How to Change WordPress Theme Without Losing Content (Without Breaking Your Website)

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Today we will learn how to change WordPress theme without losing content. After watching this video, you will be able to transfer your website into a new design without taking it down, even for a minute. This method is totally free and secure, so long as you follow the steps carefully.

So, you have a website that has been running for a few days, but you realize that the current design or theme is not perfect for your blog. You want a more professional magazine or newspaper-type theme. So, you find an awesome newspaper WordPress theme that has a lot of prebuilt designs that are perfect for newspaper, blog, or magazine websites. This is the design that you want to switch to.

To change the WordPress theme without losing any content, you will create a subdomain and install WordPress there. You will copy the exact design from your main website to the subdomain, and then install the premium newspaper theme that you bought. Once the new design is installed, you can delete any unnecessary content and customize the theme to your liking.

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Once the secondary website is ready, you can then export it to your primary domain. Follow these steps to change your WordPress theme without losing any content.

If you want to change your WordPress theme without losing any of your content, here are the steps to follow:

1. Back up your website: Before making any changes to your site, it's important to back up your data. This includes your database, theme files, and uploads. You can use a plugin such as UpdraftPlus for this.

2. Install the new theme: Log into your WordPress dashboard, go to Appearance ---- Themes, and click the "Add New" button. Search for your new theme and install it.

3. Preview the new theme: Before activating the new theme, you can preview it to make sure it looks the way you want. Go to Appearance ---- Themes and click on the "Live Preview" button for your new theme.

4. Customize the new theme: Once you're satisfied with the preview, you can start customizing the new theme. Go to Appearance ---- Customize to adjust the theme's settings, colors, fonts, and more.

5. Activate the new theme: When you're ready, you can activate the new theme. Go to Appearance ---- Themes and click on the "Activate" button for your new theme.

6. Check your website: After activating the new theme, check your website to make sure everything is working as it should. Make any necessary adjustments, such as updating menus and widgets.

Note: If you have made customizations to your previous theme, some of those customizations may not transfer to the new theme. In that case, you may need to redo some of those customizations in the new theme.

It's always a good idea to test the new theme on a staging site before making any changes to your live website. This way, you can ensure that everything will work as it should before making any permanent changes.

So, this is the video on how to change WordPress theme without losing content safely.

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hi - is there any theme that will re-format my content automatically? I want to re-design the website but I don't want to make a huge mess. I have Astra now with Elementor - both Pro versions. Can I delete Astra and go with another theme easily somehow? I created most of my blogposts with Elementor, and then realized i could use Gutenberg instead and the speed would be better. I have 58 posts so far. I am not a developer. It took me a while to get the design i have now. Thank you.

Lulu-ktgr

Hi when restoring data from main domain to subdomain getting this error. Restore failed. (-10) : Unable to find End of Central Dir Record signature

FashionChefInKitchen

I tried changing the theme and now my client's website is completely messed up and i still can't edit anything. Everything loads slowly. I installed Elementor and Astra Theme and Starter Templates. I would really appreciate some help

HerCreativeSpace

I need to reinstall the same theme because some files are missing. Does it work?

johnrado

Thanks for your video. Now I can apply this on my website.

alansmith

Hi and that you kindly for the video. Does it affect the permalink structure of the website?

weedbudbase

Very helpful! Thank you. What would happen if I don't "include content" in the download of the template?

sunflowerhk

Hello WP Wiki, It's an awesome video. Thanks for sharing.

psm

Hi, i'm having an error when saving the key.
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Willqqu

Hi am experiencing an error at the stage of scan uploaded backup or received backup.

Here is an error 👇👇👇
wpvivid_reguest: error (): an error occured when trying to establish communication with your sever. This error may be request not reaching or server not responding. Please try again later.

What should I do please help

binwellmusenga

Many thanks for your useful video!
Does this process apply to a woocommerce website, with lots of different products and categories?

Thanks 🙏
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Frank-xtlb

@wp wiki Great video. I'm about to change from Foodica to Astra. I hope it works. also, my search button stopped working on my foodica theme. Any suggestion why not?

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