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Nan Wray
Nan Wray
390 Points
Posted by Nan Wray
Nan Wray
390 Points

Aren't you taking a security risk by downloading free themes from unknown sites?

I have personally encountered unwanted tracking code in a free theme before, so in a way it wasn't really FREE.

1 Answer

Sue Dough
Sue Dough
35,800 Points
Sue Dough
Sue Dough
35,800 Points

Your taking a risk anytime you download anything regardless of price. The most common types of bad themes are premium ones that are being pushed for free on unoriginal sites. You are a lot better off downloading a free theme from the WordPress repository since bad themes get removed from there if reported. Just be careful what you download and remember you have the ability to look into the code yourself.