WordPress Error – Stylesheet is missing

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You’ve just downloaded or purchased an awesome WordPress theme.

You go to install it and see the horrifying message below:

stylesheet is missing

 

Well your first thought might be…

“Damn. They gave me a theme without a stylesheet”

Of course it is possible the zip file you received didn’t have a style.css file, but more likely the issue is you didn’t upload the root theme folder.

Common WordPress Errors:   Stylesheet is missing

The Fix: Locate the folder you have of the theme on your desktop and open it (if it is zipped, unzip and open it). Now when you open it you should see all your files in there, if not the theme is likely in a sub-directory. Many premium WordPress themes all have the theme inside an “Upload” folder. Generally it’s somewhere obvious and the actual theme folder will likely be named the same as the theme. Once found zip it and upload via WordPress or upload the unzipped folder via FTP.

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Jason
Jason
In 1999 I created my very first website, it all went from there. Founder of WP Manager (wpmanager.co.uk). WordPress Developer with a passion for technology and travel.

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