Title: Sponsored Themes?
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Sponsored Themes?

 *  [ChgoWriter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chgowriter/)
 * (@chgowriter)
 * [18 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sponsored-themes/)
 * Ok…so in doing countless hours of homework and research trying to get myself 
   up-to-speed on WordPress and blogging in general, I find out today about “Sponsored”
   themes.
    I know, I’m a little behind.
 * Now I really believe (again, I’m new to this so maybe I don’t have all the facts)
   that the person who develops a theme should get some credit. I personally wouldn’t
   remove a footer credit linking to the developer. Hey, if I liked the theme, a
   theme I certainly couldn’t build myself, then maybe someone else will to or maybe
   the developer might get a gig out of it or something. But, they’re putting adware
   in the themes? No way!
    So, I don’t want to stir up a Hornet’s nest, but **how
   do I find a great theme and know that it is clean? **

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 *  [Jeremy Clark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeremyclark13/)
 * (@jeremyclark13)
 * [18 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sponsored-themes/#post-646203)
 * They have been doing a lot of cleaning up over at [themes.wordpress.net](http://themes.wordpress.net)
   and I’m pretty sure they’ve gotten this under control, if you do spot a theme
   that hasn’t been caught they now have a report a theme feature.
 *  [mlcarey1959](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mlcarey1959/)
 * (@mlcarey1959)
 * [18 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sponsored-themes/#post-646282)
 * You can remove the adware.
 * I am not sure what spam links and sponsored themes are. It would help if someone
   at wordpress.net defined these terms.
 * Some themes at themes.wordpress.net are designed for Google Adsense. Are themes
   designed to include Google Adsense spam links and/or sponsored themes?

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 * In: [Everything else WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/miscellaneous/)
 * 2 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [mlcarey1959](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mlcarey1959/)
 * Last activity: [18 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sponsored-themes/#post-646282)
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