Title: Cannot Add Themes
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Cannot Add Themes

 *  [lm119](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lm119/)
 * (@lm119)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-add-themes/)
 * When I try to add theme, it says, unexpected error occurred and would not load
   the list of themes.

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 *  [sunphoto](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sunphoto/)
 * (@sunphoto)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-add-themes/#post-5813727)
 * I finally was able to link my wordpress blog to my website. The feed shows up
   but not the header and all the customization i made on wordpress. Do I need to
   do anything else on wordpress to get that to come over into my website.
 *  [WPyogi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpyogi/)
 * (@wpyogi)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-add-themes/#post-5813728)
 * **[@sunphoto](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sunphoto/)** – you need to 
   start your own thread – please see:
    [http://codex.wordpress.org/Forum_Welcome#Where_To_Post](http://codex.wordpress.org/Forum_Welcome#Where_To_Post)
 * You can do so here:
 * [https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting#postform](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting#postform)
 *  [WPyogi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpyogi/)
 * (@wpyogi)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-add-themes/#post-5813729)
 * **[@lm119](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lm119/)** – Try deactivating your
   plugins to see if that solves your issue.
 *  [bernbe01](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bernbe01/)
 * (@bernbe01)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-add-themes/#post-5813732)
 * are you trying to add theme via FTP, zip upload or auto install from the wordpress.
   org themes directory?
 *  Thread Starter [lm119](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lm119/)
 * (@lm119)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-add-themes/#post-5813807)
 * I was trying to auto install from the wordpress.org themes directory.
 *  [bernbe01](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bernbe01/)
 * (@bernbe01)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-add-themes/#post-5813808)
 * are you able to search for the themes but not install them?
 *  Thread Starter [lm119](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lm119/)
 * (@lm119)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-add-themes/#post-5813811)
 * No it does not show at all. So I cannot see what themes are available.
 *  [bernbe01](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bernbe01/)
 * (@bernbe01)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-add-themes/#post-5813812)
 * that sounds like a reachability issue from your server to api.wordpress.org –
   > what is your host environment? do you have ssh access? if yes try:
 * `# ping api.wordpress.org`
 * you can always go to [http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/](http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/)
   and manually download/upload the themes of your choosing

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 8 replies
 * 4 participants
 * Last reply from: [bernbe01](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bernbe01/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-add-themes/#post-5813812)
 * Status: not resolved

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