Title: Cannot install themes? Last modified: August 20, 2016 --- # Cannot install themes? * Resolved [DLHitchins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dlhitchins/) * (@dlhitchins) * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-install-themes-2/) * Hello, * I am new to WordPress and blogging, so forgive me if this is an easy fix. From my Dashboard I go into Themes and then click the Install tab. I search for themes and then click to install one of them, it takes me to a new page where it says it is downloading some .zip file, and then it just stays there. It doesn’t download or install anything, and I have tried just waiting but nothing happens. When I go back to the themes page, nothing new has shown up. * What am I missing? Viewing 9 replies - 1 through 9 (of 9 total) * Thread Starter [DLHitchins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dlhitchins/) * (@dlhitchins) * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-install-themes-2/#post-2086032) * Now I have tried downloading the zip file manually and uploading the theme to my wordpress. The download goes fine, but when I try to upload, it goes to a page that says “unpacking the package” and again, just stays there. It seems to freeze on this page? Am I missing a step that I need to change my theme? * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-install-themes-2/#post-2086048) * Try adding * ``` AddType x-mapp-php5 .php AddHandler x-mapp-php5 .php ``` * to the top of your WordPress .htaccess file. * Thread Starter [DLHitchins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dlhitchins/) * (@dlhitchins) * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-install-themes-2/#post-2086088) * Well, I don’t really know where .htaccess is? But I tried a different method, I took the downloaded theme and put it directly into the “themes” folder inside my wp-content folder, and then loaded it directly into the server with dreamweaver. Then, I went back to the blog and the theme appeared. However, when I went to“ activate” the theme, I got this error: * Warning: main(/homepages/5/d355777174/htdocs/public_html/Blog/wp-content/themes/ masikap/functions/library.php) [function.main]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /homepages/5/d355777174/htdocs/public_html/Blog/wp-content/ themes/masikap 2/functions.php on line 28 * Fatal error: main() [function.require]: Failed opening required ‘/homepages/5/ d355777174/htdocs/public_html/Blog/wp-content/themes/masikap/functions/library. php’ (include_path=’.:/usr/lib/php’) in /homepages/5/d355777174/htdocs/public_html/ Blog/wp-content/themes/masikap 2/functions.php on line 28 * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-install-themes-2/#post-2086104) * Looks like that theme is broken. * Thread Starter [DLHitchins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dlhitchins/) * (@dlhitchins) * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-install-themes-2/#post-2086121) * I don’t understand why so many themes are broken or won’t work? Only like one out of ten themes I try to install actually works. Is it me, or them? * Thread Starter [DLHitchins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dlhitchins/) * (@dlhitchins) * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-install-themes-2/#post-2086122) * I have searched all over for this .htaccess file, but it doesn’t exist on my computer. Is this the problem? * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-install-themes-2/#post-2086124) * > I don’t understand why so many themes are broken or won’t work? * What version of WordPress are you using? Where are you downloading themes from? * > I have searched all over for this .htaccess file * You have to add it to your **wordpress** folder on your **server**. See the . htaccess link I gave above for instructions on how to create this file. Or contact your hosts for assistance. * However, adding an .htaccess file will not fix that theme. It’s broken – pure& simple. * Thread Starter [DLHitchins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dlhitchins/) * (@dlhitchins) * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-install-themes-2/#post-2086135) * I am using version 3.1.2 * I’m using themes from the dashboard? I go into the themes menu and then search for themes and hardly any of them ever work. Occasionally one will install correctly but its never one that I want to use. * Thread Starter [DLHitchins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dlhitchins/) * (@dlhitchins) * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-install-themes-2/#post-2086147) * Figured out the htaccess file thing and added that string of code. Everything works now! Thanks! Viewing 9 replies - 1 through 9 (of 9 total) The topic ‘Cannot install themes?’ is closed to new replies. * 9 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [DLHitchins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dlhitchins/) * Last activity: [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-install-themes-2/#post-2086147) * Status: resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics