Title: Default themes
Last modified: April 5, 2017

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# Default themes

 *  Resolved [laurenthornton985](https://wordpress.org/support/users/laurenthornton985/)
 * (@laurenthornton985)
 * [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/default-themes/)
 * I was wondering whether to have ready-to-go themes available with your plugin
   or should we install our own options?

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 *  Plugin Author [Business Directory Plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/businessdirectoryplugin/)
 * (@businessdirectoryplugin)
 * [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/default-themes/#post-8997003)
 * Hi [@laurenthornton985](https://wordpress.org/support/users/laurenthornton985/),
 * Since Business Directory is a plugin, you’ll want a solid WordPress theme for
   the rest of your site. We will take on the look and feel of your theme as a result
   of installing it.
 * Business Directory Plugin will work with any well-written, WP 4.x compliant theme.
   Generally speaking, paid themes tend to be higher quality than free ones, so 
   we don’t recommend those.
 * Whatever theme you pick, we recommend using the Theme Check plugin (available
   for free on WordPress.org) to validate how WordPress-compliant that theme actually
   is. The more errors and warnings you see on the theme when you run that check,
   the worse the theme is. You can read more about it here: [https://wordpress.org/plugins/theme-check/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/theme-check/)
 * (This plugin was developed by WP Core developers to validate their own default
   themes and is highly respected in the theme community)
 * In general, we like WooThemes as a solid company with great products and support.
   You can check them out here: [http://woothemes.com](http://woothemes.com) Or 
   StudioPress: [http://studiopress.com​​](http://studiopress.com )
 * We also have “directory themes” that are mini-skins for JUST our plugin to change
   the look and feel of it alone. You still need a good WP theme to start with.
 * I hope that helps.

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 * Last reply from: [Business Directory Plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/businessdirectoryplugin/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/default-themes/#post-8997003)
 * Status: resolved