Cant reset theme/website to how it looks normally

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    eliashaglund · Member ·

    Hi! I deleted almost every block on my homepage and theres pretty much just plain white now. I did that because previously when I tried to change theme, the blocks from a previous theme stayed and the only thing that changed were fonts and… the narrowness of the blocks.

    In any way, I am a new user and want to get started here, but there seem to be no easy way of resetting my homepage so that whenever I change theme, it looks exactly like an untouched theme.

    What can I do?

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  • supernovia · Staff ·

    Hi there, can you clarify your intent?

    there seem to be no easy way of resetting my homepage so that whenever I change theme, it looks exactly like an untouched theme.

    When you change to a new theme, the home page will switch to the homepage for that theme. Did you want to swap that out for a blank homepage, or a homepage that was previously edited?

    Or, are you switching back to a theme you’ve used previously and having trouble getting a fresh copy of that theme’s homepage?

    If you’ll clarify, we’ll help you get this sorted out.

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    eliashaglund · Member ·

    Hi Supernovia. Thank you for your reply. I realise I was unclear in my post. I am looking for a way to “reset” my current theme to the original look of that theme. If Im using Hever, and messed things up, Id like to simply be able to reset it.

  • staff-zinnia · Staff ·

    Hmm. I see that the current theme in use on the site is Escutcheon. Looks like that change happened about 4 hours ago. Before that, it looks like you tried all of these in the past 12 hours.

    Libretto
    Circa
    Intergalactic 2
    Escutcheon
    Independent Publisher 2

    The original theme is our default, Twenty Twenty.

    Can you look at these theme demo pages to see which one you specifically were wanting to use again?

    – https://librettodemo.wordpress.com/
    – https://circademo.wordpress.com/
    – https://intergalactic2demo.wordpress.com/
    – https://escutcheondemo.wordpress.com/
    – https://independentpublisher2demo.wordpress.com/
    – https://twentytwentydemo.wordpress.com/

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    eliashaglund · Member ·

    Hi Lizkarkoski, thank you for your reply. It is true I tried several different themes, and I unfortunately I am undecided still which theme I want. This is partly due to a problem that I raise in this post around switching between themes, and why it does not seem to work properly for me:
    https://wordpress.com/forums/topic/why-does-theme-switching-mess-up-my-newly-created-blog/

    This post however merely is a request for a “reset”-function in the case that I mess up the design of a theme. I’m wondering if there is an easy way to change, for example a Hever theme, or any theme, back to its original look, before any modifications were made.

    I hope I made myself clear,
    Best,
    Elias

  • supernovia · Staff ·

    Elias, if you’ve used a theme before, we intentionally go back to your modified version of its home page.

    But, here’s how you can have a new copy of that layout:

    – Go to https://wordpress.com/page

    – Pick the site you’re working on

    – Scroll down through the Page Templates. Home page templates are at the bottom.

    – Pick the template, customize it as you like, and Publish.

    Then, you can make that new page your home page by using these steps:

    Set the Homepage

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