Title: Uploading a theme using Filezilla
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Uploading a theme using Filezilla

 *  Resolved [andyandy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/androidandreas/)
 * (@androidandreas)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uploading-a-theme-using-filezilla/)
 * I have downloaded a theme and, using FileZilla, but am not sure what I need to
   do with the downloaded Zip file of my chosen theme, which I have saved to the
   desktop.
 * Does anyone know what I need to do next, please?

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 *  [leejosepho](https://wordpress.org/support/users/leejosepho/)
 * (@leejosepho)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uploading-a-theme-using-filezilla/#post-4289837)
 * When you unzip the download there on your computer, the result should be the 
   folder you will then upload into your wp-content/themes folder. Take a look inside
   and you should see style.css along with whatever else. Before doing the upload,
   however, I typically make a new folder named “source” inside the new theme’s 
   folder and either move or copy the zip file into there as an easy-to-find backup
   for later if I might ever need one.
 * After you have done the upload, your new theme should appear at Dashboard > Appearance
   > Themes.
 *  Thread Starter [andyandy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/androidandreas/)
 * (@androidandreas)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uploading-a-theme-using-filezilla/#post-4289918)
 * Thanks for the explanation.
 * This is where my lack of know-how with unzipping files comes into play.
 * I have downloaded and unzipped the file containing the theme, and I do indeed
   see the style.css file in there.
 * However now I am unsure how to upload the file to the location you specify, i.
   e. the wp-content/themes folder.
 * In my version of Winzip it looks easy enough to upload to a specific location
   on a local drive, but I cannot see how to
    upload to an online folder – so how
   exactly d I upload to wp-content/themes and where do I find it?
 *  [leejosepho](https://wordpress.org/support/users/leejosepho/)
 * (@leejosepho)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uploading-a-theme-using-filezilla/#post-4289924)
 * > how exactly do I upload to wp-content/themes and where do I find it?
 * First you need a file manager that can do the upload, and the simplest (at least
   for me) is FileZilla: [http://sourceforge.net/projects/filezilla/](http://sourceforge.net/projects/filezilla/)
 * Overall, FileZilla is to the internet what Windows Explorer is on your local 
   machine. So, download and install FileZilla on your computer, then ask your host
   to help you connect FileZilla at your server (using your server account credentials)
   via an SFTP connection. Some hosts will only allow an FTP connection, but you
   want SFTP for better security (encryption) if at all possible.
    note: When you
   use FileZilla for the first time, you will want to click the “Server” tab at 
   the top and tell it to “Force showing hidden files” for later on when you might
   access any “dot” file (such as htaccess with no actual file name and only its`.
   htaccess` extension).
 * After you get connected with FileZilla, ask your host to help you locate your“
   root” folder (or “directory”, as some folks know it) where your WordPress is 
   installed. In my own case, that folder is named `public_html`. Once inside your
   own folder, you will see three folders (along with several individual files) 
   beginning with “wp-“, and you want to upload your theme into the /wp-content/
   themes folder.
 *  Thread Starter [andyandy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/androidandreas/)
 * (@androidandreas)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uploading-a-theme-using-filezilla/#post-4289944)
 * Thanks – have now uploaded theme successfully!

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 * Last activity: [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uploading-a-theme-using-filezilla/#post-4289944)
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