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Theme Installation

ThemeMantis theme can be installed by using two methods –

  1. Installation via WordPress
  2. FTP Installation

Installation via WordPress –

Installing a ThemeMantis theme through WordPress is easy and simple process. You just need to follow these steps –

  1. Login to WordPress admin section.
  2. Navigate to Appearance > Themes.
  3. Click Install Themes and then click the Upload button.
  4. Navigate the zip file of the theme (example: playlet.zip) on your computer and click Install Now.
  5. After the installation of the theme, navigate to Appearance > Themes. Click on the Activate button appearing on the hover of the theme you want to install.
  6. After theme activation, you will be redirected to the welcome screen, where you can check system status, backup & restore options, support & documentation links etc.
  7. Also, you will be asked to install the recommended plugins for the theme. Install and activate the recommended plugins according to your requirements.

Installation via FTP –

Before FTP installation, you need to take following steps –

  1. Download the theme package file (.zip file) from your account on ThemeMantis.
  2. Extract the zip file on your local computer and navigate to theme.zip (Ex: playlet.zip – this is the theme file you’re going to install).
  3. Make sure you’ve a FTP client software like Filezilla installed on your computer.
  4. Also, you need FTP credentials to login to your host via FTP client.

Below are the steps you need to take for FTP installation of the WordPress theme –

  1. Log into your FTP client to access your hosting server.
  2. Upload the zip file in wp-content/themes on your server. Extract the zip file.
  3. After uploading, you need to activate the theme from your WordPress dashboard. Navigate to Appearance > Themes and activate your theme.
  4. After the theme installation, you will be redirected to the welcome screen where you can check system status, backup & restore options, support & documentation links etc.
  5. Also, you will be asked to install the recommended plugins for the theme. Install and activate the recommended plugins according to your requirements.

NOTE –

  1. Please do not upload the theme package file as you will definitely get an error. You only need to upload the theme zip file, i.e, main file (Ex: playlet.zip, not playlet-package.zip).
  2. If you’re getting an error like, “Are you sure you want to do this?” while installing via WordPress, you need to check PHP settings on your hosting server. Some servers have upload_max_filesize to 2mb which is the reason you might get an error. To solve this problem,
    1. Either you need to increase the maximum upload size to 30MB on your hosting panel.
    2. Or you can ask your hosting provider to do it for you if you do not have the privileges to modify PHP settings on the server.