[Resolved] Theme Install Fails

[Tom]

Hi, I just purchased the premium theme, and downloaded gp-premium.zip. I tried to install it, but got this error:

The package could not be installed. The theme is missing the style.css stylesheet.

Theme install failed.

Please advise. Do I need to uninstall the other version first?

[Tom]

Hi there,

Thanks for your purchase!

This should help: https://generatepress.com/knowledgebase/missing-style-css-stylesheet/

Let me know 🙂

[Tom]

Well, I feel stupid! 🙂 Thanks!

[Tom]

It happens! Glad I could help 🙂

[Wolfram]

@Tom: I had the same issue. In fact the error message is stupid or at least misleading. If it instead would simply say: “Please install gp-premium as plugin not as theme” you at GeneratePress would avoid a lot of complaints and frustration.

[Tom]

I agree, unfortunately I don’t have any control over the error messages WordPress displays.

The instructions to install GP Premium are throughout the site though – I wonder if it would help if I added another notice on the payment complete page.

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