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How to Install MyHome Theme

Install MyHome on your own WordPress site: download the theme file, upload and activate it, pick a page builder, install the plugins it needs and import a demo, so you start from a finished site instead of a blank one.

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Before you start
Hosted with us? There is nothing to install
A website on TangibleWP hosting comes with MyHome, its plugins and the demo you chose already set up. Go straight to How to Use Elementor with MyHome Theme.

Download the theme file

  1. 1 Bought from us: download from your account

    Sign in at app.tangiblewp.com, open Licenses and click Download on your MyHome license. The file is the theme zip WordPress installs as it is.

  2. 2 Bought on ThemeForest: download the installable file

    Go to themeforest.net/downloads, open the Download menu next to MyHome and choose Installable WordPress file only. Do not upload All files & documentation: that package holds the documentation and other extras, and WordPress rejects it.

    The green Download menu on ThemeForest, opened to show All files & documentation, Installable WordPress file only (outlined and marked with an arrow), License certificate & purchase code (PDF) and License certificate & purchase code (text).

Install and activate the theme

The page builder you pick cannot be changed later
During setup MyHome asks for Elementor or WPBakery. The two paths are built differently, and a site started on one cannot be switched to the other. Elementor is the path for new sites; MyHome 4.0 Released explains what each path offers.
  1. 1 Log in to WordPress

    Sign in to the admin panel of the site you are installing MyHome on (wp-admin).

  2. 2 Open the Themes screen

    Hover over Appearance in the left sidebar, click Themes, then click Add New Theme.

    The WordPress Themes screen with arrows pointing to Appearance > Themes in the sidebar and to the Add New Theme button at the top; the installed themes are Twenty Twenty-Four and Twenty Twenty-Three.
  3. 3 Upload the theme file

    Click Upload Theme, then Choose File, pick the MyHome zip you downloaded and click Install Now.

    The Add Themes screen with arrows on the Upload Theme button, the Choose File control showing myhome.zip, and the Install Now button.
  4. 4 Activate the theme

    When the installation finishes, click Activate.

    The "Installing theme from uploaded file: myhome.zip" screen reporting "Theme installed successfully.", with an arrow pointing to the Activate link next to Live Preview and Go to Themes page.
  5. 5 Choose your page builder

    You land on MyHome Setup. Select Use Elementor and click Save Changes.

    The MyHome Setup screen under "Choose Your Page Builder", with Use Elementor selected under Elementor (Recommended), the WPBakery Page Builder option below it, and an arrow pointing to the Save Changes button.

Install the plugins and import a demo

  1. 1 Start the plugin installer

    The dashboard shows a notice that MyHome requires Contact Form 7, Elementor and MyHome Core, and recommends MyHome Updater. Click Begin installing plugins.

    A WordPress Dashboard notice reading "This theme requires the following plugins: Contact Form 7, Elementor and MyHome Core" and recommending MyHome Updater, with an arrow pointing to the Begin installing plugins link.
  2. 2 Install all four plugins

    Tick the box in the header row to select every plugin, choose Install from the bulk actions menu and click Apply. Install MyHome Updater as well: it is the plugin that keeps MyHome up to date later.

    The Install Required Plugins screen with Contact Form 7, Elementor, MyHome Core and MyHome Updater all ticked, and the bulk actions menu open on Install next to the Apply button.
  3. 3 Wait for the installation to finish

    When you see All installations have been completed., click Return to Required Plugins Installer.

    The Install Required Plugins screen listing Contact Form 7, Elementor, MyHome Core and MyHome Updater as installed and activated successfully, followed by "All installations have been completed." and the Return to Required Plugins Installer link.
  4. 4 Activate all the plugins

    Open the To Activate tab, tick every plugin again, choose Activate from the bulk actions menu and click Apply.

    The Install Required Plugins screen on the To Activate tab, with all four plugins ticked and the bulk actions menu open on Activate next to the Apply button.
  5. 5 Import a demo

    You are redirected to the Demo Importer. Import a demo before you build anything: it brings the homepage, the other pages, the listing fields and the layouts, so you edit a finished site instead of starting from nothing. Click Import next to the demo you want.

    The MyHome Demo Importer screen opened from the sidebar, showing one demo named Default with a thumbnail of its homepage and an Import button.
  6. 6 Wait for the import

    The demo content starts loading. Leave the page open until it finishes.

    The MyHome Demo Importer screen showing a progress spinner at 12%.
  7. 7 Start customizing

    When the import is complete you land in the MyHome Panel, and the site is ready to make your own: set your logo and contact details on the Basic tab, then add your listings and edit the pages in Elementor.

    The MyHome Panel settings, Basic tab, with Logo Default and Logo Reversed upload fields, a Homepage dropdown, and a Public Email field.
In short
  • Upload the installable theme zip: from Licenses in your TangibleWP account, or ThemeForest's Installable WordPress file only.
  • The page builder you choose on MyHome Setup is final. Pick Elementor for a new site.
  • MyHome needs Contact Form 7, Elementor and MyHome Core, and recommends MyHome Updater: install and activate all four.
  • Import a demo before you build anything, then start from the MyHome Panel.

Keep reading

Minimum PHP Requirements and Server Settings How to fix "The package could not be installed. The theme is missing the style.css stylesheet." error MyHome 4.0 Released—Benefit from Additional Elementor Integration Path How to Use Elementor with MyHome Theme

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