Install a WordPress Theme

There are two ways going forward to install your newly purchase WordPress theme:

  1. Using the WordPress upload
  2. Using FTP

Using the WordPress upload

  1. Download and unzip the theme archive from your ThemeForest account
  2. Log in to your WordPress Dashboard (Ex: http://yourwebsite.com/wp-admin)
  3. Go to Appearance > Themes
  4. On the next page, click the Add New button
  5. In the displayed screen click the Upload Theme button
  6. Choose the file [themename].zip, downloaded from your ThemeForest account. Select it and press the Install Now button
  7. In the next screen, click on the Activate link
  8. 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
  9. 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

  1. Download and unzip the theme archive from your ThemeForest account
  2. Locate the [themename]-child and [themename]-parent folders inside the Licensing & Plugins / full wp theme for manual install folder
  3. Connect to your server using a FTP client and locate the wp-content/themes folder
  4. Upload the [themename]-child and [themename]-parent folders inside the wp-content/themes folder on your server
  5. Log in to your WordPress admin and go to Appearance > Themes
  6. Activate the Child theme
  7. Attention

    It’s mandatory to activate the Child theme and not the Parent one. Find out why in this article .

  8. 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