WordPress is the most popular software for creating and publishing content, especially content to a business or corporate website. Themes and plugins are useful additions that can enhance the functionality of your WordPress-powered site. However, knowing which ones to use can be difficult. Below, we will discuss how you can tell what theme a certain website is using.

Check The Theme’s CSS And Javascript Files

As the name suggests, a theme’s CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) file is used to style the site’s look. They are basically like the style sheets that are used in conjunction with CSS to create a unique styling for your website’s elements such as

headings

,

paragraphs

,

and
• lists. The difference is that themes’ CSS files are usually much larger in size due to the fact that they contain multiple style sheets.

  Take the Gutenberg WordPress theme, for example. It comes with more than 20 separate style sheets, all of which can be overridden by copying and pasting the CSS code from the parent style sheet into the child theme’s CSS file. This means that if you know how to edit your CSS code, you can change the look of your site completely with relative ease.

  Look At The Site’s HTML Source Code

  Just like the CSS file, the theme’s HTML (HyperText Markup Language) file is used to describe the look and behavior of your site’s content such as

  headings

  ,

  paragraphs

  ,

  and
  • lists. When developing a new website or updating an existing one, you will typically work with a web developer who has access to the actual HTML source code of the site. Knowing what the source code of a site’s HTML is and how to interpret it is important since it provides you with vital information about how the web page or blog post was constructed.

    With the help of tools such as the Chrome extension Page Inspector, you can easily view and edit the HTML source code of a website you have open in your web browser. Below, we have taken the liberty of displaying the source code of the Hello Fresh website and have highlighted the parts that are relevant to this article.

    Learn From Experts

    One of the best things about WordPress is that it is extremely open source. This means that anyone can learn and apply the technology to create new websites or blogs. If you are interested in learning more about WordPress, the best place to start is from the source itself since you will be able to find tutorials, guides, and how-to’s on almost any aspect of the platform.