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Building a simple 5 page website for my sister. I have experience with wordpress. My question is about themes. In the past, I used free themes. This time, I want to make my life easier and use a theme. Now, themes come in annual or lifetime subscriptions. My question is: what happens once the annual subscription is up and I don’t pay it? Will the website functionality be affected? Or will I simply not have access to edit with the tools in the paid version of the theme. Minimal changes will need to be made once website is complete. Thanks!
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The terms of paid themes will be different for each theme publisher. In general, though, these subscriptions will allow you to use a version of the theme indefinitely, but you won’t get any updates should it expire. That can be a security risk should a vulnerability be found.
u/mrbmi513 has the answer, but do you really need a paid theme? They typically dont make things “easier”, they just add fancier features. I build sites for a living, I do have Astra Pro theme unlimited lifetime license, but could get away with free version on many sites.
If it’s a simple five-page website, why do you want to use a paid theme for it? Use a free theme instead. They are generally better.
Just use the default WordPress theme.