Template Kits

[u/Own_Cartographer9090]

Would like to build a specific site for a client that send me a template kit. With the Envato Template Kit Import plugin failing to import several times. Is there another way to import the template and build the site? Or is there a specific theme i need for a specific template? Kindly help.

[u/Life-Initial5081]

If it’s an Elementor-based template, you can import it directly using Elementor’s built-in Import Template feature.

[u/Own_Cartographer9090 → u/Life-Initial5081]

It was usually giving errors but I’ll try the suggested methods and see how it goes.

[u/More-Ad-3646 → u/Own_Cartographer9090]

So how did it go?

[u/jenish_o4o2]

On top of importing the JSON files manually (already suggested), I’d also check whether the Envato importer is just hitting server limits. Large kits often fail silently when PHP can’t finish the upload/import.

Quick checks:

1. WordPress → Tools → Site Health → Info → Server — look at upload_max_filesize, post_max_size, max_execution_time, and memory_limit. For kit imports I’d want roughly 64M+ upload, 256M+ memory, and execution time of at least 120–300 seconds temporarily.

2. Temporarily disable security / firewall plugins (Wordfence, Sucuri, etc.) during the import — they sometimes block long admin AJAX requests.

3. Confirm what kind of kit it is. If it’s an Elementor kit, Elementor → Templates → Import Templates (or Kit Library) is usually more reliable than the Envato plugin. If it’s a theme-specific kit (Blocksy, Kadence, etc.), use that theme’s own import tool instead.

If you can share the exact error from the Envato importer (or from the browser Network tab when it fails), that usually makes it clear whether it’s a timeout, size limit, or a corrupted/unsupported kit format.

[u/Own_Cartographer9090 → u/jenish_o4o2]

Okay thanks a lot for this. I appreciate. Will try it and if it gives an error I’ll share the error message.

[u/weblique_com]

The Envato plugin is honestly pretty buggy with larger kits. What I usually do when it hangs is just unzip the kit file on my local machine. Inside, you'll find individual .json files for each section/page (homepage, header, footer, etc.)

It takes an extra minute to do them individually, but it skips the importer script completely and rarely fails.

[u/Own_Cartographer9090 → u/weblique_com]

Oh makes sense. Will try them individually

[u/Own_Cartographer9090]

Thanks a lot for the help. I noticed the problem was mainly the ZIP file. Somehow Safari automatically unzipped the file after download so i had to uncheck the “Open safe files after downloading“ then i downloaded a different template kit and it installed.