Title: A different theme reversion problem
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# A different theme reversion problem

 *  [lemurfemur](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lemurfemur/)
 * (@lemurfemur)
 * [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/a-different-theme-reversion-problem/)
 * Okay, it’s time to solve this problem once and for all. It’s been happening for
   a few months now. Multiple upgrades have not solved it. I have not encountered
   any other instances of the problem in the forum. My problem is that every few
   weeks my theme keeps reverting to the default theme (actually the theme that 
   comes with WordPress called “classic”). Now, the thing that makes this different
   than the many other similar posts in this forum is that _WordPress is not switching
   my theme from a custom theme back to the default theme. I have edited and customized
   the default theme file and my code has been wiped out and the code for the default
   theme prevails._ That’s right, the actual files are being modified. Could it 
   be a malicious act? I tend to doubt it because not many people read my blog (
   although I do get lots of spam comments) and none of the content has been tampered
   with. If so, shouldn’t WordPress be secure enough to prevent such a thing? Or
   could there be a file on which I have set permissions incorrectly? Is there any
   other explanation to how a file on my secure server is being replaced periodically?
   This is getting very frustrating and may result in switching to a different blog
   platform…

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 *  [Edward Caissie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cais/)
 * (@cais)
 * [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/a-different-theme-reversion-problem/#post-1183967)
 * With every WordPress update you will get “new” copies of the WordPress standard
   themes Classic and Default(Kubrick).
 * If you are using a customized version of the actual default theme it would serve
   you best to copy the default theme folder into another folder and use the copy.
   The vital part to remember is to make sure to edit the style.css file in the 
   copied folder and change the Theme Name to something, such as, My Theme.
 * Hope that helps …
 *  Thread Starter [lemurfemur](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lemurfemur/)
 * (@lemurfemur)
 * [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/a-different-theme-reversion-problem/#post-1183969)
 * I originally copied, renamed, and edited one of the themes that came with WordPress
   and when it reverted to the one called “classic” a few times, I figured why change
   the actual “classic” theme so that it has nothing to switch to. That was when
   I learned that the actual “classic” theme was resetting to it’s original code
   after I had edited it. Sometimes my custom theme would survive an update, and
   the next time it reverted would not correspond with an update. I just don’t understand.
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/a-different-theme-reversion-problem/#post-1183972)
 * cais is right.
 * If you’re going to customise the default or classic theme, make a copy of it 
   and name the new theme folder something like “default2” Edit style.css within
   this folder and change the theme name to My Default, then activate this new theme.
   From now on, make all of your changes on the new theme and **not** on the default
   theme.
 * If you don’t so this, your customisations **will** be overwritten the next time
   you upgrade WordPress using the automatic upgrade.

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 * Last reply from: [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * Last activity: [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/a-different-theme-reversion-problem/#post-1183972)
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