{"id":30286,"date":"2020-04-08T12:40:49","date_gmt":"2020-04-08T10:40:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/?p=30286"},"modified":"2025-12-30T15:04:25","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T13:04:25","slug":"change-themes-wordpress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/website\/change-themes-wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"How to add or change themes in WordPress"},"content":{"rendered":"

Themes are presentation styles that completely change the look of your site. There are thousands of themes available for you to choose from; some for free and others at a cost. Start by browsing the official WordPress theme repository at:\u00a0https:\/\/wordpress.org\/themes\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It’s possible to try out different themes without deleting the content of your website.<\/p>\n

Change your site theme<\/h2>\n
    \n
  1. Go to Appearance<\/strong>, then Themes\u00a0<\/strong>screen\u00a0in WP-admin<\/a>, where you will see a list of currently installed themes\"\"<\/li>\n
  2. Hover over any of the themes to see the buttons<\/li>\n
  3. (Optional) Click Theme Details\u00a0<\/strong>for an indepth look at that particular theme<\/li>\n
  4. To select a theme that is not already installed, follow the Add a theme<\/strong> instructions further down this page<\/li>\n
  5. Once you’ve decided on the new theme, simply click on the Activate<\/strong> button on your chosen theme
    \n\"\"<\/li>\n
  6. Click on your site name in the top toolbar<\/a> to see how it looks. Any content already on your site will still remain, but the theme will now have changed the look of your site content.<\/li>\n
  7. To tweak your theme settings, make use of the Customiser<\/strong>, found at Appearance > Customise<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Add a theme<\/h2>\n
      \n
    1. Go to\u00a0Appearance<\/strong>, then Themes\u00a0<\/strong>screen\u00a0in WP-admin<\/a>, where you will see a list of currently installed themes<\/li>\n
    2. Click on the large + Add New Theme<\/strong>\"\"<\/li>\n
    3. A catalogue of themes available in the official WordPress.org<\/a> repository will be displayed\"\"<\/li>\n
    4. You now have two choices: to select<\/strong> a theme from here, or to upload<\/strong> a theme that you have obtained elsewhere<\/li>\n
    5. To select a theme from here, either browse through the catalogue, or search for a specific theme name or keyword e.g. Blocksy <\/em>(theme) or\u00a0fitness\u00a0<\/em>(keyword) to refine the selection<\/li>\n
    6. If you want to use a theme that is not available in this catalogue, but from theme developers elsewhere, then\n
        \n
      1. Browse to the theme site<\/li>\n
      2. Download the theme in .zip format<\/li>\n
      3. Return to this page and select the Upload Theme<\/strong> button at the top left<\/li>\n
      4. Upload the .zip file that you now have on your local machine<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
      5. Hover over the theme image and click on the Activate<\/strong> button
        \n\"\"<\/li>\n
      6. Click on your site name in the top toolbar<\/a> to see how it looks. Any content already on your site will still remain, but the theme will now have changed the look of your site content.<\/li>\n
      7. To tweak your theme settings, make use of the Customiser<\/strong>, found at Appearance > Customise<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

         <\/p>\n

         <\/p>\n","protected":false,"plain":"Themes are presentation styles that completely change the look of your site. There are thousands of themes available for you to choose from; some for free and others at a cost. Start by browsing the official WordPress theme repository at:\u00a0https:\/\/wordpress.org\/themes\/<\/a>.\r\n\r\nIt's possible to try out different themes without deleting the content of your website.\r\n

        Change your site theme<\/h2>\r\n
          \r\n \t
        1. Go to Appearance<\/strong>, then Themes\u00a0<\/strong>screen\u00a0in WP-admin<\/a>, where you will see a list of currently installed themes\"\"<\/li>\r\n \t
        2. Hover over any of the themes to see the buttons<\/li>\r\n \t
        3. (Optional) Click Theme Details\u00a0<\/strong>for an indepth look at that particular theme<\/li>\r\n \t
        4. To select a theme that is not already installed, follow the Add a theme<\/strong> instructions further down this page<\/li>\r\n \t
        5. Once you've decided on the new theme, simply click on the Activate<\/strong> button on your chosen theme\r\n\"\"<\/li>\r\n \t
        6. Click on your site name in the top toolbar<\/a> to see how it looks. Any content already on your site will still remain, but the theme will now have changed the look of your site content.<\/li>\r\n \t
        7. To tweak your theme settings, make use of the Customiser<\/strong>, found at Appearance > Customise<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n

          Add a theme<\/h2>\r\n
            \r\n \t
          1. Go to\u00a0Appearance<\/strong>, then Themes\u00a0<\/strong>screen\u00a0in WP-admin<\/a>, where you will see a list of currently installed themes<\/li>\r\n \t
          2. Click on the large + Add New Theme<\/strong>\"\"<\/li>\r\n \t
          3. A catalogue of themes available in the official WordPress.org<\/a> repository will be displayed\"\"<\/li>\r\n \t
          4. You now have two choices: to select<\/strong> a theme from here, or to upload<\/strong> a theme that you have obtained elsewhere<\/li>\r\n \t
          5. To select a theme from here, either browse through the catalogue, or search for a specific theme name or keyword e.g. Blocksy <\/em>(theme) or\u00a0fitness\u00a0<\/em>(keyword) to refine the selection<\/li>\r\n \t
          6. If you want to use a theme that is not available in this catalogue, but from theme developers elsewhere, then\r\n
              \r\n \t
            1. Browse to the theme site<\/li>\r\n \t
            2. Download the theme in .zip format<\/li>\r\n \t
            3. Return to this page and select the Upload Theme<\/strong> button at the top left<\/li>\r\n \t
            4. Upload the .zip file that you now have on your local machine<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t
            5. Hover over the theme image and click on the Activate<\/strong> button\r\n\"\"<\/li>\r\n \t
            6. Click on your site name in the top toolbar<\/a> to see how it looks. Any content already on your site will still remain, but the theme will now have changed the look of your site content.<\/li>\r\n \t
            7. To tweak your theme settings, make use of the Customiser<\/strong>, found at Appearance > Customise<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n \r\n\r\n "},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

              Themes are presentation styles that completely change the look of your site and can easily be changed without affecting your site content.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"lsx_disable_title":"0","_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[166],"tags":[22790],"topics":[10371],"class_list":["post-30286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-website","tag-themes-in-wordpress","topics-wordpress"],"acf":[],"additional_meta":{"category_title":[{"term_id":166,"name":"Website","slug":"website","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":166,"taxonomy":"category","description":"About your Website(s)","parent":0,"count":169,"filter":"raw","term_order":"120","cat_ID":166,"category_count":169,"category_description":"About your Website(s)","cat_name":"Website","category_nicename":"website","category_parent":0}],"tag_title":[{"term_id":22790,"name":"themes in wordpress","slug":"themes-in-wordpress","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":22790,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":1,"filter":"raw","term_order":"561"}]},"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"janine","author_link":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/author\/janine\/","author_avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/aa7eb245072caa276e9df6888f1456c90cbf5304bea0210152b08c26141c638e?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30286"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30286\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30286"},{"taxonomy":"topics","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics?post=30286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}