Took down theme

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  • Plugin Author Chris Jean

    (@chrisjean)

    It sounds like the theme files were not fully upgraded or that the process was halted in the middle of the upgrade.

    If you have access to the server’s error logs, see if you can find any errors for the time that this issue occurred during.

    Thread Starter chazz046

    (@chazz046)

    Thanks for the quick response, Chris.

    I checked the error logs and there were no issues reported.

    Plugin Author Chris Jean

    (@chrisjean)

    In that case, I don’t think it would be possible to know exactly why this happened.

    When WordPress reverts back to a default theme, this most often happens when the theme that was active is missing. This means that the directory where the theme was (such as “Superba”) no longer exists.

    One way that this could happen without there actually being an error is if the theme’s directory was renamed. For example, if the theme’s original directory was “Superba” and was changed to “Superba-Custom”. This would create an issue because the zip file would contain the directory “Superba”. When the upgrade takes place, the “Superba-Custom” directory is removed and a “Superba” directory is added. The end result would be that the theme would be upgraded, but WordPress would revert to the default theme, requiring you to manually activate the Superba theme again.

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