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1. article89
   Member
   Posted 7 months ago #

   Hi all, first time here. I need to know how to replace the theme's name throughout my whole website (not just the folder's name inside of wp-content/theme).

   In other words, I don't want people to go to my website and click on view source and know right away the theme I've used.

   Here's the change I need to do:

   FROM:
   http://www.example.com/wordpress/wp-content/themes/THEME/

   TO:
   http://www.example.com/wordpress/wp-content/themes/NEW_NAME/

   Is there a software or a command to automate that action?

   Here's the action in my own words:

   Read this entire directory, go inside each and every file (.php, .html, etc...), read every line of code, and replace "THEME" with "New_NAME"

   Thanks in advance!

2. esmi
   Theme Diva & Forum Moderator
   Posted 7 months ago #

   Try editing the theme's name in style.css. Other than changing the folder name, that's all you should need to do.

3. article89
   Member
   Posted 7 months ago #

   I understand, and I thought of that but this is for a client, and I don't want the client to know the theme's name. That's why I actually need to change the folder's name.

   I appreciate your help!

4. esmi
   Theme Diva & Forum Moderator
   Posted 7 months ago #

   Try editing the theme's name in style.css. The theme's name shouldn't appear anywhere else.

5. article89
   Member
   Posted 7 months ago #

   Will changing the name of the theme in style.css also change the name of the theme in all other .php files?

   I'm asking that because for example: If you change the name of an image on a server but you don't update the links that point to that image, they will still look for the old image file name.

   In this case I need to change the links.

   Got it?

6. esmi
   Theme Diva & Forum Moderator
   Posted 7 months ago #

   The theme name isn't normally used an any other template files.

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