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How to Install & Activate Mission News

Mission News can be installed and activated in three ways on your site.

Installing from your WordPress Dashboard is the easiest and recommended method.

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Install from your WordPress Dashboard

To install Mission News from your WordPress admin dashboard:

  1. Visit the Appearance menu in your dashboard
  2. Click the Add New button at the top of the screen
  3. Use the search bar on the right-side of the screen to search for "Mission News"
  4. Hover over Mission News in the search results, and click the Install button
  5. Once the page reloads, click the Activate link to activate Mission News

Mission News is now the active theme on your site.

Install from your WordPress Dashboard via zip file

Mission News can also be installed from your WordPress dashboard by uploading a zip file. To install Mission News with a zip file:

  1. Download a new copy of Mission News from its WordPress.org page
  2. Visit the Appearance menu in your dashboard
  3. Click the Add New button at the top of the screen
  4. Click the Upload Theme button at the top of the screen
  5. Click the Choose File button and select the mission-news.zip file you just downloaded
  6. Click the Install Now button
  7. Once the page reloads, click the Activate link to activate Mission News

Mission News is now the active theme on your site.

Install via FTP

To install Mission News via FTP:

  1. Download a new copy of Mission News from its WordPress.org page
  2. Unzip the mission-news.zip file on your computer
  3. Connect to your server with an FTP client (like Filezilla )
  4. Navigate to the themes directory on your server (wordpress/wp-content/themes)
  5. Upload the "mission-news" folder to the themes directory
  6. Visit your WordPress dashboard and navigate to the Appearance menu
  7. Hover over Mission News and click the Activate button

Mission News is now the active theme on your site.

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