Will I lose all my posts if I change my theme?
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Hi,
I have a class website, but I’d like to change it for the Christmas season. I’m just concerned that I will lose everything if I do. How can I make sure that won’t happen? -
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True, but you will have to look into how your photos line up when you switch themes. Some allow a wider space for photos than others. If you don’t want them cut off or running into the sidebar, you might have to re-size.
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But, what about things like page views, links, etc. They aren’t really posts, but I’m just wondering if they would go…
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You don’t lose any of those – they are not part of the theme.
The only thing you may lose is the content of text widgets, so it’s best to copy it and paste it in a simple text editor before switching. (But you don’t have any text widgets in your sidebar.)
Also note:
– Depending on the theme, your widgets may temporarily disappear when you switch: some themes will initially display their own preset selection. Then you go to Design>Widgets and click Save Changes or add any widget; that cancels the preset.
– If you switch to a theme with a different number of sidebars, you may have to rearrange the widgets accordingly.
– A few themes are not widget aware or have their own different set of widgets.
– Some themes do not display header page tabs. (But that’s just a design preference: it’s no problem if you have or you add the Pages widget, so that pages display in the sidebar.)
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