Installing a New Theme

  • Hi All,

    I hope someone would be able to help me with this problem. I have installed WordPress 4.2.2 a few days ago. Everything is running smooth. Just one issue. How to install a new theme on Localhost. I downloaded a new theme for my portfolio, extracted all its contents in the wp-content-themes folder, but I CANNOT change the theme. Could anyone help me?

    Aarohi

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  • Here’s what I did:

    From your WordPress dashboard of your website on your local host
    Go to Appearance > Add New Themes
    Click > Upload
    Click > browse, find the zip file of your theme on your computer
    Click > Install Now
    After you’ve installed the theme, hover over the image of the theme and click > Activate

    Thread Starter AarohiRane

    (@aarohirane)

    Hey ES IVY,

    Thank u for the reply.. I tried doing that, but there is no button which says Add New Theme. I cant post any image in this box, so cant tell u. ??

    Aarohi

    Are you on your WordPress dashboard? Do you see this? To the right of “Themes 2” is “Add New” in blue.
    image

    Thread Starter AarohiRane

    (@aarohirane)

    Could I have ur mail ID? will send u a screen shot…

    Aarohi

    A better alternative is for you to send a link where you’ve uploaded the image to a image hosting service, like imgur.com. Then others can see and help or benefit too!

    Just to make sure we’re on the same page, make sure you have followed these steps:
    – download the theme to your computer
    – From your WordPress dashboard of your website on your local host
    Go to Appearance > Add New Themes
    Click > Upload
    Click > browse, find the zip file of your theme on your computer
    Click > Install Now
    After you’ve installed the theme, hover over the image of the theme and click > Activate

    The really important step is you’ll *have* to hover over the image of your WordPress theme before you’ll be able to see the Activate button (that’s why you don’t see the activate button on my image – linked to above – either.)

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