7 How to Choose the Best Templates for Blogger and Wordpress

Maybe at this time you are confused to decide which is the best blogger or wordpress template to choose and use for the blog that we are managing. 

Don't worry, we will help you find the best template and explain it in detail in the discussion below. 

How to Choose the Best Templates for Blogger and Wordpress 

We know there are many templates available on the internet either for free or paid, with a wide variety of views. With its advantages and disadvantages. 

As blog owners, maybe, we will be a little confused about which template to choose. 

Of course, you hope that later the template will help us to get a lot of visitors and money if our blog displays ads such as Google Adsense. 

Ok, let's start the troubleshooting steps. 

Choose an Attractive Template

What, doesn't Google suggest and prioritize the loading speed of a blog? 

That means, we should choose a template that has a good speed, not how it looks. 

Maybe some of you think like that. And get ready to quit and leave this discussion. 

Wait a minute. 

We know, Google prioritizes a good user experience for a blog or website. And one of those factors is good loading speed. 

Then why do we put an attractive display first in the priority scale? The answer is as follows: 

1. Each template is usually optimized for SEO and is responsive. 
2. Good user experience is not only about loading speed but also about user interface & experience. 

So, if each template has been optimized for SEO and is responsive, then what we have to choose is an attractive appearance. 

Makes sense right?

And, the main factor of ranking one on Google is the strength of our writing. 

If our writing is good and satisfies the reader, then the other factors are only as supporters of the superiority of our writing.

If the appearance of our blog is good, then when the reader is finished with the existing article, he will choose our other writings because the appearance of our blog is attractive and allows the reader to want to stay longer. 

If the appearance of our blog is not set so that readers stay longer then what will happen; one click one exit. This is called a bounce. 

If the rate is high, maybe Google will consider that our blog content is not of high quality. So this is a factor in the decline in ranking in Google searches. 

If the opposite happens, readers can stay longer and read our other writings, it could be that other posts will also be ranked in Google searches. 

Talking about the count of numbers may be imagined like this: 1000 people visit our blog. 

When readers get an interesting blog display, the count can be 2x1000=2000 the number of reads. 

This count is minimal, because multiplied by 2, it could be more, if we write a lot of quality article. 

So, this consideration is the reason why an attractive blog template becomes a top priority over the others.

Good Loading Speed 

In our opinion, this is a dilemma. On the one hand, Google wants good speed. But on the other hand, we sometimes have to sacrifice features or the appearance of a template that attracts visitors to meet these requirements. 

So to react to it, we have to do a little improvisation about the speed of this display. 

We can choose a score of 70-80 pagespeed but the appearance of our blog is still attractive and forces visitors to read greater interest. 

But if we find a template with a speed of 90-100 with a user friendly and cool UI/UX, of course even better. 

There is our experience that may be a lesson for readers, that we have been chasing this speed score. 

And sacrifice some of the existing template features so that it looks minimalist. The result we got is that the number of visitors is decreasing day by day. 

Then we fixed the problem by replacing the template with a speed score and a balanced view, as a result, our viewer count slowly started to creep up. 

Therefore, when we have determined the template and used it, fix it or adjust it so that the appearance and speed are balanced.

Choose an Easy to Handle Template 

Many templates require us to tinker with the code in their HTML. This doesn't seem to matter to code-savvy people. But it will be a problem for those who do not understand. 

However, even if we understand the code, choose a template that is easy to use. This will save us time. And we don't always focus on tinkering with code so we forget our main task, which is writing. 

Customize Our Website Topic 

One of the things we must consider in choosing a blog theme is according to the type of topic that we manage. 

If we choose a news topic, of course, we have to adjust the template. Usually, a template like this, displays many topics on the initial display of our homepage. 

Choose a view that has a lazy load script so that it can be accessed properly and is not heavy. 

Interaction with Readers

Choose a template that makes it easy for readers to interact with us. For example, providing an easily accessible comment field. Provides commonly needed features, such as the Whatsapp button. 

Even so, when you find the template, avoid displaying features that are considered not too important. Like displaying our LinkedIn or Facebook. Unless required, for example facebook business page. 

Fully Supported Templates 

Usually free templates require us to include credit and do not get service support from the maker. 

Although the difference between free and paid templates is very thin. But sometimes we don't like the credit that must be displayed and sometimes we need someone to help solve the difficulties. 

The solution is to buy the template.

If we decide to buy a paid template then look for a seller who fully supports the selling service. 

When the template is loaded on a site that specifically sells the application, then look for the source directly. 

Get full contact from the seller, for example email, phone number or whatsapp. So that in the future, if there is a problem, we can easily solve it. 

Test with Dummy's Blog 

Maybe we hesitate to use an existing template for fear that it will affect search results on Google search if applied directly to our current blog. 

As a solution, try the template on our dummy blog. Brainstorm and try to observe until we find a conclusion, whether or not the template is suitable for use later. 

The advantage of this method is that we can remove and add scripts that do not suit our taste freely without disturbing our main blog. 

After finding and using the template you may also need to read about good settings in the template by reading the following article: How to Make Good and Right Blog Structure 

Closing 

The conclusion of the discussion of this paper is to choose an attractive blog template with good speed and easy to operate and easy to operate. 

By doing this, our blog will continue to grow and become big. If that happens, of course, what we do with writing is thought to bring in money. 

Do you have an opinion to complete this discussion, please write it in the comments column.

Thus the discussion on How to Choose the Best Templates for Blogger and WordPress. Hopefully what is described here is useful for loyal readers of this blog. Regards.