How to install WordPress Default Themes?

How to install WordPress default themes from dashboard

After installing WordPress you will see a default theme name Responsive that will automatically install on your WordPress site. This is one of default WordPress theme. However you have more 3 default theme which you can install on your WordPress site. That means WordPress site will provide you 4 default themes.
  • Responsive
  • Twenty Fourteen
  • Twenty Thirteen
  • Twenty Twelve
However you can find many free and paid themes over the net. Today I will show you how we can install WordPress default theme on our site.

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Step 1 Log in to your WordPress account and go to Dashboard 

Step 2 Click on ->Appearance ->Themes you will see 4 default themes on screen.

default themes

Step 3 Now mouse over on any theme preview and click on Activate button. 

Step 4 Your theme will be activate now. And click on Visit Site link to view the theme on live.

theme activated

Alternative way to activate WordPress default theme

There are another way you can apply WordPress default theme on your site. In this process you can view the themes full information and after that you can apply the new theme in your WordPress site.

Step 1 Log in to your WordPress account and go to Dashboard 

Step 2 Click on ->Appearance ->Themes

Step 3 Now mouse over on any theme preview and click on Theme Details button.

theme details

Step 4 Now click on Activate button from bottom of the page. If you want you can see the live 

preview of the theme by clicking on Live Preview button from bottom of the page.

After activating the WordPress default theme visit your site to see the theme in live. You can visit your site by clicking on Visit Site link form WordPress dashboard. Just mouse over on your site Name and click on Visit Site link from top left corner of WordPress dashboard. 

visit site


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