{"id":1533,"date":"2018-03-01T10:58:10","date_gmt":"2018-03-01T05:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2018.mumbai.wordcamp.org\/?p=1533"},"modified":"2018-03-12T15:47:27","modified_gmt":"2018-03-12T10:17:27","slug":"in-search-of-the-best-wordpress-theme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mumbai.wordcamp.org\/2018\/in-search-of-the-best-wordpress-theme\/","title":{"rendered":"In search of the best WordPress theme by Nirav Mehta"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2189 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/2018.mumbai.wordcamp.org\/files\/2018\/03\/nirav.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"717\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mumbai.wordcamp.org\/2018\/files\/2018\/03\/nirav.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/mumbai.wordcamp.org\/2018\/files\/2018\/03\/nirav-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mumbai.wordcamp.org\/2018\/files\/2018\/03\/nirav-768x430.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mumbai.wordcamp.org\/2018\/files\/2018\/03\/nirav-1024x574.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mumbai.wordcamp.org\/2018\/files\/2018\/03\/nirav-500x280.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>About the Session:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Launching a WordPress site is easy. Yet, selecting a theme and plugins can be extremely challenging.<\/p>\n<p>When Nirav set out to revamp his website, he wanted to &#8220;get it out the door soon&#8221;. Little did he know of the monster that lay ahead&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>He wanted the best WordPress theme. So he reviewed and tried all the major themes out there &#8211; on WordPress, ThemeForest, popular theme shops.<\/p>\n<p>After about 3 months work, he made his new site live. And he got 6x more customers. Bounce rate dropped, time on site improved, conversions improved &#8211; every metric saw a boom.<\/p>\n<p>In this session, he will get answers to all these questions&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>* Why he rejected 418 themes?<br \/>\n* What roadblocks he faced with a great looking theme?<br \/>\n* What took much longer than theme design? Don&#8217;t overlook this.<br \/>\n* Why his site looks good despite being copy-pasted from other sites?<br \/>\n* Why his theme designer friend told him that he does not need a theme&#8230;<br \/>\n* One neat trick that can save you hours if your marketing team is going to manage content<\/p>\n<p>If you are a developer building websites for others or a business that owns a site; there are some golden lessons for you in here.<\/p>\n<p>Know More About <a href=\"https:\/\/2018.mumbai.wordcamp.org\/speaker\/nirav-mehta\/\">Nirav<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; About the Session: Launching a WordPress site is easy. Yet, selecting a theme and plugins can be extremely challenging. When Nirav set out to revamp his website, he wanted to &#8220;get it out the door soon&#8221;. Little did he know of the monster that lay ahead&#8230; He wanted the best WordPress theme. 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