Installation Process

Learn how to install the WoodMart theme through the WordPress Admin panel. This user-friendly method is the quickest and most straightforward way to get your theme up and running. This guide walks you through the complete installation process to ensure successful theme setup on your website.

Requirement: Before starting the installation, ensure you have WordPress already installed on your server. For the best experience, we recommend using a fresh WordPress installation to easily import clean demo content without conflicts. For detailed system requirements and compatibility information, please refer to our comprehensive requirements guide.

Upload Theme through WordPress Admin panel

Important: Make sure you’re uploading the correct woodmart.zip file that contains the theme files directly (not a ZIP file with another ZIP file inside). If you downloaded a package with multiple files, look for the main theme ZIP file.

Your WoodMart theme is now successfully installed and ready for setup!

Once you activate the theme, you’ll be redirected to the WoodMart welcome screen. This setup wizard will guide you through the initial configuration. Simply click “Let’s start” to begin setting up your website with the recommended settings.

Setup Wizard Walkthrough

After successfully installing and activating the WoodMart theme, you’ll see the Setup Wizard with six configuration steps: “Activation”, “Child theme”, “Page builder”, “Plugins”, “Prebuilt websites”, and “Done”.

1. Activation

The first step requires activating your theme license to enable automatic updates. Enter your purchase code in the provided field, accept the terms, and click “Activate theme” to unlock all premium features.

License Usage: Your WoodMart license can be activated on two domains for the same site – one for staging/testing and one for your live website. Multiple different sites require separate licenses for each site. This ensures you can test updates and changes safely before applying them to your live site.

Finding Your Purchase Code:

2. Child theme

The second step involves installing a child theme, which is essential for safe customization of your WoodMart theme. A child theme acts as a protective layer that preserves all your customizations when the parent theme receives updates.

Why Use a Child Theme? When you make direct changes to the main theme’s HTML, CSS, or PHP files, these modifications get overwritten during theme updates. A child theme prevents this by storing your customizations separately, ensuring they remain intact after each update.

Installation: The setup wizard makes this process simple – just click “Install child theme” and the system will automatically create and activate a child theme for you.

For more detailed information about child themes and their applications, visit the WordPress Codex Child Themes guide.

3. Page builder

The third step requires selecting your preferred page builder for creating and editing your website content. WoodMart offers three powerful options to choose from:

• Elementor – The world’s leading drag-and-drop WordPress website builder with intuitive visual editing.
• Gutenberg – WordPress’s native block-based content editor, built into WordPress core.
• WPBakery – A popular page builder plugin with frontend and backend editing capabilities.

Important:

• WoodMart works with only one page builder at a time – you cannot use multiple builders simultaneously
• This choice is permanent – switching between builders after setup requires rebuilding your content from scratch
• All pre-built website templates are specifically designed for your selected page builder

Consider your experience level, design preferences, and long-term needs before selecting. Once you’ve made your decision, click on your preferred option and then “Continue” to proceed with the setup.

4. Plugin activation

The fourth step involves installing essential plugins that power your WoodMart website’s functionality.

Essential Plugins (Required):

• WoodMart Core – The main functionality plugin for your theme (marked as “Required”)
• WooCommerce – Enables e-commerce functionality for selling products online
• Your chosen page builder – Either Elementor, WPBakery (based on your Step 3 selection). If you choose Gutenberg, you will not see it as a plugin, as WordPress includes this builder by default.

Additional Recommended Plugins:

• Contact Form 7 – Creates contact forms for customer inquiries
• MailChimp for WordPress – Connects your website to email marketing services
• Safe SVG – Allows you to safely upload SVG image files

Note: The essential plugins ensure your theme works properly, while additional plugins provide extra features. You can always remove unnecessary plugins later if you don’t need their functionality.

For beginners, we recommend installing all plugins to get the full WoodMart experience.

5. Prebuilt websites

The fifth step lets you choose from professionally designed website templates to jumpstart your project. These are complete websites with pages, content, images, and styling already set up for different business types. Each template is specifically designed for different business needs and comes with relevant content and layouts.

Simply click “Import” on your chosen template to install it

6. Done

Congratulations! You’ve successfully completed the WoodMart theme installation and setup process. The checkmark indicates that your website is now fully configured and ready to use.

Note: If you do not want to install the theme via our setup wizard or if you skipped it somehow, here is our article about manual setup.

Troubleshooting Common Issues

“File size too large” error

This error occurs when the WoodMart theme file exceeds your server’s maximum upload limit. WordPress themes, especially feature-rich ones like WoodMart, can be larger than the default upload restrictions set by many hosting providers.

Solution: Contact your hosting provider to increase the upload limits for your account. Most hosting providers can quickly adjust these settings for you. Alternatively, you can ask your hosting support team to increase the following PHP settings:

upload_max_filesize

post_max_size

max_execution_time

For detailed instructions on how to resolve upload limit issues, please refer to the troubleshooting guide. 

Alternative Solution: If you cannot increase the upload limits, consider using the FTP installation method, which bypasses the WordPress upload restrictions entirely.

“Purchase code invalid” error

Solutions:

• Double-check that you copied the entire code
• Make sure you’re using the WoodMart purchase code (not another theme)
• Verify the code from your Envato downloads page

Demo Content Not Importing

Solutions:

• Ensure all required plugins are installed first
• Check that your hosting has enough memory and execution time
• Contact our support team for further solutions.

Installation Video Tutorial

Watch our video tutorial that demonstrates how to install our theme and import dummy content properly in just a few minutes.