You should know better if you’re downloading themes from a site like that. Okay, torrent/warez sites are kind of a given. These are two main types of sites you should avoid while looking for any sort of WordPress theme to use on your blog. A list of trusted sites to download themes from with confidence.How to decrypt code (if you really want to use a theme).How to spot encrypted code in a theme without manually checking.What types of sites to avoid when downloading themes.Unless you want to end up like Bart, I suggest you read on to find out: Related: The Complete WordPress Security Guide (Beginner Friendly) Using a theme with encrypted code would be a big mistake, and unfortunately most users using them don’t even know or care that the themes they’re using can open their entire blog or even server up to malicious attacks. And chances are your visitors won’t ever scroll down that far anyway. It has 50 random irrelevant spam links in the footer, and you can’t edit them out because there’s weird encrypted code in footer.php, but who cares? It looks good so that’s all that matters. So you move on to another site that has a great collection of free themes, you download one you like and install it on your site. So, you go to Google and type in a search for “WordPress themes.” You skip past the official WordPress theme directory because out of the 1,000+ themes hosted there, you couldn’t find one you liked.
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