Pros and Cons of Using WordPress Theme Frameworks:
WordPress Theme Frameworks helps you so much to deal with your web development. It may not right for everyone but extends the functionalities for those who have knowledge. Here are some pros and cons of using the Theme Frameworks in WordPress site.
Pros:
· Support & Community:- Customer support is the great benefit of using premium themes to make sure you will get the best possible user experience. And if you are moving with a free framework then there is a large community of users desperate to help you on forums if you have queries relevant to the framework.
· Robustness & Flexibility:- By using a framework, you are always assured that the theme frameworks compiles with WordPress coding standards and compatible with custom plugins. Additionally the premium themes likely to have all kind of features that will not only saves your time for research & plugin installation but also make it easy to release the project requirements within time.
· Ease of Development:- Theme frameworks are good for web developers who use them to build websites. In addition to this frameworks also come with core functionality which improves development time.
Cons:-
The WordPress Theme Frameworks also have some disadvantages which you must keep in your mind.
· Steep Learning Curve:- The well coded theme frameworks uses their own action hooks & filters. You will need to get to grips with its coding structure to use it and take advantage of its features.
· Hefty Costs:- Most of the Theme Frameworks in WordPress are not available for free. You must have to pay a onetime fee or recurring fee for the framework license. And apart from this some developers also charge you premium for continuous update & support.
· Restrictions & Limitations:-With a theme framework , doesn’t matter how complex & feature-rich it is- its impossible to implement all the functionality. If you have to create bespoke website using WordPress then you ever find yourself to override the core files of framework.