonderful and minimalistic photography theme allows you to build a pleasant and long-awaited website without touching a single line of code! To make a long story short, this WordPress template is exactly what you need for the creation of your own long-awaited online project. Seeing that, don’t hesitate to get a chance to realize all of your brave ideas with the help of a rich palette of color schemes, unusual fonts, and high-quality pictures, as the template below will easily attract the attention of your potential guests and transform them into happy and regular customers with no effort.

Theme Details Get Hosting Theme Store

Needless to say, we all dream about owning beautiful and stylish websites that will quickly catch the eye of potential clients/customers. Seeing that today I’m going to tell you about awesome the brightest and newest design and photography WordPress themes that one can use to make their desired website qualitative and popular. Without a doubt, creating a nice design and photography site is a real must-have for today, as such a step gives one a quick chance to develop their business and become their own boss.

For these simple reasons, today you can find plenty of different recent features that some companies propose to use to build the desired website. Still, they are useless when you don’t have your own online project. All in all, would you like to know how to get your long-awaited website, related to design and photography, without spending a mint of money on the services of professional web designers or developers. Here are some of the best WordPress photography themes to create portfolio websites and photography sites on the go.

Photo me WordPress Photography Portfolio Theme

Photo-Me is one of the best photography WordPress themes. It is designed for creating professional-looking photography websites or an online photography portfolio.

This WordPress photography theme comes with 8 ready to use demo designs and over 50 gallery layouts and portfolio layouts for you to showcase your images. To make your site look and work the way you want, you can use the live customizer as well as the drag and drop content builder. Besides, there are abundant customization options in the WordPress dashboard. It also supports Google fonts for elegant typography to fit the mood of your website. Use this excellent photography WordPress theme to create a multipage or a one-page parallax website. There are advanced gallery and portfolio options to create awesome websites for professional photographers.

Theme Details Get Hosting Theme Store

Diamond Elegant WordPress Theme

Diamond is one of the best WordPress themes for building attractive and creative websites for professional photographers or photography studios. It supports beautiful full-screen video as well as an image slider.

The customization options are intuitive and abundant to give you creative freedom. This photography portfolio website theme is totally multipurpose and speed optimized for the best performance of your websites. It supports multiple gallery styles and also allows you to create password-protected galleries. You can post the before and after photos after photo proofing. The galleries and images can have viewed and like buttons. There are multiple portfolio layouts to choose from and a full-screen blog to let give you even more creative freedom.

Theme Details Get Hosting Theme Store

Photolux Responsive WordPress Theme for Photographers

Use this theme for photographers to build creative portfolios and photography websites with WordPress. The responsive WordPress theme comes with easy options to create and maintain elegant photography sites with an AJAX gallery with awesome jQuery animations and effects.

This photography WordPress theme comes with intuitive options to edit your site. It also comes with a separate portfolio section to manage the photography portfolios. You can use this theme to create professional-looking photography or portfolio websites with abundant options to modify their look and feel. The page templates support different gallery styles and portfolio layouts.

With this photography theme, you can create unlimited galleries, set different image effects, and on-click events with nice animations. Photolux is comparatively simpler than the advanced photography themes and does not support password-protected gallery or drag and drop page builder. However, the portfolio items can be managed and rearranged with the drag and drop options.
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Nightshade Photography Portfolio Theme

Nightshade is one of the best WordPress photography themes with multiple customizable gallery layouts, portfolio styles, smooth page transitions, and so on.

It also supports password-protected galleries and many other advanced WordPress photography theme features to create a modern and feature-rich website. There are so many different portfolio layouts for you to choose from. Moreover, you can use the different shortcodes to create unique content on your website. There are layout options, header and footer styles, and so on for your photography sites. Use the Google Fonts and the Font Awesome icon pack to create awesome content. NightShade also allows you to use WooCommerce for eCommerce on your photography website.
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eClipse photography portfolio WordPress Theme

This is a unique and beautiful portfolio Photography website theme with modern looks and all the features you need for a photography website. It comes with many pre-designed page templates and is ideal for professional photographers or photography business owners.

You have a lot of homepage styles to choose from. And you can set images, videos, solid colors, or patterns as background. You can choose from the light and dark modes of the theme. Create password-protected galleries, that can be operated through keyboard controls. The photography WordPress theme is SEO friendly and speed optimized.

The eclipse photography WordPress theme comes with an inbuilt page builder and WooCommerce compatibility. It also features a View/Likes Option.

Theme Details Get Hosting Theme Store

Julie Bernerro – Photographer Portfolio WordPress Theme

Wait! Are you the one, who still looking for a clear and beautiful WordPress theme introducing your photographer’s services? Well, without a doubt the provided WordPress photographer portfolio template would be a great way to tell the whole world about your business! Seeing that, don’t hesitate to realize all of your brave ideas with the help of a wide palette of colors, unique readable

Seeing that, don’t hesitate to realize all of your brave ideas with the help of a wide palette of colors, unique readable fonts, and high-quality pictures, as this WordPress template will easily catch your potential guests’ eye and transform them into happy and regular customers of your services! Furthermore, price-quality rates may surprise you and soon this easy in use theme will be an inherent part of your internet business.

Theme Details Get Hosting Theme Store

Theme Details Get Hosting Theme Store

Joanna Norris – Photographer Portfolio Theme

This is a modern, clean, and very attractive WordPress Theme for Photography portfolio websites.

This is a photographer WordPress theme for the building of a perspective website for your needs! All in all, let’s create a modern website for modern people together with a little help from this beautiful and strong WordPress theme that provides its owner with all the fashionable and powerful options!

To illustrate, this clear and easy in use WordPress theme provides its owner with bright social integration options, colorful maps, SEO optimization, and other modern options. In addition, you will never be left alone with your issues, as this WordPress theme also gives you the free technical support that is ready to help you 24 / 7.

Theme Details Get Hosting Theme Store

Unquestionably, such a progressive and beautiful WordPress theme will absolutely catch your guests’ eye. Keep in mind that today this wonderful and minimalistic photography theme allows you to build a pleasant and long-awaited website without touching a single line of code! To make a long story short, this WordPress template is exactly what you need for the creation of your own long-awaited online project. Seeing that, don’t hesitate to get a chance to realize all of your brave ideas with the help of a rich palette of color schemes, unusual fonts, and high-quality pictures, as the template below will easily attract the attention of your potential guests and transform them into happy and regular customers with no effort.

Theme Details Get Hosting Theme Store

Needless to say, we all dream about owning beautiful and stylish websites that will quickly catch the eye of potential clients/customers. Seeing that today I’m going to tell you about awesome the brightest and newest design and photography WordPress themes that one can use to make their desired website qualitative and popular. Without a doubt, creating a nice design and photography site is a real must-have for today, as such a step gives one a quick chance to develop their business and become their own boss.

For these simple reasons, today you can find plenty of different recent features that some companies propose to use to build the desired website. Still, they are useless when you don’t have your own online project. All in all, would you like to know how to get your long-awaited website, related to design and photography, without spending a mint of money on the services of professional web designers or developers. Here are some of the best WordPress photography themes to create portfolio websites and photography sites on the go.

