I’m loving Thesis, a premium WordPress theme that I’ve been using since November on this site as well as Hockley Photography. Thesis offers a bunch of really great options for point-and-click configuration through the administration screens, as well as a powerful “hooks” system that makes it easy to write PHP code (in one file) to take care of custom theme alterations that often require editing several different theme files with a “typical” WordPress theme.

Because these theme changes are kept in one customization file, upgrading the theme preserves all of the customizations.

Another big plus is that Thesis features excellent SEO features. Canonical URLs, appropriate meta tags, alt text, management of noindex for archives, and other search-engine-friendly features are all editable via the admin screens. Here’s a real life example of the SEO power of Thesis: last night I attended a photography seminar on the theme of “Exciting Light” led by top-notch photographer David Ziser. If you Google [David Ziser exciting light] you’ll find that my blog posts are the top results for his seminar.

Want to see Thesis in person? Find me at Beer and Blog or Portland’s WordPress User Group or another local event and I’ll show you how it works.

Want to buy Thesis? If you buy Thesis via this link, I’ll get a few dollars and you’ll get a great theme.