How to Install a WordPress Theme
WordPress is one of the most used content management used today. This platform is basically used for bloggers, but it can also be used to effectively manage small business websites.
One of the best ways to create a website with a WordPress backend is to install a WordPress theme that suits your needs.
You can take any business or web programmer to make their WordPress theme from scratch, or you can also buy pre-made WordPress themes.
Install a WordPress theme, could be a headache for a beginner, especially if this requires manual method. Many themes are pre-installed on the hosting server, but if you want to use any other theme, that you have purchased or made, you will have to follow the manual method of doing so.
Here are a few steps that will help you in case of need the manual method to install the theme for WordPress.
1. First we need to get the data, which would help in the transfer ftp. For this please open the control panel web hosting site, using your username and password.
2. Once the control panel is open, you will find the button "FTP" (These steps largely depend on which web hosting service you are using)
3. Now I will show the host ftp -> copy and paste this part of a word file for further use.
Check if the port number is given, if indicated, copy this and paste it into the next line of the word file
.4. Find your username and FTP password.
If you are unsure, make your FTP user name and password.
If you are prompted to grant permissions, grant all permissions to this user. Register your user name and password on the word file.
5. Now, we will have to install a software called "FileZilla" to manually install the theme.
To do this follow the steps below:
6. Open your browser and open google.com
7. Search results for "Filezilla". (This is the software to manually load the theme of WordPress via FTP interface)
8. Now install the software on your computer.
9. Open the program Filezilla -> Click on the option "File" -> Click on "Site Manager"
10. On the left side at the bottom of the box Site Manager, click on "New Site" option11. Populate the host with host information previously recorded in the Word file.
12. Enter the port number in the "door" of the text
13. Change the type of access to "normal." (This will allow the username and password fields)
14. Enter your username and password stored on word file.
15. Then click on Connect. This connects to your server filezilla ftp site
.16. Now, you must unzip the WordPress theme files on your computer to the appropriate folder.
17. Now back to filezilla interface and navigate to the desktop and the folder where you unzipped the theme of WordPress. Do not browse the folder of the theme. (This could be done on the left navigation "local site" window)
18. Now in the right side window of FileZilla, you will see the home directory of your website, that would be WordPress.
19. Inside of WordPress, you should find the folder "wp-content", you should browse to that folder, then in the "Theme"
.20. Now drag the folder from the left window unzipped theme folder "Theme" opened the window on the right.21. This will copy the entire contents of the folder of the theme for your WordPress site.
22. Now, wait for all the files to transfer, this may take some time and depends on the number of files in your WordPress theme
23. Now close the software FileZilla and once again open the web browser
24. Open the backend of your WordPress site, and enter your user name and password to access the control panel of WordPress.
25. In this panel, you will find the themes option in the menu left side.
26. Click on option issues and now your theme will be displayed in the list of topics.27. Click "Enable" under the theme you want to turn your website.28. Thus the theme of WordPress on your website.
And congratulations, your WordPress theme is installed on your WordPress site.
If it is difficult, please let me know, I'd be more help.
WordPress is one of the most used content management used today. This platform is basically used for bloggers, but it can also be used to effectively manage small business websites.
One of the best ways to create a website with a WordPress backend is to install a WordPress theme that suits your needs.
You can take any business or web programmer to make their WordPress theme from scratch, or you can also buy pre-made WordPress themes.
Install a WordPress theme, could be a headache for a beginner, especially if this requires manual method. Many themes are pre-installed on the hosting server, but if you want to use any other theme, that you have purchased or made, you will have to follow the manual method of doing so.
Here are a few steps that will help you in case of need the manual method to install the theme for WordPress.
1. First we need to get the data, which would help in the transfer ftp. For this please open the control panel web hosting site, using your username and password.
2. Once the control panel is open, you will find the button "FTP" (These steps largely depend on which web hosting service you are using)
3. Now I will show the host ftp -> copy and paste this part of a word file for further use.
Check if the port number is given, if indicated, copy this and paste it into the next line of the word file
.4. Find your username and FTP password.
If you are unsure, make your FTP user name and password.
If you are prompted to grant permissions, grant all permissions to this user. Register your user name and password on the word file.
5. Now, we will have to install a software called "FileZilla" to manually install the theme.
To do this follow the steps below:
6. Open your browser and open google.com
7. Search results for "Filezilla". (This is the software to manually load the theme of WordPress via FTP interface)
8. Now install the software on your computer.
9. Open the program Filezilla -> Click on the option "File" -> Click on "Site Manager"
10. On the left side at the bottom of the box Site Manager, click on "New Site" option11. Populate the host with host information previously recorded in the Word file.
12. Enter the port number in the "door" of the text
13. Change the type of access to "normal." (This will allow the username and password fields)
14. Enter your username and password stored on word file.
15. Then click on Connect. This connects to your server filezilla ftp site
.16. Now, you must unzip the WordPress theme files on your computer to the appropriate folder.
17. Now back to filezilla interface and navigate to the desktop and the folder where you unzipped the theme of WordPress. Do not browse the folder of the theme. (This could be done on the left navigation "local site" window)
18. Now in the right side window of FileZilla, you will see the home directory of your website, that would be WordPress.
19. Inside of WordPress, you should find the folder "wp-content", you should browse to that folder, then in the "Theme"
.20. Now drag the folder from the left window unzipped theme folder "Theme" opened the window on the right.21. This will copy the entire contents of the folder of the theme for your WordPress site.
22. Now, wait for all the files to transfer, this may take some time and depends on the number of files in your WordPress theme
23. Now close the software FileZilla and once again open the web browser
24. Open the backend of your WordPress site, and enter your user name and password to access the control panel of WordPress.
25. In this panel, you will find the themes option in the menu left side.
26. Click on option issues and now your theme will be displayed in the list of topics.27. Click "Enable" under the theme you want to turn your website.28. Thus the theme of WordPress on your website.
And congratulations, your WordPress theme is installed on your WordPress site.
If it is difficult, please let me know, I'd be more help.
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