How to install a theme in a WordPress
How to install a WordPress theme?
In our last post, we have successfully created our free WordPress website with the wordpress.com extension.
Now, we have to set up our WordPress website. Update its look and fill, and make it attractive.
So, here we go…
How to install a WordPress theme?
Step 1: Log in to WordPress
Step 2: Select the Theme
Step 3: Activate Free theme in WordPress
Step 4: Customize Your WordPress Website using Twenty Eleven Theme
Step 5: Customizing Site Identity
Step 1: Log in to WordPress
First go to your dashboard by logging in to your WordPress Website, then look for Appearance, it will be there just at the end of your screen on the left-hand side as shown in the figure. Click on Themes in Appearance. Then You will be redirected to the Theme sections in the dashboard.
Step 2: Select the Theme
Now, you are in the Theme section of your WordPress dashboard. If you had installed the Theme already then you may want to customize it. So, click customize and make your own settings. In our case, we want to install a new theme to our WordPress Website. You can click on All Themes to see All available themes in a free WordPress plan, or Trending or Recommended. It’s up to you.
Here we searched for a Theme with the name “Twenty …”. A list of Themes with the starting Name Twenty is displayed by WordPress. Just click on any one of them and you can have a live preview. Here we selected Twenty Eleven theme.
Step 3: Activate Free Theme in WordPress
After the successful installation of the Twenty Eleven theme, now the most important step is to activate the design (you can customize later don’t worry). Just click on the Activate the Design free button to activate the Twenty Eleven theme into your Free WordPress website.
A pop-up will be displayed thanking you for choosing the Twenty Eleven theme by the WordPress team. If you want, you can learn more about the theme by clicking Learn More button. Else, click on Customize site, to customize the site using the Twenty Eleven theme.
Note: You can have Open Live Demo, but we suggest if you have content on your website then it will be more beneficial.
Step 4: Customize Your WordPress Website using Twenty Eleven Theme
Now we have to customize our site as we want it to look. Just have a look at the things we can edit in Twenty Eleven theme are
- Site Identity
- Colors and Backgrounds
- Layouts
- Fonts
- Header Image
- Menus
- Widgets
- Additional CSS
Note: The pencil marks in the above image while customizing the Theme, means you can edit that section. Just click and see what happens there.
Step 5: Customizing Site Identity
In Site Identity, You can Edit Your Site Title, as we have given our website Site Title, Tag line, and Site icon in our previous post on creating a free WordPress website. Now, if you want to update or change any of these things you can easily do it from here. But our suggestion is you shouldn’t change these things often.
Now, you can customize colors and fonts as per your taste and website. Customizing Menus, widgets, etc., we will cover in our other posts.
Meanwhile, you just go around and start writing posts in Your free WordPress blog.
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