How to Install a Theme in WordPress || Wordpress Theme Customization || How To Import Templates Using WordPress
How to Install a Theme in WordPress || Wordpress Theme Customization || How To Import Templates Using WordPress
How to Install a Theme in WordPress || Wordpress Theme Customization || How To Import Templates Using WordPress |
hello friends,
In this article we will know how
you can install a theme in WordPress.
Now let's say you have a
WordPress website, like with the default design
That and you want to change your
site design into something.
which looks different,
You can easily do this by
installing a WordPress theme.
So let's begin.
First, let's see, what is a
WordPress theme?
A WordPress theme is just the
design of your website.
And if you want to change the
design,
All you have to do
To select the theme of your
choice and then install it on your site.
Now to install the WordPress
theme, first, let's take a look at our site.
This is the site where we are
going to install our WordPress theme.
So there are 2 ways to install a
theme in WordPress.
The first method is to install
the theme,
Using WordPress Search.
So install the theme using
'search'.
Let's go to our WordPress dashboard.
And then go to 'Appearance'
And click on 'Themes'
This will take you to this page.
So this is the page where you can
see the themes that are installed on your website.
Now this is the current theme of
your website.
Now to change that
Just click on 'Add New'
And you will find this page.
Where you can have different
themes that you can install on WordPress.
So just have a look at these
themes.
And choose your favorite.
Or if you have a particular theme
in mind.
Then you can search for it by
entering the theme name here.
So, I'm going to look for a theme
called 'Lovecraft'
Now if you click on this theme,
You can see a preview of how it
will look on your website.
Now to install this theme
Let's click on 'Install'
And the theme will be installed
on our website.
Now to put this theme to work on
your site
You need to activate your theme.
So let's click on 'Activate'
And as you can see your theme is
activated.
So now if you go to your website.
You can see that this is what it
looked like before.
And now if you click refresh.
That our website design has changed.
So this is how you can install a
theme in WordPress.
Okay fine!
Now, sometimes you may not find the theme you need on a WordPress search.
In that case, how do you get the theme and install it on your website?
So now, let's look at the second method, which is to search for WordPress.
theme, using a Google search.
So the theme you want to find using Google, let's open Google.
Now all you have to do is find the type of site you are looking for.
To create a space wordpress theme.
Now let's say you want a blog theme,
Just enter, Blogspace WordPress theme
And, press Enter.
And you will get results like this.
Now, you can select any result from here.
I'm going to choose this one.
Here you will find different blog themes that you can choose from.
Install on your website.
Take a look at all these themes and choose your favorite.
So in this way you can find the theme using google search.
Now once you find a theme that suits your needs.
How do you install the theme?
Now let's say you like this theme and want to install it.
If we click here and click on download.
You can see that we are getting the theme in .zip format.
Now how do you install this theme on WordPress?
So let's see how you can install a theme that comes in zip format.
So to install this theme, on your WordPress site,
You need to upload this file to WordPress.
So to upload this theme, let's go back to our WordPress dashboard.
And then click Add New.
Now instead of using the search box, let's click on 'Upload Theme'.
Now click on Choose file and select the theme that you have downloaded.
And as you can see the theme is selected.
Now to install the theme,
Just click on 'Install'.
And then click on 'Activate'.
Now the theme will be activated on our website.
So now if you go to your website,
You can see what our site used to look like.
Now, if we click on refresh,
You may notice that our website design has changed.
So this is how you can install a theme in WordPress, by uploading the zip file
So now we know how to install themes in WordPress.
Next, let's see how you can delete themes that you are not using on WordPress.
Now if you go to your dashboard.
As you can see, this is the theme we have installed on our website.
Here as you can see, we have another theme that we don't use
Now all you have to do to delete this theme is,
Just click on Delete and click on 'Delete'
As you can see here the theme has been deleted.
And this is how you can delete unused themes in WordPress.
You can optimize yours by deleting the themes you are not using.
Website security and performance.
So here it is folks
This is how you can install a WordPress theme on your WordPress website.
Now that WordPress has thousands of free and premium themes available, you can.
Thanks
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