Changing theme

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  mauledbydesign · Member · Feb 10, 2015 at 10:26 pm

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  Hello

  I want to change the theme of my site. Is there a way to change it and work on it before I replace my old one?

  Thanks so much

  -Jesse

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  staff-ozmodiar · Staff · Feb 10, 2015 at 10:51 pm

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  Not really. Sometimes the easiest way to do this would be to set up a “test” site, activate the new theme, and muck about a bit until you know what settings you want to have applied before you make the switch on your “real” site.

  Does that make sense?

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  mauledbydesign · Member · Feb 11, 2015 at 2:52 am

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  Yeah that makes sense, thanks. Seems like a waste though, it would be much easier if there was a preview setting for something like this or a plugin where you could try different themes out.

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  staff-ozmodiar · Staff · Feb 11, 2015 at 7:21 pm

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  You can do some amount of previewing by using the “preview” buttons here:

  https://mauledbydesign.wordpress.com/wp-admin/themes.php

  However, it really depends on how much work you are looking to do on a particular theme. there isn’t a way to have a theme activated and another theme “hidden activated” so you can work on customizing it. Which is why I suggested the (admittedly somewhat annoying) workaround of starting a test site.