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WordPress How to Make a Website with WordPress WordPress Themes WordPress.org Theme Repository

Posted by Mithun B
Mithun B
1,978 Points

Are these themes secure .They are not listed in the WP repository. http://websmush.com/restaurant-wordpress-themes/

I wanted to know that if a WordPress theme sold on theme forest is secure or not.

http://websmush.com/restaurant-wordpress-themes/ this website features a lot of themes and plugins that are not listed on WordPress.org repository.

Thanks in advance

3 Answers

Zac Gordon
STAFF
Zac Gordon
Treehouse Guest Teacher
Zac Gordon
Zac Gordon
Treehouse Guest Teacher

In general, ThemeForest has pretty good guidelines and checks to make sure themes do not have security loopholes.

The reason it's not listed in the repository is because they only list free, open source themes in the repository, not any paid or premium themes.

Mithun B
Mithun B
1,978 Points
Mithun B
Mithun B
1,978 Points

Thanks, Zac :)

Gina Russo
Gina Russo
8,742 Points
Gina Russo
Gina Russo
8,742 Points

What about downloading free themes from sites found on google. Are they secure, or is it best to only download from ThemeForest or WooThemes? Thank you!