Undoing Customizations To a Theme / home page help
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I am currently using the Sela theme, but while customizing, I deleted the home page and was never able to create a home page like that one ever again (it was the original homepage that wordpress automatically provided). Now that I don’t have a home page, whenever I try out different themes, the home page is also not there. I was wondering if there was a way to reset my customizations. I don’t care about losing all the widgets I have added, and I can easily unpublish/ republish my posts.
I don’t use wordpress.org but rather wordpress.com
The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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Hi there, every theme on WordPressdotcom has a special showcase page that explains how to set it up. Here is the showcase page for Sela https://wordpress.com/themes/sela/ and it explains how to set up that special homepage template.
Let us know if you need more help with that.
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Thank you for the reply! I was wondering more about if there was a way to reset my blog to how it was when you first create a website.
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As you saw in this thread https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/resetting-the-theme-to-factory-settings?replies=5 when the site is reset, all existing content is permanently removed.
If that is what you wish Staff to do, please let us know.
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Hi winihoney,
I was wondering more about if there was a way to reset my blog to how it was when you first create a website.
Yes, resetting the site is something I can help you with. There are two options:
1. I can reset your site and delete your current content — this will remove all current content including media. There will be no way to get the content back again.
2. I can reset your site without deleting your current content. In this case, content from the demo site will be added alongside your existing content.
Alternatively, if you would rather just set up your front page again, there are instructions for doing so on the Sela theme documentation page. Check out the ‘Setting up your front page’ section:
https://theme.wordpress.com/themes/sela/
Come back to me if you have questions or need any further help.
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May you do the 2nd option for me where all content is saved? Thank you so much to both of you!
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Hi,
Yes, I can do the second option for you. Can you just confirm you would like me to do so for winihoney.wordpress.com.
Thanks!
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Thanks for confirming! :)
I’ve reset your site and kept your existing content. The process adds dummy content from the demo site — which means there are a couple of duplicate pages now. You can just delete the ones you don’t need.
If you have any problems, come back to me and I’ll help you out.
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Hi @gemmacevans – Thanks for clarifying that there’s a second option which keeps the current site content intact. I’ve noted that for any future queries.
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Hi justjennifer,
No problem! Yes, it’s good option for sites where there is already a fair amount of content. Most themes can be reset, but there are a few exceptions.
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