Installation Guide

Overview

This guide walks you through installing the Converto WordPress theme. Pick the method that matches your hosting setup and comfort level - the result is identical.

Purchase & Download

Purchasing & registering your domain

1. Log in or register your KrafterSuite account.
2. Open the Browse Products page, add Converto to your cart and complete checkout.
3. Your licence appears on the Licences page.
4. Go to Sites and register the domain you will install the theme on. One production plus one development install are allowed per licence. If the dev site sits behind HTTP basic auth, fill in the credentials - they're encrypted at rest.

Downloading the theme files

1. Go to your dashboard.
2. Open Products → Downloads.
3. Click Download to grab converto-1.0.0.zip.
4. Save the file locally - keep your licence key handy for Getting Started.

System Requirements

Converto is built on PHP 8.3 and Tailwind CSS 4. Older stacks won't work.

Critical

• WordPress 6.4 or higher
• PHP 8.3 or higher
• MySQL 5.7+ or MariaDB 10.3+

The theme will not activate on PHP 8.2 or lower.

Recommended:

• Memory limit: 256 MB
• Upload limit: 64 MB (only matters for the WP-admin install method)

Verifying your environment

1. Log into WP admin.
2. Tools → Site Health → Info tab.
3. Check the Server and WordPress sections.

If anything is below spec, ask your host to bump it before continuing.

Installation Methods

Method 1 - WP admin (recommended)

The simplest path for most users.

1. Appearance → Themes → Add New.
2. Click Upload Theme at the top.
3. Choose converto-1.0.0.zip, then Install Now.
4. When the upload finishes, click Activate.

Upload error?

If you see "The uploaded file exceeds the upload_max_filesize directive in php.ini", your host caps uploads below the zip size. Use Method 2 (FTP) below, or ask your host to raise upload_max_filesize and post_max_size to 64 MB+.

Method 2 - FTP / cPanel File Manager

Useful when the admin upload is blocked.

1. Unzip converto-1.0.0.zip locally - you should see a converto/ folder.
2. Connect to your server via FTP/SFTP (FileZilla, Cyberduck, etc.) or open cPanel File Manager.
3. Navigate to wp-content/themes/.
4. Upload the converto/ folder (not the zip) into themes/.
5. Back in WP admin → Appearance → Themes → hover the Converto card → click Activate.

Method 3 - WP-CLI

For developer / staging environments.

wp theme install ~/Downloads/converto-1.0.0.zip --activate

What happens on activation

The theme registers all custom post types, taxonomies, ACF field groups, and the demo-importer hooks. It does not seed any content - your site looks empty until you either run the demo importer or create products manually.

Next steps

Now move on to Getting Started to register your licence, configure permalinks, and decide between running the demo importer or starting from scratch.