{"id":18098,"date":"2012-05-03T04:51:41","date_gmt":"2012-05-03T08:51:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/?p=18098"},"modified":"2017-08-16T10:58:22","modified_gmt":"2017-08-16T14:58:22","slug":"joomla-could-not-find-an-xml-setup-file-error","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/joomla-could-not-find-an-xml-setup-file-error.html","title":{"rendered":"Joomla. &#8220;Could not find an XML setup file&#8230;&#8221; error"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\r\n<p>This tutorial shows how to get rid the following error: Joomla:Error! Could not find an XML setup file in the package<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>&#8211; For Joomla 1.5 version<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>1. Make sure that you have unzipped template package you have downloaded. You should unzip template package like template_27789_n186I3fHqb2ddsx8zoxl6T.zip using WinZip (on Windows) or Stuffit (on Mac) software. <\/p>\r\n<p>After unzipping the template package you will see Joomla folder. <\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Could_not_find_an_XML_setup_file_template_owerview.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Could_not_find_an_XML_setup_file_template_owerview-300x50.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"Could_not_find_an_XML_setup_file_template_owerview\" width=\"300\" height=\"50\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-18099\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Could_not_find_an_XML_setup_file_template_owerview-300x50.png 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Could_not_find_an_XML_setup_file_template_owerview.png 804w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>Theme files are located in themeXXX folder, where XXX are actual theme numbers or zipped theme. <\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Could_not_find_an_XML_setup_file_folder.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Could_not_find_an_XML_setup_file_folder-300x39.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"Could_not_find_an_XML_setup_file_folder\" width=\"300\" height=\"39\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-18100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Could_not_find_an_XML_setup_file_folder-300x39.png 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Could_not_find_an_XML_setup_file_folder.png 804w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>Please zip themeXXX folder if it is not zipped already and install it using Joomla extenshion manager.<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Could_not_find_an_XML_setup_file_install.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Could_not_find_an_XML_setup_file_install-300x155.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"Could_not_find_an_XML_setup_file_install\" width=\"300\" height=\"155\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-18101\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Could_not_find_an_XML_setup_file_install-300x155.png 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Could_not_find_an_XML_setup_file_install.png 628w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>2. Alternatively you can upload unziped themeXXX folder to templates folder of your Joomla using ftp or hosting file manager. After that it will appear in Template Manager.<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>&#8211;  For Joomla 1.6 and higher versions<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>1. Make sure that you have unzipped template package you have downloaded. You should unzip template package like template_39012_n186I3fHqb2ddsx8zoxl6T using WinZip (on Windows) or Stuffit (on Mac) software. <\/p>\r\n<p>After unzipping the template package you will see joomla folder. Find zipped theme folder like themeXXX.zip (XXX are actual theme numbers) and install it using Joomla extenshion manager.<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Could_not_find_an_XML_setup_file_ext_man_16.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Could_not_find_an_XML_setup_file_ext_man_16-300x193.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"Could_not_find_an_XML_setup_file_ext_man_16\" width=\"300\" height=\"193\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-18102\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Could_not_find_an_XML_setup_file_ext_man_16-300x193.png 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Could_not_find_an_XML_setup_file_ext_man_16.png 620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>2. Unzip  themeXXX.zip (XXX are actual theme numbers) file and upload theme folder to templates folder of Joomla. After that you should go to <strong>Extensions-Extensions manager<\/strong> and open <strong>Discover <\/strong>tab. Click on <strong>Discover<\/strong> button, select theme and install it.<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Could_not_find_an_XML_setup_file_discover1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Could_not_find_an_XML_setup_file_discover1-300x89.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"Could_not_find_an_XML_setup_file_discover1\" width=\"300\" height=\"89\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-18103\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Could_not_find_an_XML_setup_file_discover1-300x89.png 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Could_not_find_an_XML_setup_file_discover1.png 948w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>Feel free to check the detailed video tutorial below:<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"\/help\/files\/Joomla\/Could_not_find_an_XML_setup file.htm\" target=\"blank\">Joomla. &#8220;Could not find an XML setup file&#8230;&#8221; error<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<p><br \/>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"inline-banner\">\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/cart.php?addOffer=587\">\r\n<img src=\"\/help\/files\/banners\/inline\/Banner-1-(500-x100).jpg\" \/>\r\n<\/a>\r\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This tutorial shows how to get rid the following error: Joomla:Error! Could not find an XML setup file in the package<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":18108,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[724],"tags":[691,1241,483],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18098"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18098"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18098\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82793,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18098\/revisions\/82793"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}