WordPress Newly Installed Themes Not Showing Up (LAMP, Ubuntu, Filezilla SFTP)

  • Resolved lhaley

    (@lhaley)


    8 years, 10 months ago

    Hi guys, I posted this over on the DigitalOcean support forum, but I figured I could use the extra help by posting it on here. I’ve done some extensive searching on this issue, but have not found any specific fixes. Thanks for any time taken to help me resolve this issue!

    I have a Ubuntu 14.04 server setup, with LAMP installed after following this DigitalOcean tutorial. I then installed WordPress following this DigialOcean tutorial.

    Everything is running smoothly, except when trying to upload themes.
    I am using Filezilla’s SFTP which as been successfully configured and connected to my server without a problem. I have tried to install three different themes, all with the same result.

    When I upload themes via Filezilla SFTP, they successfully upload into my server’s “~/wp-content/themes” folder. However, when I try to access them via my WP Admin panel, they simply do not appear.

    I am thinking this may be a permissions problem, as the default WP 2014, 2015, and 2016 themes work fine, and can be changed without an issue. That said, my main (non-root) user account should have all permissions necessary.

    Does anyone have any advice on how to resolve this issue? Thank you!

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  • Thread Starter lhaley

    (@lhaley)

    So I can actually answer my own question!

    ~/wp-content/themes was the incorrect directory!
    In case anyone has made the same mistake, the correct directory to drop the files in are /var/www/html/wp-content/themes.

    As soon as I uploaded the theme files into /var/www/html/wp-content/themes it worked perfectly. The new themes became immediately accessible via the WordPress Admin Panel.

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