A common issue that can occur when installing a WordPress themes is “The package could not be installed. The theme is missing the style.css stylesheet.” error message being displayed when uploading or activating the theme.
In this case, the reasons you may receive this error is if you have uploaded the incorrect file. You have 2 options for downloading your theme.
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Installable WordPress file only, then you just
need to upload it (don’t need to unzip at first).
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All files and documentation (full zip folder).
You will need to extract and locate the installable WordPress
file. (Read More at
What's Included)