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  flick1738 · Member · Nov 3, 2022 at 8:08 pm

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  When I select a theme it says activated. But when I go to edit my site it’s stuck on my original theme. I haven’t made any edits or progress on my site. I’ve only created a website domain so I’m curious why no themes will activate for me besides the original one that I started with.

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  staff-totoro · Staff · Nov 3, 2022 at 11:44 pm

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  Hi there,

  For the most part, changing your theme is a lot like changing the clothing on a mannequin. Your content (pages, blog posts, uploaded media) don’t go anywhere or change that much… they just assume the style of the new theme

  Another way to think of this is that when you switch themes, you will see your existing content instead of the demo content. Typically when you switch themes you will see a popup to ask you if you would like the demo homepage instead, but perhaps you were not choosing that option.

  I see you are using the Exford theme in your most recent switch. You are trying to have the homepage layout you see here? https://wordpress.com/theme/exford/

  Thanks for the additional info!