Importing Demo Content

Learn how to import demo content into your WordPress site via Theme Options or Manual Import.

Import Demo Content via Theme Options

Importing demo content via Theme Options, will import theme options, sliders, images, pages, posts and other content to replicate the selected demo. To import the demo content via the Theme Options, do the following:

  1. Login to your WordPress Admin and click Appearance
  2. Click Theme Options
  3. Click the Install Demos tab
  4. Locate the demo you wish to install and click the Install button. Alternatively, you can preview the demo using the Preview button.
  5. Upon clicking Install, read the notice carefully before proceeding, activate the required plugins via the WordPress Admin > Appearance > Install Plugins, click OK to continue.

 

Import Demo Content Manually

The alternative method to importing demo content is to do it manually. Follow the steps below to achieve this.

STEP 1.

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  1. Goto the WordPress Admin and click Tools
  2. Click Import
  3. Click WordPress

STEP 2.

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You maybe required to install the WordPress Importer plugin. If not, move onto STEP 3.

  1. Click the Install Now button
  2. Click Activate Plugin & Run Importer

STEP 3.

Follow these steps to download the Theme from your ThemeForest downloads section ( If you haven’t already ).

  1. Goto Your ThemeForest Account
  2. Click on Downloads
  3. Locate the Theme and click Download
  4. Click Installable WordPress File Only
  5. This will now download the the Theme zip file to your computer
  6. Unzip the downloaded file. This should reveal the Theme folder

STEP 4.

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Next, follow these steps to locate the downloaded Theme folder and navigate to the demo you wish to install:

  1. Go back to the WP Admin > Tools > Import > WordPress > Click Choose File
  2. Locate the downloaded you folder
  3. Locate the demos folder
  4. Select which demo you want to import e.g. demo_1 for Demo 1 ( check the preview.png image for each demo to see which number correlates to which demo ).
  5. Locate the demo.xml and click Open
  6. Click Upload file & Import

Theme Options

If you wish to import the Theme Options, you’ll need to do the following:

  1. Go to the WP Admin > Appearance > Theme Options > Import / Export > Import from File
  2. Locate the downloaded Theme folder
  3. Locate the demos folder
  4. Select which demo you want to import e.g. demo_1 – check the preview.png image for each demo to see which number correlates to which demo.
  5. Locate the theme_options.json
  6. Open the file within a text editor, copy the contents of the entire file.
  7. Paste into the Import from File field > Click the Import button

STEP 6.

The demo you want to install may contain a Revolution Slider ( or you wish to install a slider from another demo ). You can import the Slider this by doing the following ( Assuming you’ve completed STEP 3. ):

  1. Go to the WP Admin
  2. Click Revolution Slider ( If Revolution Slider isn’t installed, goto Appearance > Install Plugins and click Install on Revolution Slider ).
  3. Hover over New Slider
  4. Click Import Slider
  5. Click Choose File
  6. Locate the downloaded Theme folder
  7. Locate the demos folder
  8. Select which demo you want to import e.g. demo_1 – check the preview.png image for each demo to see which number correlates to which demo.
  9. Check if the demo you have selected contains a revslider_X.zip file e.g. you/demos/demo_1/plugins/revslider/revslider_demo_1.zip
  10. If the demo you’ve selected contains a revslider_X.zip file, click Open.
  11. Click Import Slider
  12. The Slider should now appear within the Revolution Sliders list