Can I change the theme name in WordPress?

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Douglas Oliveira picture Douglas Oliveira · Mar 21, 2016 · Viewed 82.8k times · Source

How can I change the theme name in WordPress and where?

Can I also change the folder name theme1244 in public/wp-content/themes/theme1244 without having problems in the future?

Answer

Shady Alset picture Shady Alset · Mar 21, 2016

Step 1: Firstly go to wp-content/themes/ folder. And then rename your theme folder to whatever you want.

Step 2: Open your theme folder and open style.css file. In top part of style.css you will see theme name. Rename it and save changes.

Step 3: Go to Wp-admin/appearance/themes and activate your theme under new name.

If you are using child/parent theme and you also rename parent theme folder&name, so after Step 3 you should additionally change parent theme path in child theme’s style.css.

note : renaming your theme will stop its automatic updates, you should do it manually in the future.

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