Title: Please Help…install theme problems
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Please Help…install theme problems

 *  [angelbunni](https://wordpress.org/support/users/angelbunni/)
 * (@angelbunni)
 * [19 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-helpinstall-theme-problems/)
 * Hi guys,
    I wonder if you can help. I am trying to install new themes onto my
   wordpress, and i am using my ftp and putting the new themes in the right folder,
   but they wont show up on my presentation page so that i can upload them. What
   am i doing wrong, please help 🙁

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 *  [delite](https://wordpress.org/support/users/delite/)
 * (@delite)
 * [19 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-helpinstall-theme-problems/#post-561003)
 * When you upload them via your ftp make sure you have uploaded the correct file.
   Sometimes when you open the zip files that themes are located in they will make
   a folder within a folder (if that makes sense) meaning that you have to click
   on the file name which then opens another folder that has all the themes files.
   Make sure it is that folder you upload via ftp. Then when you go to your admin
   page you should be able to view the themes via your presentation tab and then
   enable them
 *  [Samuel B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samboll/)
 * (@samboll)
 * [19 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-helpinstall-theme-problems/#post-561007)
 * This review might help, also.
    [http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Themes#Adding_New_Themes](http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Themes#Adding_New_Themes)
 *  [richardcycling](https://wordpress.org/support/users/richardcycling/)
 * (@richardcycling)
 * [19 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-helpinstall-theme-problems/#post-561227)
 * I had a similar problem at my blog. On reading the theme guide properly, I realised
   I had uploaded to the wrong folder.
 * It needs to be wp-content not wp-admin, for example.
 *  [ttjgerber](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ttjgerber/)
 * (@ttjgerber)
 * [18 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-helpinstall-theme-problems/#post-561368)
 * Hi, I’m having the exact same problem, I downloaded nikynik-orange-2 and unzipped
   it. Then I uploaded it to /wordpress/wp-content. I noticed that within wp-content
   that there were no files at all, not even the “themes” directory that was in 
   the guide and not even my default template. I’m wondering if something isn’t 
   hooked up right here, super strange, can someone share some wisdom please, thanks
 *  [shadow](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shadow/)
 * (@shadow)
 * [18 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-helpinstall-theme-problems/#post-561369)
 * Definitely sounds as if the install has not been done correctly. You need to 
   make sure the directory structure is maintained, for it all to work.

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