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Does changing WP Theme affect website ranking, social media statistics?

JooKwang

Published on October 20, 2017

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I tried to post this as a question but there was a problem in submitting it. Thus, I am writing it as a blog post instead.

I am a month into my website and managed to publish close to 50 articles. They are being indexed by Google but not ranking anywhere high.

I wanted to change the WP theme because the current one looks very cluttered. It's at https://bytetodc.com

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Would changing the WP theme affect my SEO, ranking and social media statistics? For example, on my website, there is a Total Share Count for my blog posts. If I change to a new theme, will all this be reset?

Thanks and hope to hear from anyone who has similar experience.

I also welcome if you have any ideas for WP Themes that are easy on the eyes. I was on the Omega Theme previously but it seems to have a lot of white space and thus I changed it. The current one however looks cluttered and has a slower loading time, maybe in part due to the images and above the fold header image.

Jude

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