How Do I Rename A Theme ?

  • wpnewb

    (@wpnewb)


    14 years ago

    Hello everyone! …
    – i have made major changes to a theme & am SUPER happy with the way it looks and now would like to rename it.
    – Mostly because theres a new version of WP available and i want to upgrade but i dont want the update / upgrade to possibly damage the site or revert my theme back.
    IM PARANOID LIKE THAT! LOL
    ? How do I rename My Current Theme?
    ? should i disable any cache plug-in(s) before doing so?
    ? Do i need to worry about this at all if the theme is not included in the original WP installation?
    Thanks All!

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  • Moderator t-p

    (@t-p)

    -you may rename your current theme’s folder in wp-content/themes

    -It’s highly recommended to create a child theme, otherwise you will lose all your changes when you next update the WordPress or the theme.

    Thread Starter wpnewb

    (@wpnewb)

    – are you saying that it has to be done via FTP?
    – instructions in that link state …
    “Create a directory, put a properly formatted style.css file in it, and you have a child theme”
    in english – does that mean to …..
    1.create a folder in “wp-content/themes” (what do i name it?)
    2. do i copy the style.css file of the current theme (the one that im worried about) and paste     that one into this new folder?
    am i following you correctly?
    thank you for chiming in & please bare with me – im a slow learner but i do make progress. LOL
    ??

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