We’ve been asked many times how do you upload a theme and then activate it in WordPress? So we thought it best to do a post to run through how!
- First, check your zip file, if it contains more than just a folder with the theme in it (most paid themes do), you will need to extract that folder from the zip, and zip JUST that folder up again into a new zip file.
- Login to your WordPress Admin
- Hover over Appearance, then click Themes
- On the Themes page, there is a tab at the top that says “Install Themes” click it.
- When you’re on the install themes page, just under the tab you clicked is an option to Upload, click it.
- Click the Choose File button and find the zip file on your computer
- Click install now. A page will then show with details of the installation
- Click the Activate button at the bottom of the install page
And that’s it! you now have your new theme installed and running!