Photo me WordPress Photography Portfolio Theme

Photo-Me is one of the best photography WordPress themes. It is designed for creating professional-looking photography websites or an online photography portfolio.

This WordPress photography theme comes with 8 ready to use demo designs and over 50 gallery layouts and portfolio layouts for you to showcase your images. To make your site look and work the way you want, you can use the live customizer as well as the drag and drop content builder. Besides, there are abundant customization options in the WordPress dashboard. It also supports Google fonts for elegant typography to fit the mood of your website. Use this excellent photography WordPress theme to create a multipage or a one-page parallax website. There are advanced gallery and portfolio options to create awesome websites for professional photographers.

Theme Details Get Hosting Theme Store

Diamond Elegant WordPress Theme

Diamond is one of the best WordPress themes for building attractive and creative websites for professional photographers or photography studios. It supports beautiful full-screen video as well as an image slider.

The customization options are intuitive and abundant to give you creative freedom. This photography portfolio website theme is totally multipurpose and speed optimized for the best performance of your websites. It supports multiple gallery styles and also allows you to create password-protected galleries. You can post the before and after photos after photo proofing. The galleries and images can have viewed and like buttons. There are multiple portfolio layouts to choose from and a full-screen blog to let give you even more creative freedom.

Theme Details Get Hosting Theme Store

Photolux Responsive WordPress Theme for Photographers

Use this theme for photographers to build creative portfolios and photography websites with WordPress. The responsive WordPress theme comes with easy options to create and maintain elegant photography sites with an AJAX gallery with awesome jQuery animations and effects.

This photography WordPress theme comes with intuitive options to edit your site. It also comes with a separate portfolio section to manage the photography portfolios. You can use this theme to create professional-looking photography or portfolio websites with abundant options to modify their look and feel. The page templates support different gallery styles and portfolio layouts.

With this photography theme, you can create unlimited galleries, set different image effects, and on-click events with nice animations. Photolux is comparatively simpler than the advanced photography themes and does not support password-protected gallery or drag and drop page builder. However, the portfolio items can be managed and rearranged with the drag and drop options.
Theme Details Get Hosting Theme Store

Nightshade Photography Portfolio Theme

Nightshade is one of the best WordPress photography themes with multiple customizable gallery layouts, portfolio styles, smooth page transitions, and so on.

It also supports password-protected galleries and many other advanced WordPress photography theme features to create a modern and feature-rich website. There are so many different portfolio layouts for you to choose from. Moreover, you can use the different shortcodes to create unique content on your website. There are layout options, header and footer styles, and so on for your photography sites. Use the Google Fonts and the Font Awesome icon pack to create awesome content. NightShade also allows you to use WooCommerce for eCommerce on your photography website.
Theme Details Get Hosting Theme Store

eClipse photography portfolio WordPress Theme

This is a unique and beautiful portfolio Photography website theme with modern looks and all the features you need for a photography website. It comes with many pre-designed page templates and is ideal for professional photographers or photography business owners.

You have a lot of homepage styles to choose from. And you can set images, videos, solid colors, or patterns as background. You can choose from the light and dark modes of the theme. Create password-protected galleries, that can be operated through keyboard controls. The photography WordPress theme is SEO friendly and speed optimized.

The eclipse photography WordPress theme comes with an inbuilt page builder and WooCommerce compatibility. It also features a View/Likes Option.

Theme Details Get Hosting Theme Store

Julie Bernerro – Photographer Portfolio WordPress Theme

Wait! Are you the one, who still looking for a clear and beautiful WordPress theme introducing your photographer’s services? Well, without a doubt the provided WordPress photographer portfolio template would be a great way to tell the whole world about your business! Seeing that, don’t hesitate to realize all of your brave ideas with the help of a wide palette of colors, unique readable

Seeing that, don’t hesitate to realize all of your brave ideas with the help of a wide palette of colors, unique readable fonts, and high-quality pictures, as this WordPress template will easily catch your potential guests’ eye and transform them into happy and regular customers of your services! Furthermore, price-quality rates may surprise you and soon this easy in use theme will be an inherent part of your internet business.

Theme Details Get Hosting Theme Store

Theme Details Get Hosting Theme Store

Joanna Norris – Photographer Portfolio Theme

This is a modern, clean, and very attractive WordPress Theme for Photography portfolio websites.

This is a photographer WordPress theme for the building of a perspective website for your needs! All in all, let’s create a modern website for modern people together with a little help from this beautiful and strong WordPress theme that provides its owner with all the fashionable and powerful options!

To illustrate, this clear and easy in use WordPress theme provides its owner with bright social integration options, colorful maps, SEO optimization, and other modern options. In addition, you will never be left alone with your issues, as this WordPress theme also gives you the free technical support that is ready to help you 24 / 7.

Theme Details Get Hosting Theme Store

Unquestionably, such a progressive and beautiful WordPress theme will absolutely catch your guests’ eye. Keep in mind that today this wonderful and minimalistic photography theme allows you to build a pleasant and long-awaited website without touching a single line of code! To make a long story short, this WordPress template is exactly what you need for the creation of your own long-awaited online project. Seeing that, don’t hesitate to get a chance to realize all of your brave ideas with the help of a rich palette of color schemes, unusual fonts, and high-quality pictures, as the template below will easily attract the attention of your potential guests and transform them into happy and regular customers with no effort.

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Creating an online directory? Here’s a list of some of the best Directory WordPress themes that you can use for almost any purpose. The list comprises of some very smart and feature-rich Directory listing WordPress themes.

Directory WordPress themes are gaining more and more popularity because of their usability and boundless applications. These themes can be used for almost any purpose. Directory themes are another name for flexibility. You can decide what you want to do with it. For example, the same Directory theme that allows you to create a website for your hotel can also be used to create a comprehensive directory that lists all the hotels in the region/state/country.

The Directory platform is often looked upon as a monetizing opportunity. With the feature-rich platform, you can create and manage your online Directory website very easily. So that you don’t have to go and search different sites, we’ve put together the best available options for you. Read on to find out the best Directory WordPress themes of 2021 available on the internet.

Alternately, you can opt for the self-hosted directory software platform, to create your online directory website in minutes.

Needless to say, we all dream about owning beautiful and stylish websites that will quickly catch the eye of potential clients/customers. Seeing that today I’m going to tell you about awesome the brightest and newest design and photography WordPress themes that one can use to make their desired website qualitative and popular. Without a doubt, creating a nice design and photography site is a real must-have for today, as such a step gives one a quick chance to develop their business and become their own boss.

For these simple reasons, today you can find plenty of different recent features that some companies propose to use to build the desired website. Still, they are useless when you don’t have your own online project. All in all, would you like to know how to get your long-awaited website, related to design and photography, without spending a mint of money on the services of professional web designers or developers. Here are some of the best WordPress photography themes to create portfolio websites and photography sites on the go.

Photo me WordPress Photography Portfolio Theme

Photo-Me is one of the best photography WordPress themes. It is designed for creating professional-looking photography websites or an online photography portfolio.

This WordPress photography theme comes with 8 ready to use demo designs and over 50 gallery layouts and portfolio layouts for you to showcase your images. To make your site look and work the way you want, you can use the live customizer as well as the drag and drop content builder. Besides, there are abundant customization options in the WordPress dashboard. It also supports Google fonts for elegant typography to fit the mood of your website. Use this excellent photography WordPress theme to create a multipage or a one-page parallax website. There are advanced gallery and portfolio options to create awesome websites for professional photographers.

