{"id":84587,"date":"2018-04-16T09:51:33","date_gmt":"2018-04-16T13:51:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/?p=84587"},"modified":"2018-04-16T09:51:33","modified_gmt":"2018-04-16T13:51:33","slug":"how-to-upload-theme-to-wordpress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/how-to-upload-theme-to-wordpress.html","title":{"rendered":"How to upload theme to WordPress"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello, our support team is ready to present you a new tutorial that shows how to add a new theme to WordPress.<\/p>\r\n

If you would like to install a free WordPress theme from the WordPress.org<\/strong> themes directory, the easiest way to do it is by using the WordPress admin themes search functionality.<\/p>\r\n

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  1. First, log into your WordPress admin panel and navigate to Appearance > Themes<\/strong>.<\/p><\/li>\r\n

  2. Click on the Add New<\/strong> button at the top. On the next screen, you will see the filters that will help you to select a theme: Featured<\/strong> WordPress themes, Popular<\/strong> WordPress themes, Latest<\/strong> WordPress themes. You can also search for a specific theme or themes with specific features.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\"\"<\/a>\r\n\r\n<\/li>\r\n

  3. After selecting the theme that you would like to use, simply bring your mouse cursor on top of the image. You will see the Install<\/strong> button. Go ahead and click to install the theme.<\/p><\/li>\r\n

  4. WordPress will now install your theme and show you a success message along with the link to Activate<\/strong> or live preview.<\/p><\/li>\r\n

  5. Click on the Activate<\/strong> button. Now you have successfully installed and activated your WordPress theme.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\"\"<\/a>\r\n\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n

    If you want to install a commercial “premium” WordPress theme, you would need to install the theme using the upload method from your WordPress admin.<\/p>\r\n

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    1. Download the .zip<\/strong> file of the theme that you purchased from a marketplace or a commercial theme provider.<\/p><\/li>\r\n

    2. Login to your WordPress admin area and navigate to Appearance > Themes<\/strong>.<\/p><\/li>\r\n

    3. Once you are on the themes page, click on the Add New<\/strong> button at the top.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\"\"<\/a>\r\n\r\n<\/li>\r\n

    4. You will be asked to choose the theme zip file. Select the file and click Install Now<\/strong>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\"\"<\/a>\r\n\r\n<\/li>\r\n

    5. Once your theme is installed, you will see a success message along with the link to activate<\/strong> and preview the theme.<\/p><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n

      Alternatively, you can upload a new theme via FTP<\/strong>.<\/p>\r\n

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      1. Connect to your host using FTP. Navigate to \/wp-content\/themes\/<\/strong> directory<\/p><\/li>\r\n

      2. Simply upload your theme folder there.\r\nRemember that you must unzip the theme folder before you upload a theme using FTP. <\/p><\/li>\r\n

      3. Once the theme is uploaded, you would need to go to your admin area and open Appearance > Themes<\/strong> section.\r\nYou should see the theme that you uploaded in the list. Bring your mouse on top of that theme image and click on the Activate<\/strong> button.<\/p><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n

        We hope this step-by-step guidance was useful for you. Feel free to check our blog<\/a> to learn more tweaks on how to manage your WordPress website as a guru of the web design!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        Hello, our support team is ready to present you a new tutorial that shows how to add a new theme to WordPress.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":84592,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2017,728],"tags":[2640,766,2641],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84587"}],"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\/56"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84587"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84587\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84595,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84587\/revisions\/84595"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}