You downloaded a new theme from trusted website and want to install it on your WordPress site using the Wordpress Admin area. If that"s the case, follow this tutorial.

**1.** Login to your WordPress admin dashboard.

**2. **Under the dashboard menu, hover over "**Appearance**" and click on "**Themes**".
![](https://dash.wevrlabs.net/../../../img/wp-dashboard-apperance-themes.gif)

**3.** Click on "**Upload Themes**".
![](https://dash.wevrlabs.net/../../../img/wp-themes-upload-theme-button.gif)

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4.** Click on Browse and chose a theme, which is compressed in a ZIP file, from your PC/Laptop. If your ZIP file contains a folder like "**upload**", first extract the content of uploaded files and the compressed theme file. Click on "**Install Now**".
![](https://dash.wevrlabs.net/../../../img/wp-themes-upload-theme-browse-zip.gif)

**5.** It will take a few minutes to upload a theme, and then, if it is successfully installed, it will show a message like "**Theme installed successfully**". Now click on "**Activate**".
![](https://dash.wevrlabs.net/../../../img/wp-themes-upload-theme-activated.gif)

Congratulations, you manually installed and activated a new WordPress theme.