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Q: How do I change or install themes on my WordPress website?

Step 1: Back up your site . Make sure you have a full site backup in place. If something goes wrong, you’ll have a clean restore point to work from. Step 2: Navigate to Your WordPress Themes Section. Go to Appearance > Themes within WordPress and click Add New. Step 3: Install Your WordPress Theme. To choose from the thousands of free themes that are available, simply search for one using the drop-down menus on the Add Themes page. If you’ve bought a premium theme, you’ll be provided with a ZIP file. This can be installed by using the Upload Theme link on the same page, and then using the Choose File dialog to locate the file. Step 4: Activate Your New WordPress Theme. For premium themes, you’ll usually see an activation link on a confirmation screen after the installation process is complete. If not, you can view all of your currently installed themes by heading back to the Appearance > Themes screen. To apply a new one, simply hover over it and click on the Activate button. Once that’s finished, you can check out your new theme on the front end of your site! If you have any issues, check out the full instructions or please reach out to our award-winning support team, who are available 24/7.

Q: Where can I find premium WordPress themes?

There are many places online where you can find premium WordPress themes, including right from your WP Engine dashboard, but we suggest you start with our curated selection of third-party StudioPress Theme developers .

Q: What tools do I need to build a WordPress website?

WP Engine websites include everything you need to build your digital experience but you will, of course, need your usual branding assets such as logos, photography, and copy to fill out your site, and as your site grows in sophistication, you should consider checking out WordPress plugins for adding more advanced features .

Quickly and easily build incredible websites with our premium WordPress themes, plugins and block editor tools. All are included for free with every WP Engine plan.

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Premium themes are included with every WP Engine plan and are Gutenberg ready, helping to simplify the design and editing process.

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Utilize a WordPress Admin interface and a simple templating system for building customizable Gutenberg blocks.

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Premium WordPress themes, included with every plan

Create beautiful websites faster with our easy-to-use theme framework and premium WordPress themes. Every theme is Gutenberg ready, helping to simplify the content design and editing process even further. Plus, all themes are SEO and performance-optimized with locked down security features.

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Customize your website with a growing library of beautiful block-based designs, plus easily build custom blocks to bring your brand to life. From the #1 WordPress theme framework to custom blocks, Genesis gives you a suite of free and premium tools to embrace modern WordPress and build better sites faster.

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Build, test, and deploy sites faster with the #1 WordPress local development tool. Available for free with your WP Engine plan, Local supercharges your WordPress workflows allowing you to make changes in your local environment and test them offline or live on the Internet. When you’re ready to go live, Local lets you do it in one click SSL included. No more manual WordPress install setups!

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Our platform is the fastest and most secure in WordPress and provides the tools and technology you need to make your WordPress site safe, performant, and poised for growth. Get effortless site management with daily maintenance, advanced security solutions, reliable page performance, and expert customer support anytime you need it. Find out why 185k+ businesses choose WP Engine as their managed WordPress hosting platform.

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Our free, automated website migration plugin makes moving your existing website to WP Engine easy. Install this plugin to your existing website, authorize the transfer, and instantly move your site to WP Engine. Our support team is available 24x7x365 to help.

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StudioPress Themes FAQs

What’s the difference between a StudioPress theme and a WordPress theme?

StudioPress themes are WordPress themes, but unlike just any WordPress theme, StudioPress themes are developed to the highest standards of performance, SEO, design and security. The whole range of StudioPress themes are built on top of the world’s most popular WordPress theme framework, the Genesis Framework. This means your site will be faster, more secure, more accessible, more mobile responsive, and more search engine friendly.

How do I change or install themes on my WordPress website?

Step 1: Back up your site. Make sure you have a full site backup in place. If something goes wrong, you’ll have a clean restore point to work from.

Step 2: Navigate to Your WordPress Themes Section. Go to Appearance > Themes within WordPress and click Add New.

Step 3: Install Your WordPress Theme. To choose from the thousands of free themes that are available, simply search for one using the drop-down menus on the Add Themes page. If you’ve bought a premium theme, you’ll be provided with a ZIP file. This can be installed by using the Upload Theme link on the same page, and then using the Choose File dialog to locate the file.

Step 4: Activate Your New WordPress Theme. For premium themes, you’ll usually see an activation link on a confirmation screen after the installation process is complete. If not, you can view all of your currently installed themes by heading back to the Appearance > Themes screen. To apply a new one, simply hover over it and click on the Activate button. Once that’s finished, you can check out your new theme on the front end of your site!

If you have any issues, check out the full instructions or please reach out to our award-winning support team, who are available 24/7.

Where can I find premium WordPress themes?

What tools do I need to build a WordPress website?

How much do plugins and block editor tools cost?

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