1. Is Theme Design Suitable for Your WordPress Website?
The main purpose of themes is to change the look of your website. So, before purchasing a theme, just make sure that the design of the theme is suitable for your website.
2. Does Theme Comes with Any Page Templates?
Good themes comes with additional page templates, i.e. Contact Page (with Google Map Integration), Page without any Sidebars, Portfolio templates, etc.
3. What’s the Level of Support?
When you buy a premium theme, you should receive some level of support, i.e. bug fixing and help when using the theme.
You can simply check the level of support by sending a question to the company from which you plan to buy a theme. If they response you fast (i.e. in 24 hours), it means they really provide some level of support.
4. What are the Supported Browsers?
The good themes will look good on many different browsers, i.e. IE9, IE10, IE11, Firefox, Chrome, Safari, and Opera.
5. Is It Responsive?
The times when most of the visits to some website from Desktop PCs are gone. People will visit your website from smartphones, tablets, laptops, etc. So, it’s really important the theme you are using to be fully responsive. Then you can be sure that people will be able to use and enjoy your website.
6. Is WooCommerce Integration Available?
If you plan to sell something on your website, it’s a good idea to check if WooCommerce (the most popular WordPress eCommerce plugin) is supported by the theme you plan to buy.
7. Website, Blog, Portfolio
You should know the type of your website before purchasing a theme. For example, if you plan to create a portfolio website, just make sure that theme you plan to buy has page templates for list of projects, single project view, etc.
8. Layouts, Columns and Widget Areas
The good theme should allow you to customize your WordPress website according your need, i.e. there should be many widget areas where to drag your widgets, you may need to change the number of columns in your home page or footer, etc.
9. Social Networks
There should be an easy way to add your social networks links to your website, i.e. to display social icons on your header, footer, or some of the sidebars.
10. Did You Check Demo URL Carefully?
Usually, the demo of a theme demonstrates all of the available features such as page templates, plugin integrations, widgets, social networks.
So, if you are looking for some functionality, if it’s supported by the theme you plan to buy, it will be added in the demo URL.