Title: Cannot Upload Theme
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Cannot Upload Theme

 *  [jasonwilkerson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jasonwilkerson/)
 * (@jasonwilkerson)
 * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-upload-theme-3/)
 * Preface to what follows: I’m new to this and still learning.
 * I purchased a theme, downloaded the .zip file, and have attempted numerous times
   to upload the theme. I keep getting the error message:
 * Are you sure you want to do this?
 * Please try again.
    Forbidden
 * You don’t have permission to access /wp-admin/update.php on this server.
 * The seller of the theme seems to have disappeared, his website is gone and emails
   are returned. I searched the forums for a similar issue, but did not find anything.
   Please tell me this is a simple fix.
 * Many thanks!

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 * Last activity: [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-upload-theme-3/)
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