Error Installing Wordpress Theme Missing Style.css
that can occur when installing a WordPress themes is “The package could not be installed. The theme is missing the style.css stylesheet.” error message being displayed when uploading or activating the theme. One of the reasons you may receive this error is if you have uploaded the incorrect file. You have 2 options for downloading your theme. 1. Installable WordPress file only. (below) 2. All files and documentation (full zip folder). You will need to extract and locate the installable WordPress file. (below) Please make sure you are uploading only the installable theme which is called NameOf Theme.zip. If you upload ALL these files you will receive an error. Upload the Installable WordPress file admin area Log in to your WordPress admin area. Browse to Appearance > Themes. Click on ‘Add New’. Click ‘Upload’. Browse and select the theme zip file to ‘Upload’. Upload Via FTP WordPress files can also be uploaded manually via FTP. Upload the files to /wp-content/themes/ folder on your server. Login to your WordPress admin area to change the theme. Check out the guide on WordPress.org here. More Help & Support Confirm You Purchased a WordPress Theme Check you have purchased a WordPress theme. The items compatibility is listed on the item page (below the buyer rating on the right). Check you are using Wordpress.org The fundamental difference between WordPress.com VS WordPress.org is that WordPress.org is self-hosted and allows you to install custom themes and plugins. Read the Included Documentation and Item Comments The included documentation (typically a PDF or HTML file) will contain specific installation information about your item. Contact the Author Contact the author of the item for support. Was this article helpful? 3 out of 7 found this helpful Related articles Item Installation Guide & Help Documentation How to contact an author How Do I Check Item Compatibility? Can I Get A Refund? Where Is My Purchase Code? Can't find what you're looking for? Submit a request to ou
- "The theme is missing the style.css stylesheet." Tagged:missing the style.css stylesheet Viewing 8 posts - 1 through 8 (of 8 total) Author Posts August 21, 2012 at 9:47 pm #15590 anthonysnellParticipant Hi, I've just purchased and downloaded the Abundance theme. When I try to install it I get the following error message: "The package could not be installed. The theme is missing the style.css stylesheet. Theme install failed." Could you advise how to fix this? Many thanks, Anthony August 22, 2012 at 3:22 am #88113 DevinModerator Hi Anthony, Make sure that the zip file you are uploading is NOT the first file you got from themeforest but https://help.market.envato.com/hc/en-us/articles/202821510-Theme-is-missing-the-style-css-stylesheet-error instead the abundance.zip file that inside the package you download. Regards, Devin August 23, 2012 at 8:37 pm #88114 themeforestwpParticipant Hello, I've the same problem with "Cubit 6 in 1- Business & Portfolio Theme" with this error: "Unpacking the package… Installing the theme… The package could not be installed. The theme is missing the style.css stylesheet. Theme install failed". I tried with 3.3.and 3.4 WP version but I have not http://www.kriesi.at/support/topic/unable-to-install-theme-the-theme-is-missing-the-style-css-stylesheet/ solved this problem. I wait for a kind answer to solve this situation. Thank you very much Francesco August 24, 2012 at 12:21 am #88115 MyaParticipant Hi Francesco, Same applies with Cubit. Inside the zip file you downloaded from ThemeForest you'll find another zip labeled cubit.zip. It's this zip file you want to upload/install. Regards, Mya August 24, 2012 at 10:04 am #88116 themeforestwpParticipant Thank you very much Mya. I would ask to you also if there is a tutorial that explains how to configure cubit theme and how to change logo, slides/images and so on. It would be great! Thank you again Francesco August 26, 2012 at 8:45 am #88117 DudeModerator Hey! Did you notice the documentation file (document.txt)? It explains all theme options pretty well. Best regards, Peter August 26, 2012 at 11:28 pm #88118 themeforestwpParticipant Thank you Peter, now I look at this file and if I need your support will contact you. Thank you again Francesco August 28, 2012 at 3:31 pm #88119 DudeModerator Hi! Great, don't hesitate to ask for help if something is not clear enough… Best regards, Peter Author Posts Viewing 8 posts - 1 through 8 (of 8 total) The topic ‘Unable to install theme - "The theme is missing the st
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Johnson 269 Points Hi, I am not able to install this theme due to missing the style.css stylesheet. It's in the download... Hi, I am not able to install this theme due to missing the style.css stylesheet. I get the following error: Installing Theme from uploaded file: wp-template-hierarchy.zip Unpacking the package… Installing the theme… The package could not be installed. The theme is missing the style.css stylesheet. Theme install failed 7 Answers Michael Kukuchka 5,484 Points Michael Kukuchka Michael Kukuchka 5,484 Points almost 2 years ago it should have just worked with zipped file from the dashboard, instead of manually copying the un-zipped version. Hence all these comments. trape zakias 2,113 Points trape zakias trape zakias 2,113 Points about 2 years ago you should contain style.css in the theme folder not to subfolders. Roberto Garcia 23,823 Points Roberto Garcia Roberto Garcia 23,823 Points about 2 years ago Hi Ryan, You can not install a wordpress theme nor activate it without containing a "style.css" file containing meta information about the theme. You can take a look at this; http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Development under "2.2 Theme Stylesheet". Hope this helps, good luck! Timothy Hooker 14,792 Points Timothy Hooker Timothy Hooker 14,792 Points almost 2 years ago I'd like to just say, to be specific for anyone having a problem with this, that the project download contains the template files in a subfolder. You can't install from the admin area directly because wordpress will look in that home directory for the style.css. Just grab the "template-hierarchy" out of the zipped "wp-template-hierarchy" folder and you're golden. Shaun Vine 4,895 Points Shaun Vine Shaun Vine 4,895 Points over 1 year ago Thanks Timothy, works perfectly. Teena Abbott 21,044 Points Teena Abbott Teena Abbott 21,044 Points 8 months ago I had this same issue but the solutions above did not seem to work for me. I unzipped the folder opened it and zipped the folder named template-hierarcy and uploaded that file. That worked for me. I hope this helps. Samantha Bretous 1,797 Points Samantha Bretous Samantha Bretous 1,797 Points 5 months ago There is one extra level of directories when you are installing the theme. If you are installing the zip directly from the project downloads it will not work. WordPress is looking for just style.css but you are installing it wp_template_hierarchy/style.css so it is having trouble finding it. You need to open the zip and re-