By lhaley
Hey all! Thanks for any time you take to help me.
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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You need to upload to the** /var/www/html/wp-content/themes**
Also, after you have uploaded, check the ownership of the files in /html, if it says www-data when doing ls -al /var/www/html from your ssh terminal, then make sure all the files in the new theme folder you have uploaded are also www-data. This will ensure maximum compatibility with WordPress. You can do this by doing: chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/wp-content/themes/yourthemefoldername
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