If you use WordPress to run your blog or website, you are probably familiar with the theme system. It allows you to easily change the way your blog or website looks in only a matter of seconds. It truly is a powerful system.

However, before you go ahead and choose a free theme you should seriously consider using a premium WordPress theme. Why? Here are 4 good reasons why a premium theme is better for your blog or website:

1. Better Design

When it comes to design, premium WordPress themes are the way to go. They are designed by the best designers in the field and blow any free themes away. They often contain design elements that could easily cost you more than a thousand dollars if you were to hire your own designer.

So if you want a professional looking blog or website, premium themes are the only way to go.

2. Better Coding

Many free themes contain poorly coded theme files and can also contain bad code. This code is bad for your site because it can slow it down, as well as hurt your search engine rankings. I’ve stumbled across a handful of free themes that had links and other code hidden somewhere within one of the theme files. This is not good for your blog or website.

Premium WordPress themes are developed by professionals that know exactly how a theme should be coded. You do not have to worry about getting any surprises in your code.

3. Advanced Features

One of the best things about premium themes is they often contain advanced features that are not found in free themes. These features allow you to show off your features articles, place your Twitter updates in your sidebar, and integrate your Feedburner link for both your feed and email updates.

Best of all, these features are built into the theme so you can use less WordPress plugins. This is another great way to keep your site quick and secure.

4. Easy Customization

Last but not least, premium WordPress themes allow you to easily customize the theme to suit your needs. Many of the themes come with design settings that allow you to quickly change things like colors, fonts, and logos without having know any HTML code. This is especially useful if you plan on using WordPress to run a professional website, since you can easily modify it to match your logo and color scheme.

As you can see, using a premium theme is a much wiser choice. Especially since most themes cost far less than 100 dollars.