Installation Guide
Welcome aboard! 🎉 Let's get your RealHomes theme up and running.
Before you dive in, make sure your hosting environment meets the official WordPress requirements. RealHomes works seamlessly on most hosting types—shared, reseller, or dedicated—as long as WordPress runs properly.
✅ Before You Begin
You'll need a working WordPress installation first. Most web hosts offer one-click WordPress installs. If you’re installing manually, follow this WordPress Installation Guide.
Once WordPress is set up, download the “All Files and Documentation” package from ThemeForest and extract it. Inside, you'll find the key file: realhomes.zip
.
📦 Install the Theme via WordPress Dashboard (Recommended)
Step 1: Upload and Activate
- Go to Appearance → Themes → Add New
- Click Upload Theme
- Select
realhomes.zip
and click Install Now - Once installed, click Activate
Step 2: Select a Design Variation
After activation, you’ll land on the RealHomes Welcome Page. Select your preferred design variation (Ultra, Modern, or Classic), then click Save Changes.
For a breakdown of each design, visit Design Selection
Step 3: Activate Your License
To unlock the full potential of RealHomes:
- Enter your Item Purchase Code
- Click Verify
This step enables access to demo import, plugin installation, and auto-updates.
Need help finding your code? Check out our guide:
👉 How to Get ThemeForest Purchase Code
Step 4: Install Required Plugins
After license verification, you'll be prompted to install plugins.
- Click Begin installing plugins
- On the next screen, select all, choose Install, and click Apply
- After installation, click Return to Required Plugins Installer
- Now, select all again, choose Activate, and click Apply
Step 5: Set Permalinks
For clean, SEO-friendly URLs, navigate to:
Dashboard → Settings → Permalinks
Select Post name and save.
Step 6: Elementor Initial Settings
Ensure compatibility with theme styles:
Dashboard → Elementor → Settings
Enable both:
- ✅ Disable Default Colors
- ✅ Disable Default Fonts
🛠️ Alternate Installation Method: FTP
If you're facing upload issues, try FTP:
- Connect to your server via an FTP client (e.g., FileZilla)
- Navigate to
wp-content/themes/
- Extract
realhomes.zip
and upload the folder here - Activate the theme from Dashboard → Appearance → Themes
- Set permalinks to Post name
- Head to RealHomes → Customize Settings to start configuring
👶 Install the Child Theme (Highly Recommended)
Planning code-level customizations? Install the pre-built realhomes-child.zip
file included in your download package. Upload and activate it just like the main theme.
⚠️ Common Installation Issues
These are the most frequently encountered issues and their fixes:
Theme is missing the style.css stylesheet error
Happens if you upload the full download package. Make sure to upload realhomes.zip
.
👉 Fix it here
The link you followed has expired
Your server's PHP limits are too low.
👉 Learn how to fix it
Broken or missing styles
Usually caused by incorrect file/folder permissions.
👉 Fix broken styles
Missing temporary directory
A server misconfiguration.
👉 Learn more
❓ Need Help?
If you face any issue not listed above, submit a support ticket and our team will be happy to assist you.
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