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Adding Themes and Plugins to WordPress

January 2, 2010
By G.D. Brown

file downloadWordPress makes adding themes and plugins super easy.

The first thing you will want to do is download the theme or plugin to your computer and remember where you saved it. DO NOT unzip the file, just leave it the way it is.

Now log in to your WordPress admin panel and click on “Add New Themes” or “Add New” under plugins.

Click “Upload” in the menu at the top of the page then click the “Browse” button on the next page. This will take you to your computer where you can navigate to the file you downloaded. Select the file by clicking on it, then click the “Open” button, then the “Install” button.

WordPress will automatically upload, unzip, and install your theme or plugin. All you need to do at this point is to activate the theme or plugin and configure any settings that may be available.

There may be times when WordPress cannot upload a certain theme.This can happen when there are additional folders or files included by the Author which need to be manually installed.

This is easily accomplished by unzipping the theme package on your computer and using a free FTP program like FileZilla to upload the necessary folders/files to your wp-themes folder in the root directory of your site.

Usually, the additional folders included in your theme package is a Plugin folder which can be uploaded to the wp-plugins folder in the root directory of your site.

NOTE: When uploading themes or plugins via FTP you will want to upload the entire folder with all the contents included. DO NOT open the folder and upload the contents individually.

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  1. Harrison Kondos on January 24, 2010 at 11:44 pm

    Thanks for the information. I appreciate it. You have a very well-designed blog.

  2. Jennifer Haynes on January 20, 2010 at 10:02 pm

    Hi, it looks like your site

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