WordPress theme reviews

WordPress builds, broken down

Theme reviews with real speed test data, build guides that survive updates, and full teardowns of sites I have built and fixed.

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Tested on real sites. No press releases, no affiliate-first roundups.

How a build comes together

From wireframe to shipped

Every review here starts the same way: strip the theme back to its structure, rebuild it, and measure what actually changed.

Structure first, then content, then the theme.

What you will find here

Four things, covered properly

Themes Guide

Side-by-side theme reviews with Lighthouse numbers, not opinions.

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Tech

Hosting, performance, Core Web Vitals, and the tools worth paying for.

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Marketing

SEO, email, and the traffic tactics that still work on a small site.

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Business

Pricing, clients, and running a one-person web shop without burning out.

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Tested at every width

A theme is only as good as its narrowest screen

Phone, tablet, laptop, wide desktop. Every theme gets checked at all four before it gets a verdict.

The same layout, from 390px to 1440px.

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