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WordPress How to Make a Website with WordPress WordPress Themes WordPress.org Theme Repository

Aileen Ryan
Aileen Ryan
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Posted by Aileen Ryan
Aileen Ryan
5,624 Points

Getting themes while working offline/using local server

I downloaded xampp and wordpress.org so I can work on local server. In this video, he's searching for themes from his admin area, I can't do that from my admin area. Do I have to download them from wordpress.org? If so, where should I put them? And then what LOL Sorry if this is such an obvious answer, I feel so lost with what I'm doing.

Luke Towers
Luke Towers
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Luke Towers
Luke Towers
18,572 Points

To install a theme without connection to wordpress.org through your admin area (connection to wordpress.org is what powers the visual search for themes in the backend), you have a couple of different options.

  1. You could manually install the theme by unzipping the theme folder into the wp-content/themes directory and then activating it in the backend, or
  2. You could upload the theme's ZIP folder through the WP admin interface (add /wp-admin/theme-install.php?upload to the end of your URL or visit the Theme page and click on Themes, Add New, Upload Theme.

Both of these options require a compressed ZIP folder of the theme in question, you can get these theme files from the WordPress.org theme repository (https://wordpress.org/themes/) or from other third party theme repositories.

2 Answers

Poul Larsen
Poul Larsen
5,902 Points
Poul Larsen
Poul Larsen
5,902 Points

The easiest way is to have your computer connected to the internet then you can install a theme directly within wordpress admin area without having to manually download the theme.

Aileen Ryan
Aileen Ryan
5,624 Points
Aileen Ryan
Aileen Ryan
5,624 Points

Thanks for the replies!