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 the wp-admin.
• Else, you'll have to download, extract, and then upload the theme by hand.

Adding a theme within the wp-admin

As 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, provided you're using a current enough version of WordPress. First, navigate to Appearance, and then click on...