# Sequoia Installation

After you have installed WordPress and purchased the theme, you should go to a **Download** tab on ThemeForest:

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You have 2 options for downloading your theme:

* All files and documentation (Complete Zip archive);
* Installable WordPress file only.

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Please, download **Installable WordPress File Only** file from the dropdown menu.

{% hint style="info" %}
[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/). 
{% endhint %}

There are 2 ways of theme installation. Let's take a look at both of them, so you can choose the most convenient one for you.

## WordPress upload

* Navigate to **Appearance > Themes**
* Click **Add New** and click the **Upload Theme** button 

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* Browse to find the **sequoia.zip** file on your computer that you got from your Envato profile and click **Install Now**

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

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## FTP upload

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

These are:

1. Access to your web server (via FTP or shell)
2. An FTP Client
3. Your web browser of choice

* Log into your FTP client to access your host web server

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

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