Title: having upload theme problems
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# having upload theme problems

 *  [jenehanson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jenehanson/)
 * (@jenehanson)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/having-upload-theme-problems/)
 * I received an error message when uploading 2 different themes in .zip format 
   to my hosted wordpress account today. Is there some glitch happening with wordpress
   today?

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 *  [Gerald Yeo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/geraldyeo/)
 * (@geraldyeo)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/having-upload-theme-problems/#post-1302510)
 * I am assuming you are using the inbuilt uploader in the admin area?
 * What is the error message that was given?
 *  Thread Starter [jenehanson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jenehanson/)
 * (@jenehanson)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/having-upload-theme-problems/#post-1302793)
 * Yes, it goes into an infinite loop then crashes and says “are your sure you want
   to do this?”
 * someone else had the same problem with the same theme. they said they changed
   the installation setting since the .zip file is too large. how do I do this?
 * thanks so much!
 *  [henkholland](https://wordpress.org/support/users/henkholland/)
 * (@henkholland)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/having-upload-theme-problems/#post-1302794)
 * Unzip locally and upload throug ftp to your wp-content/themes folder (if you 
   have ftp access)
    Note: after unzipping check the unzipped directory. Often there
   is an extra diretoy wrapped around; you need the loweste level one, containing
   the files and maybe containing only one direcory called images.

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 * Last reply from: [henkholland](https://wordpress.org/support/users/henkholland/)
 * Last activity: [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/having-upload-theme-problems/#post-1302794)
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