There are two ways going forward to install your newly purchase WordPress theme:
- Using the WordPress upload
- Using FTP
Using the WordPress upload
- Download and unzip the theme archive from your ThemeForest account
- Log in to your WordPress Dashboard (Ex: http://yourwebsite.com/wp-admin)
- Go to Appearance > Themes
- On the next page, click the Add New button
- In the displayed screen click the Upload Theme button
- Choose the file [themename].zip, downloaded from your ThemeForest account. Select it and press the Install Now button
- In the next screen, click on the Activate link
- With the theme’s name selected in the sidebar follow the theme and demo content install instructions in order to make your website look exactly like in our demo preview
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Reminder
Don’t forget to unzip the archive downloaded from your ThemeForest account in order locate the [themename].zip file needed for the WordPress upload.
Installing the Theme using FTP
- Download and unzip the theme archive from your ThemeForest account
- Locate the [themename]-child and [themename]-parent folders inside the Licensing & Plugins / full wp theme for manual install folder
- Connect to your server using a FTP client and locate the wp-content/themes folder
- Upload the [themename]-child and [themename]-parent folders inside the wp-content/themes folder on your server
- Log in to your WordPress admin and go to Appearance > Themes
- Activate the Child theme
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Attention
It’s mandatory to activate the Child theme and not the Parent one. Find out why in this article .
- With the theme’s name selected in the sidebar follow the theme and demo content install instructions in order to make your website look exactly like in our demo preview