How to Change the Active WordPress Theme Name (Without Losing Your Customizations)

Опубликовано: 05 Март 2025
на канале: Ray DelVecchio

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Have you ever created or duplicated a WordPress child theme, only to realize you want to change the active theme directory name after it's set up?

Let's walk through the process to do this so you DO NOT lose any of your theme's settings and customizations!

If you don't go into the WordPress database to update references to the new theme name, WP will think it's a new theme and you might be starting from scratch!

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Here are the chapters to follow along:

Intro - 00:00
Go to hosting account & open FTP - 00:33
Update theme name on active stylesheet - 01:11
Update active theme directory name - 01:49
Open phpMyAdmin & find wp_options table - 02:09
Update option names/values for new theme - 02:39
Refresh WP admin area to verify change - 04:37
Now take action - 05:12

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