Theme Details Get Hosting Theme Store

Diamond Elegant WordPress Theme

Diamond is one of the best WordPress themes for building attractive and creative websites for professional photographers or photography studios. It supports beautiful full-screen video as well as an image slider.

The customization options are intuitive and abundant to give you creative freedom. This photography portfolio website theme is totally multipurpose and speed optimized for the best performance of your websites. It supports multiple gallery styles and also allows you to create password-protected galleries. You can post the before and after photos after photo proofing. The galleries and images can have viewed and like buttons. There are multiple portfolio layouts to choose from and a full-screen blog to let give you even more creative freedom.

Theme Details Get Hosting Theme Store

Photolux Responsive WordPress Theme for Photographers

Use this theme for photographers to build creative portfolios and photography websites with WordPress. The responsive WordPress theme comes with easy options to create and maintain elegant photography sites with an AJAX gallery with awesome jQuery animations and effects.

This photography WordPress theme comes with intuitive options to edit your site. It also comes with a separate portfolio section to manage the photography portfolios. You can use this theme to create professional-looking photography or portfolio websites with abundant options to modify their look and feel. The page templates support different gallery styles and portfolio layouts.

With this photography theme, you can create unlimited galleries, set different image effects, and on-click events with nice animations. Photolux is comparatively simpler than the advanced photography themes and does not support password-protected gallery or drag and drop page builder. However, the portfolio items can be managed and rearranged with the drag and drop options.
Theme Details Get Hosting Theme Store

Nightshade Photography Portfolio Theme

Nightshade is one of the best WordPress photography themes with multiple customizable gallery layouts, portfolio styles, smooth page transitions, and so on.

It also supports password-protected galleries and many other advanced WordPress photography theme features to create a modern and feature-rich website. There are so many different portfolio layouts for you to choose from. Moreover, you can use the different shortcodes to create unique content on your website. There are layout options, header and footer styles, and so on for your photography sites. Use the Google Fonts and the Font Awesome icon pack to create awesome content. NightShade also allows you to use WooCommerce for eCommerce on your photography website.
Theme Details Get Hosting Theme Store

eClipse photography portfolio WordPress Theme

This is a unique and beautiful portfolio Photography website theme with modern looks and all the features you need for a photography website. It comes with many pre-designed page templates and is ideal for professional photographers or photography business owners.

You have a lot of homepage styles to choose from. And you can set images, videos, solid colors, or patterns as background. You can choose from the light and dark modes of the theme. Create password-protected galleries, that can be operated through keyboard controls. The photography WordPress theme is SEO friendly and speed optimized.

The eclipse photography WordPress theme comes with an inbuilt page builder and WooCommerce compatibility. It also features a View/Likes Option.

Theme Details Get Hosting Theme Store

Julie Bernerro – Photographer Portfolio WordPress Theme

Wait! Are you the one, who still looking for a clear and beautiful WordPress theme introducing your photographer’s services? Well, without a doubt the provided WordPress photographer portfolio template would be a great way to tell the whole world about your business! Seeing that, don’t hesitate to realize all of your brave ideas with the help of a wide palette of colors, unique readable

Seeing that, don’t hesitate to realize all of your brave ideas with the help of a wide palette of colors, unique readable fonts, and high-quality pictures, as this WordPress template will easily catch your potential guests’ eye and transform them into happy and regular customers of your services! Furthermore, price-quality rates may surprise you and soon this easy in use theme will be an inherent part of your internet business.

Theme Details Get Hosting Theme Store

Theme Details Get Hosting Theme Store

Joanna Norris – Photographer Portfolio Theme

This is a modern, clean, and very attractive WordPress Theme for Photography portfolio websites.

This is a photographer WordPress theme for the building of a perspective website for your needs! All in all, let’s create a modern website for modern people together with a little help from this beautiful and strong WordPress theme that provides its owner with all the fashionable and powerful options!

To illustrate, this clear and easy in use WordPress theme provides its owner with bright social integration options, colorful maps, SEO optimization, and other modern options. In addition, you will never be left alone with your issues, as this WordPress theme also gives you the free technical support that is ready to help you 24 / 7.

Theme Details Get Hosting Theme Store

Unquestionably, such a progressive and beautiful WordPress theme will absolutely catch your guests’ eye. Keep in mind that today this wonderful and minimalistic photography theme allows you to build a pleasant and long-awaited website without touching a single line of code! To make a long story short, this WordPress template is exactly what you need for the creation of your own long-awaited online project. Seeing that, don’t hesitate to get a chance to realize all of your brave ideas with the help of a rich palette of color schemes, unusual fonts, and high-quality pictures, as the template below will easily attract the attention of your potential guests and transform them into happy and regular customers with no effort.

Theme Details Get Hosting Theme Store

While many internet users would have heard the term SSL Certificate, only a few would actually know what it is and how it works. They might not know of its importance in the world of the internet.

What Are SSL Certificates?

SSL is also known as the Secure Socket Layer. The SSL is a protocol responsible for establishing secure communication between the user and the database. The establishment is done by both User and server validation and authentication. They can get perfect security through the negotiation of an encryption algorithm and cryptographic keys.

Today, internet users associate the SSL with the little padlock in the browser’s address area. This usually appears when you enter a secure area of a website. For an unsecured site or domain, you will be notified to click continue at your own risk.

As a user, make sure to know how to look for the SSL’s security sign before entering your personal and financial information.

Note: If you enter your information on an unsecured website/domain, the data goes to the webserver un-encrypted. It is viewable in plain text. This might fall into the hands of fraudsters.

Does Bluehost have SSL?

Affirmative is the response as to whether or not Bluehost has an SSL Certificate. The Bluehost domain supports its users. They provide a free shared SSL Certificate through Let’s Encrypt for all the assigned and parked sites and subdomains on their server. Using Bluehost opens up an entirely new field of securing your website.

What is SSL Bluehost?

This refers to the Secure Server layer of the Bluehost server. The free SSL certificates are very important as the security key of any site.

Free SSL certificate

To activate the free SSL certificate protocol for your domain, your server must have a shared SSL certificate installed for your domain. This is done in your Bluehost account, where you can manage your account activities with your domain IP address.

How Do I Download an SSL Certificate From Bluehost?

As we know that each domain name gets a free SSL certificate. If you would like to get an SSL certificate, you will have to manage that from your Cpanel.

1. The first thing to do is to click on the Marketplace tab on the left-hand side navigation menu. This should take you to an ad-on submenu.
2. These steps are taken carefully. Click the Add-ons submenu button on the top navigation menu.
3. The next step is to Scroll down and look for SSL Certificates.
4. Click the logo of the security certificate you choose to see the details.
5. To access the SSL certificates download page, you need to go through your account’s add-ons section.
6. Log in to your Bluehost Control Panel to begin.

To bind your domain name to an SSL protocol certificate, the Bluehost server needs to get a non-shared SSL Certificate. A non-sheared SSL certificate is also known as a private certificate. This certificate is an installed one, specifically for your domain name.

