ThemeMantis theme can be installed by using two methods –
- Installation via WordPress
- FTP Installation
Installation via WordPress –
Installing a ThemeMantis theme through WordPress is easy and simple process. You just need to follow these steps –
- Login to WordPress admin section.
- Navigate to Appearance > Themes.
- Click Install Themes and then click the Upload button.
- Navigate the zip file of the theme (example: playlet.zip) on your computer and click Install Now.
- 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.
- After theme activation, you will be redirected to the welcome screen, where you can check system status, backup & restore options, support & documentation links etc.
- 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 –
- Download the theme package file (.zip file) from your account on ThemeMantis.
- 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).
- Make sure you’ve a FTP client software like Filezilla installed on your computer.
- 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 –
- Log into your FTP client to access your hosting server.
- Upload the zip file in wp-content/themes on your server. Extract the zip file.
- After uploading, you need to activate the theme from your WordPress dashboard. Navigate to Appearance > Themes and activate your theme.
- 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.
- Also, you will be asked to install the recommended plugins for the theme. Install and activate the recommended plugins according to your requirements.
NOTE –
- 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).
- 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,
- Either you need to increase the maximum upload size to 30MB on your hosting panel.
- 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.