In order to be able to import LayerSlider WP demos you need to have ZipArchive enabled on your server.


To check if ZipArchive is enabled:

  1. go to Admin -> Layer Slider WP;
  2. open the “System Status” tab;
  3. verify that the option “PHP ZipArchive Extension” has value “Enabled”. If it doesn’t, it will be necessary to enable this PHP setting.

The internal error message which PHP generates: “The PHP ZipArchive extension is required to import .zip files.”.


To enable this PHP setting, it’s best to contact your hosting provider support, and send them the error message. They’ll make the change on the server, or guide you how to do that using cPanel.


After the hosting environment is fixed, you can manually import the theme demo slider: WP Admin -> LayerSlider WP -> All Sliders -> click on Import Slider button -> navigate to your theme download folder, in subfolder demo-content, e.g.

demo-content/layer-slider/LayerSlider_Export_2017-03-12_at_21.22.23.zip.