WordPress Beginners: How to install Custom theme on WordPress?

WordPress Theme

WordPress is most popular Blogging Platform who has started their Journey in 2003. At the beginning of its journey very few users use this platform for typography but now  millions of users actively using this platform for Blogging, Business, Ecommerce and many other purposes.

The positive site of WordPress is that this is a strongest platform for SEO (Search Engine Optimization) but many webmaster don't want to use this platform because you have to pay to use this platform professionally. Moreover you have to purchase plugins for adding extra features.

But still this is very trendy blogging platform for their unique, smooth, SEO friendly features. Among most of the newbie feel trouble and complicated to use WordPress so I will provide tutorial time to time for make the potential users and new users happy.

I assume that you have already register with WordPress and created your blog. there are 2 way WordPress theme can upload or install. You can upload either by using Filezile (ftp service) or directly through WordPress site. It is easiest to upload by using WordPress. Currently I am using WordPress 3.8.1 version. So to install custom WordPress theme just follow the below steps-

Step 1 Go to WordPress Login Page  and Sign in to account

log in

Step 2 Go Now go to Dashboard-> Appearance-> Theme

dashboard

Step 3 After that Click on Add New

add theme

Step 4 It will headed to another page and now click on Upload link.

upload theme

Step 5 Now click on Choose File and select Zip format file from your PC and hit the Install Now button.

custom file

After successfully complete the installation see the preview of the template and click on activate Button.

Congratulation you have successfully install custom WordPress theme. If you face any problem then leave a comment below. I will help you to install the theme. And hopefully I will write more tutorial about WordPress Beginners till than stay tune. 

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