Title: Submit Your Theme or Theme Update to the Directory
Author: WordPress.org
Published: Gatonnya 7, 2015
Last modified: Ogwomwenda (Mutunda) 13, 2021

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# Submit your theme or theme update to the directory

Your theme will be submitted for review to be distributed on the official WordPress.
org Theme Directory.

## Read the requirements before updating a theme

 In order to have your theme hosted on [WordPress.org](https://wordpress.org/), 
your code is required to comply with all the [requirements on the Themes Team handbook page](https://make.wordpress.org/themes/handbook/review/required/).

Before you can upload a new theme, [please log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fthemes%2Fupload%2F).

## How to upload a theme update

 If you are uploading a theme update, simply increase the version inside of `style.
css` and upload the `theme-name.zip` file again, just like you do with a new theme.