Unzip a zip file

There are times you need to manually unzip a file. Such as updating a custom theme or manually updating a plugin. Perhaps you are moving a WordPress site from one hosting provider to another. Or maybe your old developer gave you a .zip containing a backup of your site.

To unzip and archived file yourself, use the tables below to find the hosting type that's applicable and follow those instructions.

Unzipping a zip file

To do it yourself, see these steps	Difficulty
Unzip files on Web hosting	Basic
Unzip files on cPanel hosting	Basic
Unzip files on Plesk hosting	Basic
Unzip files on Managed WordPress hosting	Advanced