What’s the best WordPress theme for…? Is one of the questions I see the most on Facebook Groups and get asked myself (other than the question of “what is the best website host?,” to which my answer is always Cloudways).
With over 30,000 free and paid WordPress themes available, it’s no wonder this is a popular question.
I have a strong opinion on this topic based on years of experience designing websites and seeing the frustration that others face when picking a theme and trying to customize it to fit their content.
The key to having a beautiful, effective website is that you should NEVER try to fit your content into a pre-designed template. Your website should be built around your content and your goals, not building your content around your theme.
That is why I highly recommend Hello Theme from Elementor as the best theme for your website. It’s the fastest, most light-weight theme out there and completely customizable. It’s optimized for speed, SEO and performance.
With Hello, you can build your website around your content, your goals, your customers and your brand – not trying to fit your website into specific boxes that you can’t change.
One caveat to this recommendation is that Hello Theme by Elementor should be used with Elementor so if you aren’t using Elementor, this might not be the best option and then my question to you becomes, why aren’t you using Elementor? 🙂
Elementor is the number one website creation platform in the world and is used by 8M+ professionals from beginners to advanced users. Read more about why I recommend Elementor here.
Why Hello Is the Best Theme
Hello is the ultimate fast, flexible and free theme.
It’s optimized for speed and performance and is clean, lean, & fast. Hello is ideal for SEO and enhanced user experience.
It’s the most trusted website theme with 700k+ installs!
Unlike other themes that may have compatibility issues, Hello works seamlessly with popular WordPress plugins.
It’s free of styling and ready for your customization.
In summary, Hello is:
- Incredibly fast and ideal for SEO
- Super lightweight (only 6kb)
- Completely responsive and customizable
- Compatible with popular plugins
- Free forever
Read more about Hello Theme by Elementor
Hello Theme vs Hello Child Theme
Every well-maintained WordPress theme out there is updated on a regular basis, this includes Hello Theme. These updates can erase changes that you’ve made to your site.
For example, if you added some custom code to your website, an update to your theme may override that custom code and cause it to be deleted.
Because it’s important to always update your themes and you don’t want to risk losing any changes to your site, I recommend using a Child Theme.
A child theme uses everything from the parent theme (Hello Theme is the parent) but any custom code gets written in the child theme so that updates to your parent theme do not effect the code.
Please note that you need to install Hello Theme first and then the Hello Child Theme.
How to Install Hello Theme – Step by Step
- Follow this link to download Hello Theme and click Download
- In your WordPress dashboard, go to Appearance – Themes
- In the top left corner, select Add New
- Also in the top left corner, select Upload Theme and then Choose File
- Find the file you just downloaded in step 1 and upload it
- Select Activate to activate the theme
How to Install Hello Child Theme – Step by Step
Follow the instructions above. After Hello Theme is activated:
- Download the Child Theme from the Git Hub directory (click the arrow on the green Code button and select the bottom option on the drop down that says Download ZIP)
- In your WordPress dashboard, go to Appearance – Themes
- In the top left corner, select Add New
- Also in the top left corner, select Upload Theme and then Choose File
- Find the file you just downloaded in step 1 and upload it
- Select Activate to activate the theme
Now you are successfully using Hello Child Theme!
