tcarvin23

When you install wp. Then you choose a theme from the theme library. Those themes.

Should there be that much difference between a free theme and the paid version? Surely you understand that from a user point of view?

Maybe THAT should be made clear. That only the free versions of the themes in the themes library are endorsed by wp. Or whatever the actual situation is.

It is implied that both versions would be endorsed, surely? Your Logitech analogy is false because a computer store would warrant the products they sold (promoted/endorsed) in that store.

It sounds like you are protecting dishonest developers, actually.

• This reply was modified 2 years, 1 month ago by tcarvin23.
• This reply was modified 2 years, 1 month ago by tcarvin23.

The free version was featured in the wp theme library. I paid for the full version, but the demo wouldn’t load. I assumed that creators whose products were included would be trustworthy. I guess one shouldn’t assume…

In the “add new themes” from within wp. OTOH I have found good plugins which aren’t in wp.

Given the popularity of this platform I expected (perhaps naively) that there would be some quality control.

I guess people trust plugins when they are noobs like me. Maybe wordpress should be more discerning in whose products they promote. Creators who treat paying customers badly give wordpress a bad name.

Thank you. Yes, it was a paid theme, but not from those authors. I have requested a refund from the developer but he is not being very helpful and insists I allow him access to my site to load a “demo”. I have never had trouble with demos before. I also have a dispute process going with Paypal, but wondered if anyone here had any other advice.

Thanks again for your reply.