Here we discuss how to add a theme in the WordPress dashboard. Adding a theme will allow you to change the appearance your site. Access to the WordPress administrator dashboard will be needed to install a theme.
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Install WordPress Theme
- Take a backup of the site
- This ensures that if the theme breaks the site it can be reverted back to its previous state
CAUTION: If using BoldGrid, test out the theme before continuing development. Adding a new WordPress theme in the middle of the development of a BoldGrid site, and then activating that theme can oftentimes results in a broken website.
- This ensures that if the theme breaks the site it can be reverted back to its previous state
- Log into the WordPress dashboard
- Once in the dashboard hover over Appearance on the menu bar on the left
- Click on Themes
- At the top of the page click the "Add New" box
- This area will allow a new theme to be uploaded to the site
- New themes can be searched here
- Once a theme has been chosen click Install on the theme
- Then Activate to activate the theme on the website
- The new theme should now be installed and active on the website