Title: Cannot install new Theme
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Cannot install new Theme

 *  Resolved [thestijg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thestijg/)
 * (@thestijg)
 * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-install-new-theme/)
 * First this: I have a Mac running on OS X and want to work locally first.
 * When I try to install a new theme I get this error message (translated from Dutch):“
   Cannot find the WordPress content folder (wp-content)”. On top of this I have
   to fill out my FTP data (what I did without achieving any results).
 * Then I read somewhere that one should add a special code to wp-config.php: 
 * if(is_admin()) {
    add_filter(‘filesystem_method’, create_function(‘$a’, ‘return“
   direct”;’ )); define( ‘FS_CHMOD_DIR’, 0751 ); }
 * First I thought it works because it says (translated) downloading installation
   package from [http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/download/catch-everest.0.1.5.zip](http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/download/catch-everest.0.1.5.zip).
   
   And then I got another error message (translated): Folder cannot be made . /Applications/
   XAMPP/xamppfiles/htdocs/wordpress/wp-content/upgrade/catch-everest.tmp. I removed
   the special code.
 * When I check the folders the “standard” themes can be found in the wp-content
   folder.

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 *  Anonymous User 5826054
 * (@anonymized-5826054)
 * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-install-new-theme/#post-3654821)
 * Have you tried to manually download the theme and copy the theme folder into ../
   wp-content/themes/ ?
 * Also, have you tried using MAMP? It might make the process more simple.
 *  Thread Starter [thestijg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thestijg/)
 * (@thestijg)
 * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-install-new-theme/#post-3654823)
 * I managed to “solve” the problem through a side road: I installed a new theme
   on the server and “got it back” on my disk through a FTP session, but there must
   be an easier way.
 * Do you suggest it has to do with Xampp?
 *  Thread Starter [thestijg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thestijg/)
 * (@thestijg)
 * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-install-new-theme/#post-3654829)
 * Another solution appears to be, downloading a theme from WordPress and copy the
   expanded directory to the wp-content directory. This would fine to me, but I 
   still don’t understand why I have (had if you like) my problem.

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 * [mac](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/mac/)
 * [OS X](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/os-x/)
 * [wp-content](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/wp-content/)

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 * Last reply from: [thestijg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thestijg/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-install-new-theme/#post-3654829)
 * Status: resolved

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