Open the unzipped folder and you will find a number of folders such as Demo Content, Documentation, Licensing and one zip file which is your theme. It is important that theme zip file remain zipped.

Within your WordPress Dashboard, navigate to Appearance > Themes.

Click the “Add New” button at the top-left of the page > Click the “Upload Theme” button at the top.

Click “Choose File” > then find your theme zip file > Click the “Install Now” button.

Once the theme is successfully installed on your WordPress, you can “Activate” it via the installation page or via Appearance > Themes to switch over and begin using your new theme!

Please note: If you try installing the entire zipped theme package or another incorrect file, you’ll likely receive this error message: “The package could not be installed. The theme is missing the style.css stylesheet. Theme install failed.” If you receive this error message, please be sure that you’re installing the ZIPPED file titled “themename.zip”.

After installation process, all required plugins will be automatically activated.

After you install all the required plugins you can navigate to Appearance > Import Demo Data.

Choose your desired layout and click the button "Import". The import process will start and this process may take a while on some hosts, so please be patient.

Once the import is done, the success notice will appear in the center of your screen.

Note: The Demo Importer works best to import on a new fresh install of WordPress. If you're not using a fresh install, make sure you backup your current theme options as they will be overwritten.

There are several translations plugins out there but we think Loco Translate is the easiest to work with . Loco Translate has been around for several years and is a favorite among developers and translators in the WordPress community. It’s also free to use, which eliminates a major barrier to entry for first-time translators.

To install Loco Translate plugin navigate to Dashboard > Plugins > Add New. Then search for Loco translate on the right side search bar. Click and Install the plugin. Once Loco Translate is installed you can activate it.

2. Create Your Language

Navigate to Dashboard > Loco Translate > Themes. Click on the theme name.

Select "New Language". From the WordPress language dropdown, select language you want theme to be translated into.

Click "Start Translating" button.

3. Translate some strings

Once on the editor screen you'll see all the strings the theme has defined in its template file. Untranslated strings are shown in bold blue. To start with they will all be untranslated.

The basics of the editor should be fairly intuitive. Select the English string at the top and enter your translation in the pane at the bottom. You can ignore most of the editor buttons for now. We're just going to enter a translation and save it.

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For our example we've picked out the phrase "Leave a comment". Using the text filter at the top of the editor we can find this phrase quickly and select it in the list. Then we enter the text "Σχολιάστε" into the bottom pane as our translation.

The string at the top now shows a star icon to indicate that our changes are not yet saved.

Continue to translate as much as you like and when you're ready click the Save icon in the editor toolbar. 

4. Switch your WordPress to your language

Head to the Settings > General admin screen and scroll to the bottom. You should see a dropdown list with the label "Site Language". Changing this will set a new default language for all site visitors. Try it and you should see something like this:

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Continuing the theme of our example, we're going to set the language to Greek, listed under "Available > Ελληνικά" in the list. Once WordPress has downloaded the core language packs for Greek this entry will move to the "Installed" section.

If you don't see your language in the dropdown list you may have to install the core language packs manually.

Congratulations, you've just made your first WordPress translation.

Please read through the following instructions carefully.

PLEASE NOTE: If you’ve modified any of the theme files yourself, you’ll need to note these changes prior to updating in order to re-implement them once you’ve installed the latest version of the theme. The update will replace your previous version’s theme files with new ones.

Any Custom CSS additions placed within your Additional CSS box should remain safe and sound.

Downloading the new theme version:

Simply log into your ThemeForest or Creative Market account you used to initially purchase the theme. Inside, navigate to your “Downloads” page and find the theme in the list. Re-download the theme you’d like to update.

Installing the new theme version:

Navigate to WP Dashboard > Appearance > Themes. You’ll need to “Activate” another theme. It can be any theme at all aside from the theme you’re updating. *WordPress will not allow you to delete a theme that is currently activated.*

Once you’ve activated another theme, click on the theme you’d like to update. In the bottom right corner is a little option to “Delete” the theme. Go ahead and delete it.

Once the theme is deleted, you can now re-install the newest version of the theme. Appearance > Themes > Add New > Upload Theme > Select the theme’s ZIP file > Install Now. 

Remember! It’s important to install the theme’s ZIP file, and not the entire theme package. Otherwise you will receive an error message.