Why does my website say not secure Bluehost?

A secure HTTPS-certified domain can protect your data and information from attack. The SSL-certificate provides you with a secure data transmission tunnel. The tunnel serves as a middle mediating software between your browser and the server you are accessing.

How To resolve the Website Not Secure Message

The best way to resolve the “not secure” message on your website is to set up an SSL certificate.

Note: To manage a website, you should know that the SSL protocol Certificates are domain-specific. This implies that when you rename the main domain, please know that the SSL protocol Certificate for the old domain will not work after the rename process. For the new domain name to work, you must get a new SSL Certificate.

1. Purchase an SSL Certificate

To resolve the ‘not secure’ message on your domain site, you need to get an SSL certificate.

Purchasing and installing an SSL certificate will certify that your domain is safe and secure when people are using a search engine.

You should choose the SSL certificate you need based on the size and type of domain you are running.

2. Install and activate the Certificate Using Your Web Host

After purchasing your SSL certificate, log in to your Cpanel, and install it. Some web hosts sell SSL certificates. To make it better for you to purchase and install, you can buy the certificate you need directly from your host provider if they provide such.

When you visit your new host provider,

• Go to the SSL security tab on your Cpanel.
• Click on the ‘Install’ button, displayed a list of the SSL certificates available to you.
• You need to add the SSL certificates protocol you wish to install and add it to the domain name.
• To Paste the contents of your SSL certificate protocol into the fields provided.
• After filling out the empty fields, click on the install button, and your certificate will be installed instantly.

3. Changing the security certificate of your WordPress URL

Your site now has a brand-new SSL certificate protocol. However, completing the steps above is just the first part of the process of eliminating a “not secure” message from popping up whenever someone visits your website. That’s because if you are running a WordPress site, it will continue to load your old HTTP URL file, which means you need to change your URL before it can run as an HTTPS file.

To change your WordPress URL to HTTPS:

• Log in to your WordPress dashboard, and head over to the settings tab.
• Navigate to the “General” tab and look for WordPress Address (URL) and Site Address (URL).
• Change both of them to HTTPS by adding the EXTRA ‘S’ to HTTP.
• Save your changes, and you are ready to go.

4. Implement a Site-Wide 301 Redirect

Although you have changed your site URL to HTTPS, most visitors know your site with the HTTP tag. They might have bookmarked your website or use the old link to visit your site whenever they want to.

To tackle this problem, you need to instruct WordPress to redirect all HTTP traffic to your new HTTPS URL. There are numerous ways to redirect your entire website, but the 301 Redirect is the most popular way to do it. You can use plugins, such as Really Simple SSL, to carry out a site-wide redirect. These plugins force WordPress to load traffic over HTTPS instead of the HTTP that most visitors know you by.

You can also carry out a 301 site-wide redirect manually to avoid problems if the plugin fails. To do that, you will need to have an FTP client such as FileZilla. Executing a manual redirect is actually a lot more reliable than rebooting your site to use HTTPS in place of HTTP.

Conclusion

You will need an SSL certificate especially when you are trying to create a secure environment on an eCommerce website or complex sites like online directories where lots of user data as well as transactions are involved. We also recommend Bluehost, even for your hosting requirements, as it has a reputation for providing a durable and reliable service, and most clients are pleased with it.

With a WordPress theme like Geoplaces, you can easily create beautiful city directory websites very easily.

It comes with a set of features and inbuilt functionalities that you can manage with intuitive options to create a website of your choice.

However, mentioned here are the best qualities of a successful directory website that you must include into your directory website:

1) Good, Clutter Free & Intuitive design

The design of your website leaves the first impression on your visitors’ website. There aren’t any parameters to determine the best design, but it totally depends on the concept of your website.

For a city directory website, you need a web design that is clutter and confusion free, beautifully responsive. A city directory has much more information to show as compared to a simple business or blog website.

A good design also means logical arrangement of the screen sections for driving the user attention to the important parts. However, you can pick a design that looks beautiful and is customizable. So, you can use the customization options and make your website look even better and make it even more meaningful for the users.

2)Simple and Easy Navigation

Navigation is really important. It is to make sure that once landed on your website, the visitors should find the content he’s looking for very easily.

The main navigation is obviously the menu, and you must choose a design that has a good menu design. Also, take your time to organize the menu with the items as well as sub-menu items to get started with. Make sure you include all the important links as menu items, buttons, or through anchor tags.

3) Speed of your directory website

This is the age of intense competition and superfast websites. Today, if you fail to deliver the content on time, there’s the highest risk of losing the traffic coming your way.

Therefore, you should aim for speedier, performance optimized, city directory websites. For this, try to pick a WordPress theme that is fast. Once you build your website, you can use a tool like gtmetrix or Google PageSpeed Insights to test the speed and optimize the pages on your site.

The lower the page load times, the better!

5) Mobile Friendly Directory website

Many people will use their mobile devices to access your website. If you have not prepared your website for them, you will end up disappointing a lot of important visitors.

So what you should do is, always prefer a mobile friendly city directory theme.

A mobile friendly city directory enables your visitors to smoothly navigate and find all the information beautifully organized on your site.

You can even get an app created for your WordPress city directory website at a later stage.

6) SEO Optimized City Directory

There’s no debate – SEO is important! If you need to survive the competition on the internet, you need to optimize your website for search engines.

Once you start obtaining organic traffic, there are so many things you can do to put the traffic to a proper use. But the struggle is to – obtain organic traffic.

There are multiple ways you can create an SEO optimized City directory website:

1. Choosing an SEO friendly WordPress theme for your website
2. Using the SEO plugins like Yoast SEO, All-in-One SEO plugin, etc.
3. Optimizing individual pages for keywords relevant for your website
4. Making sure your website is speed and performance optimized
5. Use blogs for content marketing
6. Link building for cross site marketing

Besides, there are many other things that you can do to optimize your website and make it SEO friendly.

7)Great Content

Content will always be the king. When it comes to online directories, they are already content rich. The city directory websites are information rich and therefore it is important for you to see that all the content hosted on your website is ‘quality content’.

Well, by content – I mean content on pages as well as blogs, content in form of text, images or multi-media formats like videos, audios, etc. Also, don’t forget to use the blogs on your site for making your site more interactive and interesting for your readers.

You should never add content to your website just for the sake of adding content on your site. Whatever content you add should be useful, unique, meaningful and should provide a value to the visitors. Besides, you should arrange in an interesting and readable format for easy intelligibility.

8) Proper Categories

The categories on your WordPress City directory website helps you keep your website well-organized. Another great advantage of having proper categories is that it makes your website really easy to browse for the visitors.

Before you start with your website, and start offering front end submissions, you must decide on all the categories you want your online directory to cover.

Online directory are prone to have a large amount of information in form of listings. Therefore, the only way to keep your website organized is by proper categorizations.

Besides, there are some directories that offer category based pricing for the listing submission. These online directories charge a higher price for popular categories and lower for others. There are also

9) Great Location-based features

When it comes to business listing, and websites to host the business listings, they are mostly location based. Obviously, location & maps play a very important role.

Most of the popular Directory websites come with map based listings to show the exact location of a business or event listing. This is the principle that we followed while developing our Directory WordPress theme. With Google Map integration, you can not only show the location graphically, but also include navigation features to find the easiest route to the destination.

