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How to Install & Activate Author

Author can be installed and activated in three ways on your site.

Installing from your WordPress Dashboard is the easiest and recommended method.

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Install from your WordPress Dashboard

To install Author from your WordPress admin dashboard:

  1. Visit the Appearance menu in your dashboard
  2. Click the Add New button at the top of the screen
  3. Use the search bar on the right-side of the screen to search for "Author"
  4. Hover over Author in the search results, and click the Install button
  5. Once the page reloads, click the Activate link to activate Author

Author is now the active theme on your site.

Install from your WordPress Dashboard via zip file

Author can also be installed from your WordPress dashboard by uploading a zip file. To install Author with a zip file:

  1. Download a new copy of Author from its WordPress.org page
  2. Visit the Appearance menu in your dashboard
  3. Click the Add New button at the top of the screen
  4. Click the Upload Theme button at the top of the screen
  5. Click the Choose File button and select the author.zip file you just downloaded
  6. Click the Install Now button
  7. Once the page reloads, click the Activate link to activate Author

Author is now the active theme on your site.

Install via FTP

To install Author via FTP:

  1. Download a new copy of Author from its WordPress.org page
  2. Unzip the author.zip file on your computer
  3. Connect to your server with an FTP client (like Filezilla )
  4. Navigate to the themes directory on your server (wordpress/wp-content/themes)
  5. Upload the "author" folder to the themes directory
  6. Visit your WordPress dashboard and navigate to the Appearance menu
  7. Hover over Author and click the Activate button

Author is now the active theme on your site.

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