Title: Active theme broken
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Active theme broken

 *  [katehaas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/katehaas/)
 * (@katehaas)
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/active-theme-broken-1/)
 * I keep getting an error message after successfully installing a theme:
 * The active theme is broken. Reverting to the default theme.
 * I then go to check if the theme shows up in the themes section of wordpress and
   I get that error message.
 * I’ve looked through all of the forums and nothing is helping.
 * What can I do?
 * Thanks

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 *  [teckn1caLity](https://wordpress.org/support/users/teckn1cality/)
 * (@teckn1cality)
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/active-theme-broken-1/#post-2766177)
 * I’ve had issues in the past uploading themes using the wordpress control panel.
   Try uploading it directly through FTP and see if that fixes the problem.
 *  Thread Starter [katehaas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/katehaas/)
 * (@katehaas)
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/active-theme-broken-1/#post-2766178)
 * Also, I wanted to say that I can not install any new plugins as well as delete
   any plugins that are not even activated. Even if I try to delete a plugin and
   it says it was successfully deleted, it is still there. Also the updates go through
   successfully but do not show up.
 *  Thread Starter [katehaas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/katehaas/)
 * (@katehaas)
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/active-theme-broken-1/#post-2766180)
 * I did try that as well but the theme did not show up in the actual wordpress 
   gui.
 *  [teckn1caLity](https://wordpress.org/support/users/teckn1cality/)
 * (@teckn1cality)
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/active-theme-broken-1/#post-2766182)
 * Would you mind providing a link to the theme?
 *  Thread Starter [katehaas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/katehaas/)
 * (@katehaas)
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/active-theme-broken-1/#post-2766183)
 * is it maybe because I am trying to put a zipped folder into the theme folder 
   through my FTP client?
 *  [teckn1caLity](https://wordpress.org/support/users/teckn1cality/)
 * (@teckn1cality)
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/active-theme-broken-1/#post-2766185)
 * You have to make sure you extract the zip to wp-themes folder.
 *  Thread Starter [katehaas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/katehaas/)
 * (@katehaas)
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/active-theme-broken-1/#post-2766187)
 * do you know how I extract through fileZilla?
 *  [teckn1caLity](https://wordpress.org/support/users/teckn1cality/)
 * (@teckn1cality)
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/active-theme-broken-1/#post-2766189)
 * Extract to your desktop and drag and drop the file into the destination folder
   in filezilla.
 *  Thread Starter [katehaas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/katehaas/)
 * (@katehaas)
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/active-theme-broken-1/#post-2766190)
 * I figured it out. So I have the extracted folder in the themes file through my
   FTP client. But it still will not show up.
 *  Thread Starter [katehaas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/katehaas/)
 * (@katehaas)
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/active-theme-broken-1/#post-2766193)
 * I’ve tried many different themes and I get the same error for all. the link to
   this specific theme is: [](http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/colorway)
 *  Thread Starter [katehaas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/katehaas/)
 * (@katehaas)
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/active-theme-broken-1/#post-2766194)
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/colorway](http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/colorway)
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/active-theme-broken-1/#post-2766199)
 * Review [Using_Themes](http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Themes).
 *  Thread Starter [katehaas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/katehaas/)
 * (@katehaas)
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/active-theme-broken-1/#post-2766201)
 * I have followed those steps and still canot see the actual theme in my dashboard.
 *  Thread Starter [katehaas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/katehaas/)
 * (@katehaas)
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/active-theme-broken-1/#post-2766270)
 * I have also tried playing with the file permissions and nothing is working. Evern
   if I upload the zipped filed through the dashboard it will show up through FTP
   but not on the dashboard itself.

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