Installing and changing themes

Now that you've chosen the theme you want to use, you'll need to install it onto your WordPress website. You'll have the following two choices, as you did when adding new plugins:

• If the theme you want is in the WordPress Theme Directory, you can add the theme straight from within wp-admin
• Otherwise, you'll have to download the theme's ZIP archive and then upload it to your site by hand

Adding a theme from within wp-admin

As we mentioned in the preceding section, you can add a theme directly from within your wp-admin if you've chosen a theme from the WordPress Theme Directory:

1. First, navigate to Appearance, and then click on the Add New button (visible at the...