The danger of downloading themes!

Well if you just listened to my rant about the importance of open source to wordpress, what I’m about to say is not a surprise… if you download a theme from anywhere but Wordpress.org, you risk doing really bad things to your web site.
It seems that if you google for wordpress themes, almost all of the top results host modified versions of wordpress themes, with obfuscated code inserted in them. This code might do something benign like just adding backlinks to other sites, but it could potentially do terrible things, like installing malware on your viewer’s computers.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Never install plugins or themes from any site other than wordpress.org!

Check out the video and links to some articles below…

Stop downloading Wordpress themes from shady sites
How Downloading a Premium Theme/Plugin From the Wrong Place Can Ruin Your Site
Watch Where You Download That