How to change your Wordpress Theme without using FTP Client

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If you are new to Blogging and you might want to change your Wordpress theme. You can actually do these simple steps:

  1.  Search for your desired Theme in Google. Use the keywords “Free Wordpress Themes”
  2. Download it in Cpanel.
  • Go to ( yourwebsite.com/cpanel ). Then enter your username and password. If you don’t’ know your Cpanel log in details, contact the company where you had your hosting.
  • In your Cpanel account, Go to Files > File Manager.
 

 

  •  In File Manager Directory Selection. Choose Public FTP Root (public_ftp) > Click Go.
  • You will be redirected to File Manager page. Click on public_html > wp-content > themes.
  • On the right side of the page, you can see the list of themes you have.
  • Now, Go to Upload > Browse > Click “Back to /home/yourusername/public_html/wp-content/themes”.
  • You can now access the template you have just downloaded. Right click on the file > Extract.

  3.  Activate it in your Blog site dashboard.

  • Go to ( yourwebsite.com/wp-admin ). Enter username and password.
  • Click on Design > Available Themes (Choose the theme you have just uploaded).
  • Click Activate.

You may now visit your site and enjoy your new theme!

Note: This is only applicable for those who have their own domains. For example: yoursite.com and not yoursite.wordpress.com.

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5 Responses to “How to change your Wordpress Theme without using FTP Client”

  • Making Money Online Philippines Says:
    February 23rd, 2010 at 11:10 am

    This is a good tutorial. At first, it was so hard to change customized/better themes but Wordpress platform made it easy.

  • rosilie Says:
    June 21st, 2010 at 7:53 pm

    Hello. Thank you for the visit and tip but I came across this tip with FTP methods but still I cant manipulate the new theme since the hosting was made through wordpress panel. I quite made a mistake instead of getting a domain first before setting up a blog. However, I still hope that you have a tip to make through adding a new theme with a wordpress hosted.

  • sunshine Says:
    June 22nd, 2010 at 1:24 pm

    Hi Rosilie,

    You’re very much welcome! :D I’ll write a post on the other way to upload and manipulate the theme will inform you. ;) If you want you can subscribe my rss.. ;)

    *Dess

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  • dess Says:
    February 28th, 2011 at 10:30 am

    Hi cieaura,

    Thank you for the compliment. However, I don’t accept guest writers at the moment because I still want to enhance my writing skills. So the posts here are all originally written by me. :-)

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