{"id":1251,"date":"2017-03-17T20:01:25","date_gmt":"2017-03-17T14:31:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.pheonixsolutions.com\/?p=1251"},"modified":"2017-03-17T20:01:25","modified_gmt":"2017-03-17T14:31:25","slug":"change-wordpress-themes-backend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pheonixsolutions.com\/blog\/change-wordpress-themes-backend\/","title":{"rendered":"Change wordpress themes from backend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Date Posted: 17-03-2017<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There are few scenarios where we have no control over wordpress admin panel due to various reason. In such cases, if we want to change themes, here is the easy way to change the theme from backend.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Assumption:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>WordPress installation<\/li>\n<li>Server SSH access or PhpMyadmin access or Mysql\/MariaDB access via command line.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h4>Implementation:<\/h4>\n<p>Login to server or access Phpmyadmin or access Mysql commandline.\u00a0 In this post, we are going to change the theme from <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">twentysixteen. <span style=\"color: #000000;\">Incase, if you want to change different theme, make sure that theme and corresponding directory exist on <em>wp-content\/themes.<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<pre class=\"EnlighterJSRAW\" data-enlighter-language=\"null\">UPDATE wp_options SET option_value = 'twentysixteen' WHERE option_name = 'template';\r\nUPDATE wp_options SET option_value = 'twentysixteen' WHERE option_name = 'stylesheet';\r\nUPDATE wp_options SET option_value = 'twentysixteen' WHERE option_name = 'current_theme';<\/pre>\n<p>As mentioned above, replace appropriate theme name incase if we meant to different theme.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Date Posted: 17-03-2017 There are few scenarios where we have no control over wordpress admin panel due to various reason. 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