Customization in WordPress

Themes

Themes in WordPress offer multiple options for customization when installed, allowing users change the visuals and layout of their website. Through theme customization, elements such as the color of a website, font size or color, container dimensions, the header and footer and more can all be adjusted with the customization settings of a theme which provides easy customization and does not require extensive coding knowledge.

The appearance option as shown on sidebar in the WordPress dashboard

Plugins

WordPress features an extensive library of installable plugins that its users are able to choose from, all serving to extend a websites functionality in various ways. The ways that plugins in WordPress can extend functionality includes optimization of the website, improving the websites security, and adjusting content management systems via the addition of the widgets and navigation bars. All of these features that plugins provide further enhances the customization options a user can have for improving their website, and tailoring it in the way that suits them the most.

A plugin in WordPress

Plugin examples

Theme examples