{"id":1681,"date":"2024-09-26T13:44:49","date_gmt":"2024-09-26T13:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/docs"},"modified":"2024-09-27T08:23:22","modified_gmt":"2024-09-27T08:23:22","password":"","slug":"theme-installation","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/www.8theme.com\/documentation\/xstore\/theme-installation\/theme-installation\/","title":{"rendered":"Theme Installation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-html-block=\"\"><\/div>\n<p>You can install the theme in either of two ways, but first, make sure your system meets the previously described <a href=\"https:\/\/www.8theme.com\/documentation\/xstore\/theme-installation\/xstore-theme-requirements\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">requirements<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"Method-1--WordPress-admin-dashboard-04L5G\">Method 1 \u2013 WordPress admin dashboard<\/h3>\n<div data-html-block=\"\">\n<dl>\n<dt><\/dt>\n<dt>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a01. Navigate to <strong>Appearance\u00a0&gt;\u00a0Themes\u00a0&gt;\u00a0Add New<\/strong>.<\/dt>\n<dt>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a02. Choose <strong>XStore_Theme_v.x.x.zip file<\/strong>. Press the <strong>Install Now<\/strong> button to upload and install the theme<\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/helpscout.net\/docs\/assets\/5809d09590336070ba24798e\/images\/63c16c0395a67135cbe00823\/file-g3FfGNS4TY.png\" \/><\/p>\n<div data-html-block=\"\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"callout-yellow dashed\"><strong>Note:<\/strong> Theme activation and installation of required plugins are obligatory!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>If you get an error: \u201c<b>Are you sure you want to do this?<\/b>\u201d, it usually occurs when either the PHP memory limit or max post size for WordPress has been reached. See\u00a0XStore <a href=\"https:\/\/www.8theme.com\/documentation\/xstore\/theme-installation\/xstore-theme-requirements\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Theme Requirements<\/a>. The easiest workaround for this is to install XStore through FTP (see below). Alternatively, you&#8217;ll need to change several settings, either on WordPress, or on your web host.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"Method-2--FTP-v8bmJ\">Method 2 \u2013 FTP<\/h3>\n<div data-html-block=\"\">\n<dl>\n<dt>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a01. Connect to your server via <strong>FTP software<\/strong>.<\/dt>\n<dt>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a02. Extract <code class=\"inline-code\">XStore_Theme_v.x.x.zip<\/code> file and upload the extracted xstore\u00a0folder to <code class=\"inline-code\">\/wp-content\/themes\/<\/code>\u00a0 \u00a0 folder on your server.<\/dt>\n<dt>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a03. Navigate to\u00a0<strong>Appearance\u00a0&gt;\u00a0Themes\u00a0and activate XStore theme<\/strong>.<\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Here is a video of how to install and use the XStore WordPress WooCommerce theme + import dummy content:<\/h3>\n<div class=\"video video-youtube\"><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/i7STFGZapx8\" width=\"874\" height=\"492\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can install the theme in either of two ways, but first, make sure your system meets the previously described requirements. Method 1 \u2013 WordPress admin dashboard \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a01. Navigate to Appearance\u00a0&gt;\u00a0Themes\u00a0&gt;\u00a0Add New. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a02. Choose XStore_Theme_v.x.x.zip file. 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