The Directory theme also has a full screen map page where all the listings are marked with map markers for easy access for the visitors. The maps can also be displayed on the category page, where all the listings belonging to the specific categories are displayed on the map through Map markers.

Location based features, therefore, can also make it easy for your visitors to find the listings of their interested based on the location. Especially Google Map integration – it makes your site more intuitive and interesting.

10) Front end submission system

One of the most important features of any kind of online directory (city directory, classifieds directory, events directory) is a front end submission feature.

It can be a free of paid submission system, where the user can register and post his listing on the directory using the front end submission form.

So, the visitors can use the feature to add a new listing, under the relevant category, into your website. This not just adds to the number of listings, but contributes to SEO by involving more keywords, increases the amount of useful content on your site, etc.

It is understandable that a few types of online directories, don’t prefer to have such a feature. Unless you have a very strong reason to eliminate the front end submission system, we insist on allowing front end listing submission on your website.

11) Other features

Many other thing can help your directory website like working on user experience, trying different design variations, including good and pleasant colors, properly highlighting the important parts of the site, etc.

Unfortunately, the world of the internet is full of uncertainty. There’s absolutely no fixed strategy for guaranteed results. You can only learn through experiments and trying new thing as per the current trends.

However, here we have tried to find the best features that are commonly found in most of the best online directory websites. So if you are trying to build the best online directory website, the first thing to do is check if your website has all the above mentioned features and than try the advanced strategies for promoting your website.

If you have been researching for a suitable WordPress theme for your website, you might have come across the Avada theme. It is one of the best selling WordPress themes of all time.

Wondering what makes Avada WordPress theme so popular?

And if Avada WordPress Theme is suitable for your project or not?

This Avada WordPress Theme Review will help you discover the pros and cons and much more about this multi-faceted theme and what it has to offer.

• An Overview of Avada WordPress Theme
• Avada theme demos to make website building easier
• How customizable is the Avada WP Theme
• Documentation & Avada theme support
• More Avada WordPress theme features, that make it special
• Tutorial: How to set up a website using the Avada WordPress Theme
• Who should buy the Avada WordPress Theme
• Pricing: Is it worth it?
• Live in-action sites to inspire yourself: Avada theme examples

Avada WordPress Theme: An Introduction

Avada is a multipurpose WordPress theme that can be used to create WordPress websites of any niche. This theme comes with multiple demo options to let you choose the niche.

The Avada WordPress theme is a complete package of design and premium features to create a modern and efficient website. Moreover, it is very easy to use.

To use Avada to set up your new website, you won’t need to hire experts or learn coding skills. All you need to do is install the theme and start creating your website.

Avada comes with a partner plugin called the “Fusion core”. This plugin just makes your Avada WordPress theme, one of the most powerful themes. It updates your site with powerful features like portfolio management, shortcodes, etc.

Avada is a multipurpose theme!

This theme can be used for any kind of websites, a law business site or a corporate business website, a blog site or an online eCommerce enterprise, an IT website, a hosting company site, or a wedding website.

Avada theme Demos

And fortunately, this theme comes with a specially designed demo for each of the niche mentioned above, plus many many more. The demos are professionally designed for different industries like healthcare, Cafe, Agency, Travel, Photography, etc.

Currently, there are over 45 pre-designed demo websites, including the Avada Classic, Avada Law, Avada Sports, Avada University, Avada Creative, etc.

Each of the demos comes with a different arrangement of page elements & widgets, colors, and other suitable settings. These demos are great for you to kickstart your new website without having to spend a lot of time planning and restructuring your multipurpose theme.

And what more, the even the demo import feature in the Avada is flexible. You can either import the full demo, or partial demo for your site. Also, if you want to totally remove the design, you can even uninstall the demo with a single click.

For those who want to use the Avada with external plugins like WooCommerce or bbPress, the Avada demo options also include products import, bbPress content imports, Events Calendar content imports, etc.

All these demos and pre-built templates are simply there to make your life easier with this theme
. Just install the theme, import the demo and start adding your content to your site.

Avada theme demos 

Customization options in Avada WordPress Theme

Since the Avada is one of the most popular multipurpose themes, it needs to have the flexibility and customizability to let you create websites of different designs and niche using it.

Well, Avada has it all. With all the available customization options, you can make endless changes in your site’s interface and make it look and work exactly the way you want.

Moreover, all these changes can be made without touching a line of code.

Choose from the built-in page templates and edit them as you go

First of all, you can choose from the available page templates to create your page. Or if you have imported a demo website, you can totally edit the existing design.

The page templates can be used directly or customized as per your requirements. Avada allows you to customize all your pages/posts through global theme options or individual page settings.

If you want to create portfolios on your site, you are allowed to choose the template with up to 6 columns. The Advanced page/post options make it very easy to control how each page of your site looks!

Unlimited customizability through the dashboard options

The search option available in your dashboard makes it easy for you to find the option you are looking for.

All these options help you design your own website without actually understanding/modifying the code.

Never created a website before? Then the Avada WordPress theme is for you.

To use this unbelievably easy to use theme, you need no technical skills or professional help. All the dashboard options

Page builder by Fusion builder

This is definitely the age of the drag and drop page building. The Avada Multipurpose theme comes with this modern age drag and drop page builder called the Fusion builder.

The Fusion builder provides you with intuitive page building options so that you can design your own pages. It also includes a shortcode generator to make editing and content building easier.

You can design creative layouts by drag and drop options or by using the shortcodes. Some of the elements of the Fusion builder even allow preview.

With the drag and drop page builder, you can create pages and customize them easily, without even accessing theme options.

Unlimited design possibilities

There’s no limit when it comes to the flexibility of your Avada WordPress theme. You have multiple header options, slider settings, fonts, color, icons, etc, to customize your pages.

Besides you can add to the usability and relevance of the page by adding custom widgets, sidebars, and custom CSS3 animation effects on page elements. Also, you can use the site width options, mega menus, custom backgrounds, etc.

Avada WP theme documentation and support

If you are a beginner trying to create your website with WordPress, Avada multipurpose theme is ideal.

With the Avada WordPress theme, you get access to the theme documentation.  Even if you are a WordPress expert, you might want some help regarding the theme while it’s still new.

So you get a detailed guide that explains how to use different options to make the website look and behave the way you want. Also, it is consistently updated with new theme updates and features to help you create your site easily.

Moreover, you also get access to their first class Avada theme support. So if you ever need professional help setting up your site with Avada, you can reach out to the theme support desk to seek your answer.

Know more about Avada

More Avada multipurpose theme features

This Theme has more features than we can actually talk about in a single article. Because it has the flexibility of turning itself into a website of any sort, it comes with diverse features.

WooCommerce & Events Calendar support

It’s the age of online shopping website. And if you want to take your business online, Avada can help you in every way.

The Avada WordPress theme allows you to integrate eCommerce features using the WooCommerce plugin. WooCommerce is free, efficient and really easy to use eCommerce plugin. It lets you set up an eCommerce store with WordPress, and you can sell physical as well as downloadable products with your Avada eCommerce ready theme.

