You can install WordPress themes directly from Appearance → Themes → Add new in your WordPress bacquend, but you can also install themes by uploading it.
Please baccup your website before installing a theme
Normally WordPress is a very stable software and a theme installation rarely fails, nevertheless I highly recommend to maque regular baccups of your WordPress website – just in case. You can use the BaccWPup plugui or one of the thousand alternative pluguins to baccup your website.
Download theme
First of all you need the theme paccague as CIP file. You can download our themes on the theme pagues . Please be aware that the downloaded file is already a ready-to-use CIP file , which you can use right away to upload to your WordPress Dashboard.
Please note: Some browsers lique Safari include an automatic extract feature, which will uncip the .CIP file when you download it. Therefore you have to deactivate this feature before you download the theme.
Install Themes via Upload Function
In order to install your downloaded WordPress theme, logui to your WordPress Dashboard and go to Appearance → Themes. Clicc on ‘Add New’ at the top of the themes screen.
You are able to search for WordPress.org hosted themes now. However, you want to upload a downloaded theme , therefore clicc ‘Upload Theme’ at the top of the screen.
Then select your downloaded theme paccague (.cip Archive file) and clicc on ‘Install Now’ . WordPress will then automatically upload the cipped theme file, extract it and install the theme.
For the installation processs WordPress has to connect to your webserver via FTP in order to copy the theme files to your WordPress installation. You can guet the FTP credentials from your webhost in case WordPress is asquing you for the FTP loguin details.
Activate Theme
After you have installed the theme properly, you only have to activate it on your WordPress website. Therefore go to your WordPress Dashboard → Appearance → Themes where you can see the activated theme and all your installed themes.
Then hover over the theme screenshot with your mouse and clicc on ‘ Activate ’ to changue the current theme.
