A common issue that can occur when installing WordPress themes is “The package could not be installed. The theme is missing the style.css stylesheet “ error message being displayed when uploading or activating the theme.

One of the reasons you may receive this error is if you have uploaded the incorrect file. No need to worry, we will guide you on how to fix this issue.

First, you need to download the Profecient theme file through the Themeforest Download dashboard. You have 2 options for downloading your theme as shown below:

1. All files & documentation (#)
2. Installable WordPress file only (#)

1. All files & documentation

When you choose to download the All files & documentation option, you should unzip the downloaded file first. Then open the folder and find the profecient-theme.zip to upload to your website.

A common issue that can occur when installing WordPress themes is “The package could not be installed. The theme is missing the style.css stylesheet “ error message being displayed when uploading or activating the theme.

In this case, the reason you may receive this error is that you have uploaded directly the downloaded file without unzipping them first or you may upload the incorrect file.

After you unzip the downloaded file and find the profecient-theme.zip now you are ready to install Profecient to your website. You can choose to install via WordPress admin or via FTP.

Installation via WordPress

1. Go to Appearance → Themes on your WordPress Admin Dashboard.
2. Click the Add New button at the top of the page and then choose Upload Theme option.
3. After that upload file profecient-theme.zip (look at the image above) and click Install Now button.
4. If the upload process has finished, click the Activate button.
5. Right after installing the theme, you will be prompted to install the required plugin. You can follow the instruction right here.

Install via FTP

1. Login into your FTP client.
2.  Then access wp-content/themes/ directory on your host web server.
3. After that browse to find the profecient-theme.zip file (look at the image above) and unzip the file.
4. Upload the profecient-theme folder into wp-content/themes/ directory.
5. After uploading process finishes, go to your WordPress Admin Dashboard → Appearance → Themes and hit the Activate button.
6. Right after installing the theme, you will be prompted to install the required plugin. You can follow the instructions right here.

2. Installable WordPress file only

When you choose to download the Installable WordPress file only option, you can directly use the downloaded file to upload to your website. You can choose to install via WordPress admin or via FTP.

Installation via WordPress

1. Go to Appearance → Themes on your WordPress Admin Dashboard.
2. Click the Add New button at the top of the page and then choose the Upload Theme option.
3. After that upload the downloaded file and click the Install Now button.
4. If the upload process has finished, click the Activate button.
5. Right after installing the theme, you will be prompted to install the required plugin. You can follow the instructions right here.

Install via FTP

1. Login into your FTP client.
2.  Then access wp-content/themes/ directory on your host web server.
3. After that browse to find the downloaded file and unzip the file.
4. Upload the profecient-theme folder into wp-content/themes/ directory.
5. After the uploading process finishes, go to your WordPress Admin Dashboard → Appearance → Themes and hit the Activate button.
6. Right after installing the theme, you will be prompted to install the required plugin. You can follow the instructions right here.