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title: How to Install and Activate our free theme?
description: "[How to Install and Activate our free WordPress theme?](https://www.youtube.com/embed/zFWDzLWBIr8?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1) ## Through Dashboard - **Unzip your downloaded file.** - Log in to your WordPress Dashboard. - Go to **Appearance**>**Themes.** - Click on **Add New Theme.** - Click on **Upload Theme** button. - Click on **Choose File** button…"
url: "https://www.nordicwptheme.com/docs/installation/"
updated: "2023-07-30"
category: "Documentation / Theme Installation & Demo Activation"
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# How to Install and Activate our free theme?

[How to Install and Activate our free WordPress theme?](https://www.youtube.com/embed/zFWDzLWBIr8?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1)

## Through Dashboard

- **Unzip your downloaded file.**
- Log in to your WordPress Dashboard.
- Go to **Appearance**>**Themes.**
- Click on **Add New Theme.**
- Click on **Upload Theme** button.
- Click on **Choose File** button and select **YOURTHEME.zip** ("**YOURTHEME**" is a general name for all themes in documentation. There is just one zip file inside the folder that you unzipped which is your theme.)then click on **Install Now** button and wait for the install to complete.

### **Import Demo content**

- After activating click on "Get started with ..." and click on "Install Elementor Page Builder".
- After Installing you can Activate Elementor page builder.
- Go on **Appearance**again.
- Click on "**Install theme Demo Import**".
- After installing you can activate demo.
- After activating click on "**Kindly proceed to next step**"
- Click on "**Import Demo content**".

**All done!** Your theme installed with all plugins.

## Manual Installation using **FTP**

- Unzip ****themes**.zip** to your Desktop.
- Use an FTP client to access your host web server.
- Go to **/wp-content/themes/**
- Upload theme to **/wp-content/themes/**.
- Go to **Appearance** >**Themes** and activate theme from Dashboard.