How to Install, Activate & Switch Themes inside WordPress
Login to your Wordpress.
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From your Dashboard, click on Appearance and then, Themes category.
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Click on the Add New button to download a new theme for your Wordpress blog.
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You can search a theme by typing a theme's keyword in the 'Search' box. In this example, I'm looking for a flower-based theme for my Wordpress blog.
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From the result returned , select the theme of your choice and click on the 'Install' button. The installation will then start.
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Once the installation has been completed, click on Activate button to activate the theme.
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Once activated, you can visit your site to view the changes using the new theme! In this example, this is how mine looks like.
![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/0e35a1b5-ce97-4d12-a27e-1bbafd0ae641/1d287eea-9757-459f-bde9-7cb8b880aa46.png)
To switch back to other or previous theme, go back to your Dashboard, and click on 'Appearance' and then 'Themes'
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From the available themes in your Wordpress, click on Activate to activate other theme. In this example, I'm going to re-activate my previous theme.
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That's it. You now know how to install, activate and switch between themes in WordPress!
![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/0e35a1b5-ce97-4d12-a27e-1bbafd0ae641/61c18109-2716-468b-9ab8-2d787e201519.png)
From your Dashboard, click on Appearance and then, Themes category.
![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/0e35a1b5-ce97-4d12-a27e-1bbafd0ae641/c74deaa8-68f9-483a-ab97-5bb2a44b3cd9.png)
Click on the Add New button to download a new theme for your Wordpress blog.
![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/0e35a1b5-ce97-4d12-a27e-1bbafd0ae641/70dbed5c-ecf0-4582-9d76-0ddd0f24a37b.png)
You can search a theme by typing a theme's keyword in the 'Search' box. In this example, I'm looking for a flower-based theme for my Wordpress blog.
![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/0e35a1b5-ce97-4d12-a27e-1bbafd0ae641/82b7cc63-cbab-48d8-939a-3988cf6609ba.png)
From the result returned , select the theme of your choice and click on the 'Install' button. The installation will then start.
![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/0e35a1b5-ce97-4d12-a27e-1bbafd0ae641/44ed9535-de22-4b03-b11e-0e786568114f.png)
Once the installation has been completed, click on Activate button to activate the theme.
![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/0e35a1b5-ce97-4d12-a27e-1bbafd0ae641/907860f0-a624-485f-8cde-a322aa323a41.png)
Once activated, you can visit your site to view the changes using the new theme! In this example, this is how mine looks like.
![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/0e35a1b5-ce97-4d12-a27e-1bbafd0ae641/1d287eea-9757-459f-bde9-7cb8b880aa46.png)
To switch back to other or previous theme, go back to your Dashboard, and click on 'Appearance' and then 'Themes'
![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/0e35a1b5-ce97-4d12-a27e-1bbafd0ae641/aa265091-d2fb-4f14-95a1-03946d16891b.png)
From the available themes in your Wordpress, click on Activate to activate other theme. In this example, I'm going to re-activate my previous theme.
![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/0e35a1b5-ce97-4d12-a27e-1bbafd0ae641/17024e34-5bfb-4f4c-8adf-0a827fe607ff.png)
That's it. You now know how to install, activate and switch between themes in WordPress!
Updated on: 23/11/2018
Thank you!