How to Install a WordPress Theme : 3 Different Methods

How to set a topic for WordPress In this article:

• Part One: Searching for Design Themes
• Part Two: Setting Themes
• Part Three: Modifying Theme Additional Articles

The design can both give a blog life, and ruin it. If your blog is tastelessly decorated, then most visitors will pass by it, if you are even the best writer. Here the themes of decoration come into play. Topics allow your blog to completely change its appearance to a new and fresh, without affecting the content. Get started right now!

Method 1

Step 1: Searching for design themes 1

Download topics from WordPress. On the official WordPress site you can find an extensive collection of topics for every taste. All topics on the site are checked for errors in code, which makes the official site the safest place to download. All themes are downloaded in ZIP or TAR.GZ format. You don’t need to extract the file to install a theme.

Step 2: Download themes from any other site.

There are many sites with paid and free topics. Themes for WordPress can be created by anyone, so always make sure that you download topics from secure sources.

Step 3: Create your own theme.

If you are familiar with CSS and PHP, you can create your own theme for WordPress. You can also edit existing themes.

Method 2

Step One: Setting the topics

Setting the theme through the WordPress Administration tool. You can install topics using the web interface of your administrator page. In this case you will not need access to cPanel or the server.

• Go to your WordPress administrator page.
• Click on the “Appearance” menu. Click on the “Topics” section.
• Click on the button “Add a new one”.
• Select or upload your topic. You can choose from the theme directory or download an archive with the theme from your computer.

Step Two: Setting the theme using cPanel.

If you have cPanel installed on your hosting account, you can change themes using WordPress plugin. You need to have a theme file on your computer before you can use cPanel.

• Open the cPanel File Manager. Go to the theme folder located in code>wp-content folder.
• Download your theme file.
• Unpack the file by clicking on it and selecting “Extract File Contents”.

Step Three: Installing a theme using FTP.

If you have access to the FTP server of your site, you can upload your topic and install it yourself. You need to have a file with the topic on your computer before you can start this method.

• Unpack the file with the theme on your computer. Make sure that you have saved the folder structure and all files are in their place.
• Access the server using the FTP client.
• Go to wp-content/themes.
• Create a new folder for your theme and choose a memorable name like “test” for it. The end address should look like this – wp-content/themes/test.
• Upload your theme to a folder on the server.

Method 3

Step One: Changing the Theme

Visit the administrator page. From this page you can change topics by selecting from all available and installed topics. Click on the “Appearance” menu. Select the topics you want to upload. You will see a preview of all the selected topics.

Step Two: View more information.

If you want to see the details of the topic, click on “Theme Details”. The title, description, author, version and other details will be displayed.

Step Three: Preview of the Theme.

Select a theme and click on “Live Preview”. You’ll be able to see what your blog will look like with the new design. This design is shown to you only and does not affect the current design of your pages.

Step Four: Application of the topic.

If you liked the topic, click “Activate” to apply the topic to all pages of the blog. If you want to change the topic, just select another one and apply it again with the “Activate” button.

Tips:

• Setting a theme from the administrator menu is more preferable because it reduces the possibility of setting a theme from an untrusted source.
• When installing a theme, always pay attention to the support of the theme in your version of WordPress.
• After you install a theme, update it regularly.

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