# MasterStudy Installation

After purchasing the **MasterStudy** on ThemeForest, you'll need to download the theme installation package from your **ThemeForest account**. Login to your [ThemeForest](https://themeforest.net/downloads) account and navigate to the Downloads menu in the profile icon at the top-right corner. On the opened page, find the **MasterStudy** purchase, click the **Download** button, and from the dropdown, choose **Installable WordPress File Only**. 

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[Stylemix Hosting](https://stylemix.net/hosting/) offers automatic WordPress installation for you. However, if you wish to install WordPress yourself, follow the instructions in [WordPress Codex](https://wordpress.org/support/article/how-to-install-wordpress/). 
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## Install MasterStudy via WordPress Dashboard 

**Step 1** - Navigate to **Appearance > Themes** 

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**Step 2** - Click **Add New** and click the **Upload Theme** button 

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**Step 3** - Browse to find the **masterstudy.zip** file on your computer and click **Install Now**

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**Step 4** - Navigate to **Appearance > Themes** and click the **Activate** button to activate the newly installed theme

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## Install MasterStudy via FTP (Expert)

Before you begin the install, there are a few things you need to have and do.

These are:

* Access to your web server (via FTP or shell)
* An FTP Client
* Your web browser of choice

#### Upload via FTP <a href="#upload_via_ftp" id="upload_via_ftp"></a>

* **Step 1** – Log into your FTP client to access your host web server

![](https://2021837383-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-MDO9V_qgvV5cQdw04iz%2Fuploads%2FnfCgzapJSURAfgc6Jxyc%2Fftp_access.png?alt=media\&token=192df58a-7cbc-4592-9523-b6992f190d06)

* **Step 2** – Browse to find the **masterstudy.zip** file on your computer (located in the downloader folder from ThemeForest) and unzip it.
* **Step 3** – Upload the folder you extracted from the zip file to **yourdomain/wp-content/themes/** folder
* **Step 4** – Activate the newly installed theme by going to **WordPress > Appearance > Themes** and clicking the Activate button.

![](https://2021837383-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-MDO9V_qgvV5cQdw04iz%2Fuploads%2F9ktBomWiM1heMa3hIuaK%2Factivate_ms_theme.png?alt=media\&token=4791a425-32c2-4cfd-8569-c28c55012c96)