Installation

Installing a WordPress theme is easy. There are three ways to install a theme.

Installing from the admin panel

1. In your admin panel, go to Appearance -> Themes and click the “Add New” button.
2. Type in the theme name in the search form and press the “Enter” key on your keyboard.
3. Click on the “Activate” button to use your new theme right away.
4. Navigate to Appearance > Customize in your admin panel and customize to taste.

Installing by uploading a zip

1. Download the theme zip file from wp.org.
2. In your admin panel, go to Appearance -> Themes and click the “Add New” button.
3. Click the “Upload” button.
4. Select the themename.zip file
5. Click “Install Now”

Manual FTP upload

1. Unzip your themename.zip file
2. Start your FTP software, like FileZilla, and connect to your web server. (If you don’t know how to do this, please contact your web hosting provider.)
3. Navigate to your WordPress installation. Open the wp-content folder and then the themes folder.
4. Now upload your themename file folder (from step 1) in your themes folder. Your folder structure should look like this: /wp-content/themes/themename/.
5. Activate your theme in the WordPress admin panel Appearance > Themes tab.