Choosing and Installing a Theme Tutorial

[westnz]

https://learn.wordpress.org/lesson-plan/choosing-and-installing-themes/

[westnz]

Here is a link to the video that was shared in the Training team Slack:

[peteringersoll]

I'm not a Github user so I'm not sure if I'm commenting in the right area or if this is feedback you're looking for. Anyway, at 45 seconds in, it is stated that "Plugins extend the functionality of your website, but themes change the look and layout of your site..." I think it's worth mentioning that themes can (dramatically) change the functionality of your site, change how the admin works, etc.

[peteringersoll]

Also, you might want to mention that the WP repository is the official site for plugins, but that there are premium themes also available and that often a free version in the repository may offer a premium theme directly from the developer or theme-selling site.

The last suggestion is a quick mention that thumbnails and sample sites are more suggestions and that things like images and, of course, works will change. You do mention theme previews giving an idea of what can be done. From my experience, I see that beginners often pick a theme based on the images used in a thumbnail and/or surprised when the them doesn't look like the thumbnail when activated.