Appearance, Themes, Starter Templates.

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  katerrina45677 · Member · Jan 10, 2021 at 5:15 pm

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  What is the difference between ‘themes’ and ‘starter templates’. And do I need to use both of them or I can choose only one.

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  kokkieh · Staff · Jan 11, 2021 at 6:37 am

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  Hi there,

  What is the URL of the site you’re working on? And where are you seeing “starter templates”? I’m not aware of anywhere on WordPress.com that we use that term.

  A theme is what controls how your site looks – it’s what gives your site it’s overall design. A starter template would most likely refer to a theme that’s not “finished”, i.e. it has a basic design, but it’s mostly a blank slate with a number of customization options, and possibly an integration with a page builder plugin, that you can use to design your own unique look for the site. That’s just an educated guess, though – without more context of what specifically you’re referring to I can’t be sure.

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  katerrina45677 · Member · Jan 11, 2021 at 10:22 am

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  Hi!
  My websites URL is http://patrongallery.space/
  Starter templates are located in “Appearance” section.

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  aleone89 · Staff · Jan 11, 2021 at 10:49 am

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  Hello there,

  It looks like http://patrongallery.space/ is a self-hosted WordPress site with hostgator, which is a bit different to a site hosted on WordPress.com. You can read about these differences here: https://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

  You would need to reach out to your theme/plugin developers or the hosting provider for further assistance and clarification.

  Generally speaking – a theme is the framework that a WordPress site uses, and a starter template, is the content (or demo content) that can be built using that theme, but this can vary from theme to theme.

  I hope this helps!