After purchasing a WordPress theme from ThemeForest, the commencement step is download and install it on your website. This tutorial will bear witness you how to do that in an easy mode.

#Download the WordPress theme from ThemeForest

Right afterward y'all completed the purchasing a WordPress theme on ThemForest, a download button will appear. Just click on that button to download the theme.

In case you want to download the theme once more or somehow you lot airtight the browser tab, yous need log into your account on ThemeForest. Then motility your mouse over your username on the superlative right and clickDownloads.

Go to downloads page

And so you will be redirected to yourDownloads folio. All your purchased items are listed here.

Each WordPress has a green buttonDownload. Clicking on that button shows a dropdown. Then selectAll files & documentation to download the WordPress theme and everything goes with it that you might need to set upwards the theme, such as required plugins, documentation.

Download WordPress theme

The screenshot higher up shows an example with our Felix theme.

#Install a WordPress theme from ThemeForest

After yous download the .zip package from ThemeForest, unzip it. You lot'll come across a file .zip, which is the main theme file that needs to exist uploaded and installed. The filename is usually the theme proper name, for case: if the theme is TheM, then the file name is them.zip, Racket – racket.aught, etc. But sometimes, the file proper name is different simply not as well much and yous tin can guess the file proper name from the theme proper name. Here at FitWP, we e'er name the .zip file the same every bit the theme name.

To install a WordPress theme from a .zip file, login to your WordPress dashboard and click on Appearance → Themes. Then click on the Add together New button at the elevation.

Add new WordPress theme

On the next screen, click on the Upload Theme push at the top. You will exist prompted to choose the nada file that you lot downloaded before. Select the file and click Install At present.

Upload WordPress theme

Once your theme is installed, you lot will see a success message along with the link to activate and preview the theme. Just click Actuate link to complete the installation of the theme.

#Install required and recommended plugins (optional)

Subsequently installing the WordPress theme, you might see a notification at the top of the page that says the theme needs some plugins to function properly. These plugins add more features to the theme such as portfolio, contact form, shop, which makes your website more than powerful.

Please note that not all themes accept this notification. But most of the themes on ThemeForest have that. So do our themes.

Notification to install plugins

If you see the notification, you lot will know that the theme requires and recommends some plugins. The required plugins must exist installed to make the theme piece of work as expected while the recommended are but optional as the website still work without them, but it'south still amend to have them installed.

To install plugins, click on the linkBegin installing plugins as shown in the screenshot above. You'll exist redirected to a page where all needed plugins are listed. Just click on Install below the plugins' names or select all of them (recommended) and chooseInstall from the drop-down and clickUtilize.

Install plugins

Some plugins are included directly in the themes and some are hosted on wordpress.org which takes a while to download.

Done installed plugins

After installing, click the linkReturn to Required Plugins Installer. You'll be redirected to a page where all installed plugins are listed. It's required to activate them. Then select them all and cullActuate from the drib-down and clickUse:

Activate plugins

That'due south all. Now you have your theme and plugins installed. It's time to discover theme features and setup the theme. For the specific theme, delight follow the corresponding documentation of the theme.

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