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Kelvin Atawura
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 19,022 PointsChanging theme name after development
I have created a wordpress theme and got the wrong name as wanted by my client. Is there anyway l can change this name without developing the whole theme from scratch?
2 Answers
Kevin Korte
28,149 PointsMaybe I'm missing something but the Theme Name is set in the style.css at the top in the comment block. You can simply just edit that and it'll change the Theme Name. You can even edit that right from WP's dashboard.
Zac Gordon
Treehouse Guest TeacherThe theme name should only appear in the style.css file and partially in the slug of the theme. If you're still seeing an old name I would try switching themes and switching back to yours and looking for any caching plugins running that might need to be cleared.
Kelvin Atawura
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 19,022 PointsThanks Zac Gordon
Kelvin Atawura
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 19,022 PointsKelvin Atawura
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 19,022 Pointsl have already tried that but it still says the previous name in the when you use the developer tools in chrome to check it. Basically he has a rough idea of all and go an in-house developer. Its some as simple as that but he's making a big deal out of it and obviously l do want to keep our relationship going. l need a way to change so that when the developer tools is used it says the correct name and when the view from the dash board as well it says the correct name.
Kevin Korte
28,149 PointsKevin Korte
28,149 PointsDid you try going from the WP dashboard to Appearance > Editor and than edit the Theme Name in the style.css file? I just did that on a local sandbox WP install I play with, and it does reflect the new name on the Dashboard, and in the Chrome Dev tools, when you inspect the source.
Just curious, is there a link to this site?
Kevin Korte
28,149 PointsKevin Korte
28,149 PointsDid you try going from the WP dashboard to Appearance > Editor and than edit the Theme Name in the style.css file? I just did that on a local sandbox WP install I play with, and it does reflect the new name on the Dashboard, and in the Chrome Dev tools, when you inspect the source.
Just curious, is there a link to this site?
Kelvin Atawura
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 19,022 PointsKelvin Atawura
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 19,022 PointsIt's not like yet. It uses the old name when linking to any source used on the page. The name do change in the themes dash board area but that's bad far as it goes.