This tutorial shows how to resolve the “Theme is missing the style.css stylesheet” error while installing a theme in WordPress.
Why does it happen?
- Usually, this error appears when you are installing the wrong theme zip file.
- The .zip archive file is incomplete or corrupted, due to incomplete download (This situation is pretty rare).
- Non-WordPress Theme: When the zip file uploaded is not a WordPress theme.
How can it be fixed?
Step 1: Unzip the archive downloaded from ThemeForest. For example, if you downloaded the Oklahoma theme, after unzipping the archive you will have the following folder structure:
Step 2: The correct file that needs to be uploaded in WordPress, in order for the theme to be properly installed, is the oklahoma.zip archive, inside the /theme/ folder.
Step 3: After installation, you can also install the oklahoma-child.zip archive (It is the child theme for Oklahoma theme).
Note: If you are using any other theme from ModelTheme, the folder structure will be the same.
