Locked out after simple new theme

  • rgbatson

    (@rgbatson)


    12 years, 8 months ago

    Working through a WP book, I followed instructions to create a simple theme. Activated this new theme. Got ‘parse error’ and could not get back to dashboard. Locked out. I reloaded WAMP and WP. That worked of course.
    So – How do you recover from such a locked out situation without reloading everything?
    All I could think of was to replace my new index.php with the TwentyEleven index.php, and hope I got back to dashboard to re-activate working theme . . . .
    Doesn’t this situation occur with theme developers all the time? What do they do?

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  • irfan_np

    (@irfan_np)

    12 years, 8 months ago

    You have to use your FTP and make the necessary file restores or delete the newly added theme.

    Irfan
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    esmi

    (@esmi)

    12 years, 8 months ago

    Switch to the default theme by renaming your current theme’s folder in wp-content/themes.

    Thread Starter rgbatson

    (@rgbatson)

    12 years, 8 months ago

    Thank you both. Will try these next time!
    (I only got a new password when I wiped everything out and started over this time, which hopefully I can now avoid.)

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