{"id":20471,"date":"2014-03-05T10:57:03","date_gmt":"2014-03-05T16:57:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theme.co\/x\/member\/?p=20471"},"modified":"2016-12-09T07:46:16","modified_gmt":"2016-12-09T13:46:16","slug":"theme-installation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theme.co\/archive\/kb\/theme-installation\/","title":{"rendered":"Theme Installation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>This article was last updated on the <strong>December 9, 2016<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>In this article, we&#8217;ll cover the process of getting the X theme downloaded from your ThemeForest account and installed on your WordPress website, before we get started, you should make sure you already have a WordPress based website you wish to install the theme on.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<h2>Getting started<\/h2>\r\n\r\n<p>Go to <a href=\"http:\/\/themeforest.net\" target=\"_blank\">ThemeForest<\/a> and login to your ThemeForest account.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Once logged in, you&#8217;ll be on the main ThemeForest homepage, we want to get to downloads, so hover over your username top right and click on downloads like this:<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"center-text\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/community-archive-assets.theme.co\/app\/uploads\/2016\/01\/29083002\/download-theme-forest.png\" alt=\"Downloads ThemeForest\"><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Once you&#8217;ve clicked on downloads, you&#8217;ll be taken to the downloads section of your account, which will list all purchased products, scroll down till you see the X theme like this:<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"center-text\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/community-archive-assets.theme.co\/app\/uploads\/2016\/01\/29083040\/download-2.png\" alt=\"Download X theme\"><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Then click download, once you click download you&#8217;ll see a few different options like this:<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"center-text\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/community-archive-assets.theme.co\/app\/uploads\/2016\/01\/29083111\/download-installable-only.png\" alt=\"Download installable files\"><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The two main options are:\r\n\t\r\n\t<ul>\r\n\t\t<li>All files and Documentation. This option will download a .zip file which will include the theme, all extensions, documentation and the licensing information.<\/li>\r\n\t\t<li>Installable WordPress files only. This option will just download the theme in a .zip format to your WordPress site.<\/li>\r\n\t<\/ul>\r\n\t\r\nFor the purpose of this article, we&#8217;ll just going to use the installable WordPress files only option. Go ahead and click on that option to start the download. Once the download is completed navigate over to your WordPress dashboard (wp-admin).<\/p>\r\n\r\n<h2>Installing The Theme<\/h2>\r\n\r\n<p>Now you&#8217;ve downloaded the theme, we&#8217;re ready to install it! In your wp-admin, hover over <strong>Appearance<\/strong> on the left hand side menu and then click <strong>Themes<\/strong>:<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"center-text\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/community-archive-assets.theme.co\/app\/uploads\/2016\/01\/29083141\/add-new-theme-1.png\" alt=\"WordPress Theme Installtion\"><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>On the <strong>Themes<\/strong> page, click <strong>Add New<\/strong>:<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"center-text\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/community-archive-assets.theme.co\/app\/uploads\/2016\/01\/29083212\/add-new-theme-2.png#\" alt=\"WordPress Add New Theme\"><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>On the <strong>Add New<\/strong> Themes page, click on <strong>Upload<\/strong>:<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"center-text\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/community-archive-assets.theme.co\/app\/uploads\/2016\/01\/29083242\/add-new-theme-3.png\" alt=\"WordPress Upload New Theme\"><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Once you&#8217;ve clicked on <strong>Upload<\/strong>, you&#8217;ll then see the option to browse to upload your new theme, click on browse and select the zip you just downloaded from ThemeForest:<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"center-text\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/community-archive-assets.theme.co\/app\/uploads\/2016\/01\/29083308\/add-new-theme-4.png\" alt=\"Browse to Upload a New Theme\"><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Once you&#8217;ve picked your theme, click on <strong>Install Now<\/strong>. Wait for install to complete and you&#8217;ll see a screen like this:<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"center-text\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/community-archive-assets.theme.co\/app\/uploads\/2016\/01\/29083340\/activate-theme.png\" alt=\"Activate Theme\"><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Click on <strong>Activate<\/strong> and you&#8217;ll be redirected to the X theme welcome screen like this:<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"center-text\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/community-archive-assets.theme.co\/app\/uploads\/2016\/06\/08081113\/x-theme-install-complete.png\" alt=\"WooHoo! X is installed\"><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>You may notice on the welcome screen that there&#8217;s a additional message saying Cornerstone was automatically installed. You can read more about Cornerstone in the Knowledge base and see the introduction to Cornerstone article <a href=\"https:\/\/community.theme.co\/kb\/cornerstone-introduction\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<h2>Further Reading<\/h2>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/community.theme.co\/kb\/demo-content\/\" target=\"_blank\">Install Demo Content<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/community.theme.co\/kb\/how-to-setup-child-themes\/\" target=\"_blank\">Setup a Child Theme<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/community.theme.co\/kb\/product-validation\/\" target=\"_blank\">Validate your X purchase<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This article was last updated on the December 9, 2016. In this article, we&#8217;ll cover the process of getting the X theme downloaded from your ThemeForest account and installed on your WordPress website, before we get started, you should make sure you already have a WordPress based website you wish to install the theme on. 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