Title: Uploading Custom Theme Last modified: August 19, 2016 --- # Uploading Custom Theme * [Katie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/katiewalsh/) * (@katiewalsh) * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uploading-custom-theme-1/) * Hello, * I have been trying unsuccessfully to upload a theme I customized. * I have renamed the theme. Save the theme folder into: * MAMP/htdocs/katiewalsh/blog/wp-content/themes * I have then condensed the new theme folder into a zip folder. * When I go onto wordpress.org to upload the theme I get this message: * Unpacking the package… * **Installing the theme…** * Destination folder already exists. /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/KatieWalsh/blog/ wp-content/themes/KatieWalshtheme/ * Theme install failed. * When I look up other forums or blogs for suggestions, it appears that I am doing everything right. ** PLEASE HELP!!! thanks! Viewing 11 replies - 1 through 11 (of 11 total) * [Digital Raindrops](https://wordpress.org/support/users/adeptris/) * (@adeptris) * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uploading-custom-theme-1/#post-1811368) * Katie, The meaasge says it all, you already have the theme folder, so re-name the new zip file, or the existing folder and try again. * In a production environment you would ftp the files and or folder, replacing all or the changed files. * In a local environment just explore find the folder and copy the files across. * HTH * David * Thread Starter [Katie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/katiewalsh/) * (@katiewalsh) * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uploading-custom-theme-1/#post-1811385) * Hi David, * Thank you for the response. * I followed your directions and renamed the zip file as well as the new theme folder. * However, when I go to upload the theme again I get the same message. * [Digital Raindrops](https://wordpress.org/support/users/adeptris/) * (@adeptris) * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uploading-custom-theme-1/#post-1811395) * Ah! You say you have condensed the themes folder inside the zip, I think you may have to re-name the folder and re-zipp it! * As a rule I navigate to the themes folder, select all folders and files, right mouse and select send to zip, then I just name the zip, I do not have the themes folder inside. * WordPress then creates a folder with the zip name, I use all lower case with no spaces, like katie-Walsh-theme.zip * HTH * David * Thread Starter [Katie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/katiewalsh/) * (@katiewalsh) * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uploading-custom-theme-1/#post-1811405) * Ugh, I give up for the time being. Thank you for your time and help! * I did not condense the themes folder inside of the zip. * I renamed my customized theme “design”. Therefore the folder that contains this theme is called “design”. I then condensed this folder. Right beneath the design folder is the “design.zip”. * I then try to upload this zip file into wordpress.org and get the same message. * I keep making changes in dreamweaver and everything seems a okay in there. (my header and background that I uploaded is loading okay). * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uploading-custom-theme-1/#post-1811414) * Your theme should be in a folder called “design”. This folder should then be condensed into design.zip & uploaded. * [Digital Raindrops](https://wordpress.org/support/users/adeptris/) * (@adeptris) * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uploading-custom-theme-1/#post-1811419) * > Your theme should be in a folder called “design”. This folder should then be > condensed into design.zip & uploaded. * Thanks, I had problems with a folder inside a zip before, that was a while ago, maybe it was a plugin, but it created a folder with another inside. * Maybe change the theme name in the style.css, zipp-it and test it again. * HTH * David * Thread Starter [Katie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/katiewalsh/) * (@katiewalsh) * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uploading-custom-theme-1/#post-1811421) * Yes, that is what I did. * htdocs/KatieWalsh/blog/wp-content/themes/design * That design folder is then zipped. * I upload that file and get the failure message. * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uploading-custom-theme-1/#post-1811424) * Have you tried just uploading the theme folder to wp-content/themes via FTP? * Thread Starter [Katie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/katiewalsh/) * (@katiewalsh) * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uploading-custom-theme-1/#post-1811437) * no I haven’t. I’m doing this for a class and was told to do it this way. * I can try to use filezila. But it still doesn’t help me with not knowing how to properly do it with the uploading themes option directly with wordpress.org. * Thanks for the help, Katie * [Root](https://wordpress.org/support/users/root/) * (@root) * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uploading-custom-theme-1/#post-1811441) * Are u on some kind of local server install ? * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uploading-custom-theme-1/#post-1811484) * > I have renamed the theme. Save the theme folder into: > MAMP/htdocs/katiewalsh/ > blog/wp-content/themes * If you already have a copy of the theme in wp-content/themes, why are you trying to re-upload a zipped copy? Viewing 11 replies - 1 through 11 (of 11 total) The topic ‘Uploading Custom Theme’ is closed to new replies. * 11 replies * 4 participants * Last reply from: [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * Last activity: [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uploading-custom-theme-1/#post-1811484) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics