1. Requirements
You can click here to find out more about requirements of WordPress.
Below are three requirements for working version of WordPress, PHP, and MySQL.
- WordPress 4.0 or higher.
- PHP 5.5 or higher.
- MySQL 5 or higher.
You also need to make sure that your host can comply with follow requirements.
- Your web host has the minimum requirements to run WordPress.
- Your host is running the latest version of WordPress.
- You can download the latest release of WordPress from official WordPress website.
- Always create secure passwords for FTP and Database.
– Recommended PHP Configuration Limits
Low PHP configuration limits can cause many issues. When related issues occur, you need to increase your PHP limits to a minimum as follows:
- max_execution_time 180
- memory_limit 128M
- post_max_size 32M
- upload_max_filesize 32M
2. Installation
1. Install new theme manually via FTP Client
In order to add a new theme to your WordPress installation, please follow these basic steps:
- Download the zip package of the theme in ThemeForest
- Unzip the theme zip package which you can find inside Theme files folder.
- Connect to your FTP server and navigate to the WordPress installation folder.Go to wp-content/themes/ and upload the theme folder.
- Open WordPress admin panel (navigate through the web browser to the folder where you have installed the WordPress e.g www.your_domain.com/wp-admin/) and go Appearance > Themes on admin sidebar. Activate the theme.
![](https://docs.arrowtheme.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/image-8.png)
2. Install Theme via WordPress Admin Panel
- Open WordPress admin panel (e.g www.your_domain.com/wp-admin/) and go Appearance > Themes on admin sidebar and click “Add New” button.
![](https://docs.arrowtheme.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/image-9.png)
2. After that, click Upload Theme link, upload zip package of the theme which you can find inside Theme files folder and click Install Now to install the theme.
![](https://docs.arrowtheme.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/image-10.png)
3. You can click Activate link or go to Appearance > Themes on admin sidebar to activate theme.
![](https://docs.arrowtheme.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/image-11.png)
Once the theme is installed, you need to install Required Plugins to get full working features.