It also lets you create an events portal through the Events Calendar integration. Moreover, the Avada Multipurpose WordPress theme also integrates with bbPress for creating online forums and various contact form plugins like Contact form 7, Gravity forms, etc.

Multi-language and RTL ready Avada

The Avada WP theme is completely translatable. This makes it easy for you to create a local website. While you can also create a multilingual website that translates into different languages.

The possibilities are boundless when using the Multi-language ready theme. The Avada WordPress theme allows integration of the WPML plugin to create a multilingual website.

Moreover, you can even create a website in RTL orientation with the Avada WP theme.

SEO friendly Multipurpose Theme

Avada is a modern and frequently updated theme. It is crafted carefully by following all the required SEO rules. So you can be assured that the website created with the Avada Multipurpose theme will be completely SEO friendly.

Moreover, it allows integration of the best SEO plugins like the Yoast SEO, All In One SEO pack, etc. These plugins can help you keep a check on the SEO friendly of your individual pages & posts.

Total Cache that helps make your website more efficient by delivering faster results and hence helping its performance and SEO.

Avada WordPress Theme tutorial

I hope this article helped you learn a lot about the Avada Responsive Theme. But are you still confused on How to make a WordPress website with this theme?

well, it’s quite simple..

Since Avada is designed for every person who may or may not be technically skilled, creating a website with Avada is quite easy.

While every step to install the theme and use it is documented neatly in the Avada documentation, that you get access to with the theme purchase, here are the steps you will need to follow to use Avada Multipurpose theme to create your website:

Buy Avada

First of all, you need to acquire the theme zip file. You can download it from here

You can fill in the required details, provide a valid email address, make the payment and download the theme.

Prepare the host & domain name

Next, the most important things while creating a website: Hosting & Domain name.

Think about the domain name and register it using one of the most popular domain name providers like Godaddy or Bluehost. Or if you already have a domain name, you can use it for your site by linking it with your hosting space.

Now for hosting your website built with Avada, we suggest you rely on a reputable host. Since the theme is feature rich, at times, it may require more resources.

Your site made with Avada will be different from an ordinary blog or simple business websites, alright? And this is the reason you must go for a host that can handle your feature packed and dynamic website well.

We recommend Bluehost for your hosting your website built with Avada. It is reliable, has maximum uptime, has a WordPress optimized hosting environment and many other reasons to recommend it.

Also, Bluehost will automatically install WordPress for you on the host. So you can directly move on to the next step to install your theme.

How to install Avada theme?

Once you have your WordPress installed, you can proceed with the next step that is installing the theme.

This theme can be installed just like any other WordPress theme. Moreover, the Avada WordPress Theme documentation can help you install and modify your theme to create the site you want.

Install the Sample data

When using the theme, you need not worry about installing the sample data. You can import the Avada demos with just a single click.

Once the demo data is imported, you can start editing your site to make it look and work the way you want using the customization options.

Update your site with original content

Now that your Avada WordPress theme is installed, Avada demo is imported, you can proceed with your site customizations.

Use the ample customization options, or the theme builder to create your site and web pages. With the available options, you can easily convert your imagination to reality, simply through the click of your mouse.

Pricing: Is it worth it?

With so many features, you may expect the theme at an extra rate. But guess what, all the amazing features, beautiful Avada demos, and flexibility is just for $60. Plus you get a 6 months’ support from ThemeFusion. You can download Avada from ThemeForest marketplace.

If you feel you will need more support, you can get an additional 6 months theme support for 12 months by paying $18.

At this price, this theme with magnificent capabilities is totally worth it!

Who Should buy, who shouldn’t

Still confused??

The Avada WordPress Theme review told you all about the features and possibilities with the beautiful and powerful WordPress theme. But you might be wondering if it is ideal for you or not, aren’t you?

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Avada is the theme for you if you are looking for a do it all WordPress theme that provides you maximum options and flexibility. Especially if you are creative and love to play with different options and fond of trying new options and looks for your site.

If you are a technical expert, you will surely love all the possibilities and flexibility it offers with custom CSS and code editing.

On the other hand, if you are a non-technical person, with no technical skills, this theme will make you happy too. You can control almost everything with the available theme options, without actually having to access the code files.

Avada is for all the creative business owner, agencies, web designers who want to get their websites live quick and easy.

Get the Avada WordPress theme now

Think before you buy

Since Avada is a multipurpose theme and can be used by almost anyone, it is recommended for everyone. However, it is a theme with lots of premium features to add to its quality.

So if you are planning on creating a simple website, with limited features, you should think twice before you buy. Because if a simple blog site is what you want, you can instead opt for a simple

A job board website, a multiway auction site, an online reservation and booking engine, etc. you can try to find a theme specifically designed for your niche.

10+ Best Examples of Avada: Live In Action

Here are some of the best example of live websites that use the Avada theme. All these businesses have used the this theme to create beautiful websites, each with unique purpose and appearance.

1.Church website using the Avada

Bay Area Church website is an example of a WordPress Church website created with the Avada WordPress theme. It is a proper church website that shows church details, ministries, locations, events and has a donation option too. You can also use a dedicated church WordPress theme to create such a website.

2. Snack Nation

Snack Nation is a delicious business that delivers snacks to office or home. This website built with the Avada allows joining the programme for snack delivery.

3. Russel Brand’s official website with Avada

Russell Brand is a British actor, comedian, and writer. His official website, russellbrand.com is built with the Avada WordPress theme. This website serves as his portfolio as well as blog.

4. IT/Creative Agency website with Avada

Purple custard is a web design agency that excels in designing and programming, as well as digital marketing. This creative firm has used WordPress Avada to create their online presence.

5. Avada for Education website

The University of Hawaii Maui College uses a highly customized version of the Avada Multipurpose theme. The design customizations are applied using a special child theme. It is a simple yet straightforward website that shows all the details that it should.

Also Browse: Best WordPress Education Themes

6. Professional portfolio

Jake Whitehall is the professional portfolio website of the English presenter/standup comedian. This site uses the Avada WP theme with the sidebar menu without any advanced customizations.

7. Florist/Business website with Avada

Heavenly blossom is a website for a florist boutique. It is an example of how you can tweak the theme and create a website for almost any business using the Avada WordPress Theme. This site is a treat to your eye, and speaks business!

8. An eCommerce website

Littlebigbikes is an online bicycle store built with Avada. This website sells convertible bikes that won’t go useless with your child’s growning age. It is a simple website, with an innovative product and online shopping cart features.

9. Personal blog with Avada WordPress Theme

Facily Sencillo is a translated art and resources blog created with this theme. The design is minimal and along with the blog posts, there’s a shop section and the site also sells courses.

10. Photography and creative website

This is the website of the Photographer Gabrielle Vermeij. The site is highly customized with the photographer’s own artwork. It is one of the most beautiful portfolio sites that use the Avada theme.

If you too own a website created with this multipurpose theme or know any inspirational site created with the Avada theme, don’t forget to comment below.

Concluding the Avada Review

Avada WordPress Theme is the best selling theme for a reason. It is user-friendly, full of premium features and highly customizable. Using this theme, you can create beautiful websites in no time.

Avada is great for anyone who wants to try WordPress website building or want to get creative with their site. Moreover, with so many features, this theme won’t disappoint you.

You can start building your website now and get it live in the next 60 minutes. You can create a site that not just looks good, but serves it’s purpose well enough.

The Avada also makes managing your site really easy, with all the available dashboard options. So at a later stage in your business, if you ever get busy, your site management won’t be an additional burden.

Overall, we love the theme and highly recommend it to anyone looking for a creative, flexible and multipurpose WordPress theme.

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Further reading:

• How to start a blog?
• Launch a directory website and start earning online
• Best WordPress Themes for creating websites in 2020
• Is WordPress good for eCommerce?
• How to create a real estate website with WordPress?

If you recently launched a new business, then one thing that you simply can’t afford to ignore is building a quality website. This is because we live in a world where everyone expects every business or organization to have some online presence, mainly a website. However, there are many businesses out there and each one has a beautiful website, mainly because building a website in just a few steps has become a reality. So, you need some quality branding on top of a unique website to stand out. An attractive logo can help you with that.

Importance of Logo for Your Website

There are many reasons to use a logo for your website. For starters, you want to stand out from the competition, and an attractive logo can make that easy. A logo will also help you tell others what your website and brand is all about. After all, it’s the best visual representation of your brand.

Now that you know the importance of having the right logo for your website, let’s take a look at your options on how to get it. 

1. Professional Graphic Designer/Design Agency

The classic way of getting a good logo is to simply reach out to a professional logo designer or a reputed digital design agency in your region. Someone who has experience in the domain will be able to understand your design requirements aptly and create the perfect logo for you. However, there is a catch- professional logo design services don’t come cheap. You can easily expect to shell out hundreds or even thousands of dollars to get a logo designed from a professional. Also, you shouldn’t expect the final logo to be ready in just a few days. It can take as many as 1-2 weeks. So, this option is for you only if you have a good budget and the willingness to wait. 

2. Logo Design Contests

Logo design contests have become quite popular lately and if you are looking for multiple logo designs to choose from, then this is an ideal option. Here’s how it works- websites like 99Designs and DesignCrowd allow you to host logo design contests in which graphics designers of varying skillsets and experiences participate to win the cash prize. You usually get multiple packages to choose from and each one comes at a different price. If you choose an expensive package, then you can increase the cash prize amount which attracts even more designers that are available on the platform, and you also get additional benefits like the option to get the final design tweaked a few times, or guaranteed certain number of designs. 

Logo design contest websites are a great option for you if you want a wide range of logos to choose from. Some websites even offer personalized services in which you get to work with a professional on a one-to-one basis. However, the cost of hosting a contest on these websites is still quite high for many entrepreneurs. The average cost of a plan is around $300-500. So, if budget is a constraint for you, then you can consider the next option.

3. DIY Software

This may not be the best option to get a quality logo but this is the option that will make the most sense to the majority of entrepreneurs who want to brand their websites. There are all kinds of advanced logo maker apps worth checking out on the Internet today which you can use yourself to create great logos. You don’t need to be tech-savvy or have a background in using image editing apps to use these logo maker apps and platforms. They are easy-to-use, fast, and most importantly- really cheap! You can easily get a premium-quality logo with one such app for as little as $20! Just don’t get your hopes up and expect a design that has a personal touch and intricacies that are apparent in designs that are created manually by experts. 

Bottom Line

As you can see, there are multiple ways to create a fresh and original logo for your website. Your choice mainly depends on your requirements. However, whatever you choose, make sure that you don’t compromise with the logo design. Remember- it’s what that makes your website memorable and unique. Good luck!

Further Reading:

• How to create an eCommerce website for WordPress
• Best WordPress Page builder plugins
• How to translate WordPress websites to generate more revenue?

While creating websites have become easier with the abundant website building options, choosing one from among them can put you in dilemma.

There are so many website builders & CMSs and other tools that help you build your dream website, and choosing one of those platforms is challenging.

In this article, we will compare Squarespace and WordPress. Both are popular and promising platforms to create your websites.

We will discuss the features and differences of both the platforms and that should help you choose the platform to get started with.

• Which one is easier to use?
• Design options: Squarespace templates Vs WordPress themes
• Squarespace Vs WooCommerce: Flexibility
• eCommerce features on Squarespace and WordPress
• Comparision based on other features
  • Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
  • Mobile friendliness
  • Security of your website
  • Support & Updates
  • Migration and transfer
  • Domain name and hosting
• Pricing: Squarespace Vs WordPress

Ease of use: Squarespace Vs WordPress

Squarespace and WordPress, both are platforms that can be used by anyone. Whether you are an artist, a business owner, or a trader looking for a platform to sell online. These technologies are built for everyone, and they will let you create professional looking websites, without touching a line of code.

Squarespace, however provides you with an easier way to do so. It lets you choose from the available pricing packages and get started step by step.

It lets you register/login, choose a template, set the domain name, select a package and start creating your website. Squarespace can be used without ever touching a line of code. It lets you choose from the available templates. Once you choose the template, all you are supposed to do is replace the template data with your actual website content.

WordPress is different. You can download it for free and install it on the server, download the theme and install it. But the process is definitely not as long and difficult as they sound.

It’s simple and easy. And you can build a website on WordPress without touching a line of code. There are WordPress themes and plugins, that make the task of website building a breeze. Compared to Squarespace, there is a lot more that WordPress can offer.

The WordPress themes are combination of design and features that can be easily installed, customized as well as changed. However, WordPress is easy to use, but Squarespace is comparatively easier. Since all the services are connected, there’s no need to worry about the setup.

Templates & Themes and Features

Both the platforms in our discussion, aid your website building experience through design templates/themes. These themes/templates, are essentially a combination of design and features for your website.

The templates can fall into variety of categories – eCommerce, business, portfolio, landing page, etc. So you can choose a template for yourself based on what type of website you want.

When it comes to templates, Squarespace has some beautiful designs.

The biggest difference between Squarespace and WordPress, in terms of templates/themes is that WordPress has hundreds of thousands of different themes on different niche.

Anyone can contribute to WordPress theme design by developing a theme of their own and selling it independently. So there are endless options for each niche.

Whereas, Squarespace, lets you choose from a range of professionally designed templates. Of course there are enough options but the flexibility is not as much as WordPress.

The design options (templates) in Squarespace are limited as compared to WordPress. But the templates are clean, stylish and very attractive. They are also highly customizable with the intuitive builder. You can easily change the look and feel, add more elements like galleries, blogs, etc. These templates can let you build a beautiful website without touching a line of code.

But WordPress themes takes design flexibility on a completely new level. They are highly customizable. If you are a non technical person who want to create a website without going on the technical side, there are some highly customizable WordPress themes for you.

Here, you can manage all of your website just with the intuitive options and page builders. Avada, Enfold, Salient and Divi are some of those WordPress themes that make it possible to create stunning websites. Moreover, if you want to make major changes, you can easily access the theme files and make the changes you need.

Which is more Flexible?

WordPress is more flexible in every aspect, as compared to Squarespace. It doesn’t set any boundries on what you can do with your website.

Need more features? add a WordPress plugin. Want to change the design? switch the theme. And the advanced themes are built with intuitive options, page builders, demo variations to let you manage everything with the available dashboard options.

