{"id":400,"date":"2020-03-16T13:49:31","date_gmt":"2020-03-16T11:49:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/?p=400"},"modified":"2023-10-16T18:29:28","modified_gmt":"2023-10-16T15:29:28","slug":"how-to-fix-the-package-could-not-be-installed-while-installing-elementor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/how-to-fix-the-package-could-not-be-installed-while-installing-elementor\/","title":{"rendered":"Package could not be installed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is this about?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>When trying to upload the Elementor Pro plugin zip file into WordPress, you might encounter this error message: &#8220;<em>The package couldn&#8217;t be installed. The theme is missing css style sheet<\/em>&#8220;. 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