Title: Missing style.css when uploading theme
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Missing style.css when uploading theme

 *  [cliffpza](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cliffpza/)
 * (@cliffpza)
 * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-stylecss-when-uploading-theme/)
 * Hi Please Help
 * i get the following message when uploading a purchased theme
 * Unpacking the package…
 * Installing the theme…
 * The package could not be installed. The theme is missing the style.css stylesheet.
 * Theme install failed.

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-stylecss-when-uploading-theme/#post-2714495)
 * I’m sorry but as you are using a commercial theme, you need to seek support from
   the theme’s vendors.
 *  Thread Starter [cliffpza](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cliffpza/)
 * (@cliffpza)
 * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-stylecss-when-uploading-theme/#post-2714496)
 * Ok thanks Esmi
 *  [Digital Raindrops](https://wordpress.org/support/users/adeptris/)
 * (@adeptris)
 * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-stylecss-when-uploading-theme/#post-2714514)
 * Unpack the zip file, with some commercial themes the actual theme.zip is nested
   a couple of levels down inside another folder with the zip, this might be where
   the themes author has added a PSD file, or other assets.
 * /my-theme-package/
    –mytheme-psd –/assets/ —/extras/ **–/my-theme/ —my-theme.
   zip
 * HTH
 * David

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 * 3 replies
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 * Last reply from: [Digital Raindrops](https://wordpress.org/support/users/adeptris/)
 * Last activity: [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-stylecss-when-uploading-theme/#post-2714514)
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