how do I restore a theme

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  catfordt · Member · Mar 1, 2017 at 2:21 am

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  I made a mistake and changed the theme. How do I get the old theme back?

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  timethief · Member · Mar 1, 2017 at 2:21 am

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  Do you know the name of it?

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  timethief · Member · Mar 1, 2017 at 2:24 am

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  Switching themes https://en.support.wordpress.com/themes/#switch-themes can be easily done, provided you are logged in as Admin under the same username account that registered the site. Themes are just “skins” on WordPress.COM hosted blogs. You can quickly and easily change themes on any WordPress.COM hosted blog to another one found here http://wordpress.com/themes/ and no data will be lost or negatively affected by the change. The only time you may have to do a lot of work is if you are changing to a dramatically different theme with different features and/or if you have done any CSS editing.

  Provided you are logged in as Admin under the same username account that registered the blog go to Dashboard > Appearance > Themes, Browse themes until you find one you like and click the “activate” or the “preview” link, or type in the name of the theme you want to use when it appears.

  The theme customizer https://en.support.wordpress.com/customizer/ provides a preview function for exactly that purpose ie. so you can view what a theme will appear like prior to changing one.

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  timethief · Member · Mar 1, 2017 at 2:24 am

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  If the answer to my question is no then type modlook into the sidebar tags on this thread for a Staff follow-up. How do I get a Moderator/Staff reply for my question? https://en.support.wordpress.com/getting-help-in-the-forums/#how-do-i-get-a-moderatorstaff-reply-for-my-question Also subscribe to this thread so you are notified when they respond and be patient while waiting. To subscribe look in the sidebar of this thread, find the subscribe to topics link and click it.

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  timethief · Member · Mar 1, 2017 at 2:28 am

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  P.S. I sued Google search in their cache for you site and I think I saw an old retired theme I cannot recall the name of. Themes are retired when they no longer support all WordPress.COM features. The recommendation is to switch to a newer theme.

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  catfordt · Member · Mar 1, 2017 at 2:31 am

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  I do not know the name of the old theme. Wouldn’t it be saved somewhere on the admin side? Can I revert to the old site before I messed up and changed the theme?

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  timethief · Member · Mar 1, 2017 at 2:34 am

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  lol :D
  I did not sue Google search. I used Google search.

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  gemmacevans · Member · Mar 1, 2017 at 12:30 pm

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  Hi catfordt,

  I do not know the name of the old theme.

  I’ve found a few themes changes on your site:

  • Penscratch
  • Argent
  • Lovecraft
  • Libre 2

  Do any of these look familiar?