There’s so much more for the programmers. WordPress lets you create custom features, designs easily. However, the one disadvantage of this flexibility is that all these options can sometimes prove to be a bit overwhelming. Especially, when you don’t care about so much scalability, and are content with minimal features and options, all this flexibility won’t make any sense to you.

Squarespace, has all the tools and features you need. But it is not as flexible as WordPress. However, there aren’t endless possibilities with Squarespace, but what you get – is certainly enough.

eCommerce: Squarespace Vs WordPress

Online shopping websites are clearly taking over the local markets. And why wouldn’t they? Online stores offer much more options than a physical store, have removed the limitations of the geographical boundaries, are convenient, and the list goes on.

If you are looking for an eCommerce solution, you must be confused between WordPress and Squarespace – as they both offer eCommerce website building.

WordPress lets you integrate eCommerce facilities on your website using the free WooCommerce plugin. WooCommerce makes managing an online shopping website easier than ever. It lets you manage everything – inventory, taxes, shipping, transactions, product variations, etc.  with a very user-friendly interface. Even a trader, who has never created a website before can get online- and setup a store with the help of an eCommerce theme and WooCommerce.

Squarespace, also lets you sell efficiently with the help of some inbuilt eCommerce tools. There are breathtaking templates to setup your eCommerce websites with Squarespace. You can easily manage the inventory and the designs are great to put your product into the front.

If you are a subscriber of the Business plan, you will be charged a 3% transaction fee on every sale. You can subscribe to the ecommerce plan –where the base plan starts at $26 per month and the advanced at $40 per month, where you don’t have to pay a transaction fee.

However, with Squarespace not providing apps related to eCommerce, you don’t have many options to add features to your eCommerce website. Whereas, WordPress has a number of apps built on the base of WooCommerce. These WooCommerce addons are great to make your eCommerce website based on WordPress, more interesting.

Others

Squarespace and WordPress are platforms with closely competing features. To choose one from both – is a rather tough decision.

Both of the platforms have made their impression as the most popular website building platforms, and the features and efficieny of both – WordPress and Squarespace is almost same.

However, here are a few more aspects of WordPress and Squarespace compared.

Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

Squarespace is an SEO friendly platform. It comes with inbuilt features to manage sitemaps, automatic & canonical tagging, automatic redirects, etc. These features work out of the box, they are automatically managed for your Squarespace website.

So you don’t have to spend time managing them. On the other hand, WordPress is designed to be SEO friendly. Additionally there are the SEO plugins that you can use to make sure that the content you create, pages you generate, are SEO friendly too.

There are plugins like Yoast SEO that are so efficient and easy to use, that they help you take care of the SEO of your individual pages by suggesting everything to make your content more search engine friendly. There are other plugins for WordPress SEO too, that can really help you make sure that your page ranks well. These include image optimization, page speed optimization, etc.

So there is so much you can do with WordPress for the speed optimization of your website. But with squarespace, you just have to settle with the inbuilt mechanism for the SEO of your website.

Mobile friendliness

Mobile friendliness is one of the pre-requisite for the modern websites. And the modern tools and website builders are built to take care of this.

Therefore, both WordPress and Squarespace have all the tools to let you create a mobile friendly website. With that, you can ascertain that your visitors using mobile devices are not disappointed but impressed with the mobile experience on your website.

Security of your website

When on internet, you need security. The world of internet is glorious, and amazing – but your website on it has to take care of it’s own security.

But when you use Squarespace for building your site, you won’t have too. Squarespace takes care of the security of your website. It provides you with the SSL certificate for your website. So you can just focus on your website building and maintenance, for security – they’ve got you covered.

Squarespace is more secure, whereas WordPress lets you manage the security of your website on your own. You can sure integrate different security features into your WordPress website and make it the most secure website. But that has to be done on your own.

There are WordPress security plugins that you can integrate to make WordPress more secure. You also have to be careful while choosing and integrating a new theme or plugin into your website. We recommend only trusting reliable software for your WordPress websites.

Therefore, Squarespace clearly wins here.

Support & Updates

Squarespace clearly wins here with 24*7 professional support for your websites. Moreover, there are online documents, a dedicated knowledge base, videos, etc. So you are never left wondering “What to do now?” when using Squarespace. Help is just an email away.

If you go for a premium WordPress theme, you get support with it. Same for the premium WordPress plugins. But the for your customized WordPress projects, you may not find the appropriate support. Well, it is a popular CMS with many people worldwide using it. So finding resources and help on the online forums and blogs is easy.

Moreover, you have to choose the hosting on your own. So the performance issues with the host will be supported by the hosting provider. Therefore, we recommend choosing a reliable host for your website.

Migration and transfer

Both platforms will let you change your mind and transfer your data from one platform to another. Whenever you feel like changing the platform for your websites, you can export from one platform, and import to another. However, migrations are not always as easy as they may sound.

There can be mistakes, site crashes and disturbances. So we recommend choosing the platform very wisely, before you start building your website. WordPress is free and Squarespace gives you a trial period. So you have all the time to make your mind before you actually invest in any of the platforms.

Domain name and hosting

Squarespace is an all-inclusive platform. It lets you choose a domain for free when you sign up for a year of their services. You also don’t need to worry about the hosting of your website. Also, not to worry about setups and installation, everything is easy with Squarespace. Just pay, and start!

On the other hand, WordPress is free but it doesn’t include domain name and hosting space. You have to incur the charges for both (and also for a premium theme if you don’t want to settle for the limited features of free WordPress themes).

Squarespace Vs WordPress: Pricing

It is difficult to directly evaluate the pricing of Squarespace and WordPress because of the different models they follow.

WordPress is free and opensource. However, you do need to invest on:

• Hosting and domain name
• WordPress themes and required plugins

However, for all of them, you are free to choose any service as per your requirement. For instance, if you go with Bluehost’s hosting (read why we recommend Bluehost), you are free to create any kind of website. A simple business website or a massive directory, or an eCommerce.

If you go for an eCommerce website, you are free to sell as many products as you want, unlike Squarespace that limits the number of products you can sell based on the package you choose.

On the other hand, Squarespace is a premium tool for website building and has a pricing model based on the level of services you want.

They let you choose a free domain on subscribing to any of their plans. Even with the base package, priced at $12 per month, you get a free domain for a year if you choose to pay annually.  You don’t have to look for a host because they provide it too.

So with Squarespace, you get the hosting, design/templates, and a domain name for one year, all at one price. Whereas, WordPress needs you to sign up for host. And mostly all the popular hosts nowadays have a separate service – WordPress optimized hosting, considering the popularity of the platform.

Conclusion

WordPress is very simple and easy to use. One you get familiar with the options, changing the configuration of your website becomes easier. Besides, the best thing about WordPress is its flexibility. It lets you create almost any kind of website, very easily.

Squarespace is for you, if you don’t mind limitations on what you can do and are not worried about the total control over your site. WordPress is for you if you need flexibility and Squarespace is for you if you want simplicity. Not that WordPress is not simple, or that Sqaurespace is not flexibility.

But Squarespace simplifies the website building and is for those who want a simple website by spending the least amount of time. WordPress lets you do the same, but the possibilities with it are endless. Therefore, we recommend it for those who want to spend some time on their website and need open horizons to extend what their site can do.