Title: Activate theme via FTP Last modified: August 19, 2016 --- # Activate theme via FTP * Resolved [TheTomo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thetomo/) * (@thetomo) * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/activate-theme-via-ftp/) * My blog became just a blank page after I uploaded a custom theme. To fix it, I deleted the file via FTP, but it didn’t revert to default because TwentyTen( the default theme) had been deleted a long time ago already. * Because I’m using version 3.0 (or 3.0.1?), there is no ‘default’ folder under wp-content/themes. * I don’t know what to do. Please, please, help, somebody, because I think I’m in serious trouble. Viewing 10 replies - 1 through 10 (of 10 total) * [chriseggleston](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chriseggleston/) * (@chriseggleston) * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/activate-theme-via-ftp/#post-1655386) * Download the Twenty Ten theme here [http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/twentyten](http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/twentyten) * Upload it via FTP to wp-content/themes and it should activate automatically. * Chris * [Rev. Voodoo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rvoodoo/) * (@rvoodoo) * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/activate-theme-via-ftp/#post-1655398) * And you should probably never delete twentten, as it is the default theme now. Which WP reverts to if you have a screwup * Thread Starter [TheTomo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thetomo/) * (@thetomo) * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/activate-theme-via-ftp/#post-1655408) * Thanks for the replies…I did as you have said, but it didn’t activate automatically. * To be more accurate, my site didn’t die after uploading a new theme. Stupidly, I was trying to change the site url. This is how I did it: [http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_The_Site_URL](http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_The_Site_URL), using the “Edit functions.php” method. * Obviously, it didn’t work, and that’s when I deleted the offending folder via FTP. * I tried the ‘Changing the URL directly in the database’ method next, to revert to my original site url, but that didn’t work. Is it because I couldn’t find the wp-content/cache file as mentioned in Step 18? * Please, any other solutions would help a lot. * Thread Starter [TheTomo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thetomo/) * (@thetomo) * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/activate-theme-via-ftp/#post-1655421) * Oh, holy cow, I’m going to cry from joy and relief. It’s fixed. All I had to do was reupload the custom theme I’d mentioned before, after directly reverting my site url back to the original, manually, through my database. * Thanks so much for your help. I’ve learned my lesson; I’ll never try to delete TwentyTen again, or anything stupid like that. * [infocliqk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/infocliqk/) * (@infocliqk) * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/activate-theme-via-ftp/#post-1655795) * Does the TwentyTen will be activated automatically or is there an option that we need to turn on (before the crash happen)? Because in my case, after deleting the active theme, the TwentyTen is not auto activated (which I confirm exist via ftp). * [Paul](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pcgrejaldo/) * (@pcgrejaldo) * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/activate-theme-via-ftp/#post-1655796) * Default theme (twentyten) automatically activates if current active theme is broken/missing. If it doesn’t, you can try change your active theme directly on the database. **Caution:** Be careful manually editing your database, backup first before doing some stuff. * Open up `wp_options` table and look for the options with `option_id` 45 and 46 their `option_name` is `template` and `stylesheet` change their value to `twentyten` save changes. * Edit: Also look for `current_theme` in `option_name` and change it to “Twenty Ten” * Check your site. * [infocliqk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/infocliqk/) * (@infocliqk) * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/activate-theme-via-ftp/#post-1655797) * Thanks grejs. I did that and I can see the frontend. But it seems that I still can’t access the /wp-admin. Is there anything else needed to be changed? I’ll try to see if a plugin cause it. * [Paul](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pcgrejaldo/) * (@pcgrejaldo) * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/activate-theme-via-ftp/#post-1655798) * Nope. I can change theme from database fine and still access wp-admin. What error are you getting? * [infocliqk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/infocliqk/) * (@infocliqk) * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/activate-theme-via-ftp/#post-1655799) * You’re right. I had a plugin redirecting to a broken login page . I login from the frontend and then able to access the wp-admin. Thanks a lot for your help, grejs. * [Paul](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pcgrejaldo/) * (@pcgrejaldo) * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/activate-theme-via-ftp/#post-1655800) * Sure. No problem. Viewing 10 replies - 1 through 10 (of 10 total) The topic ‘Activate theme via FTP’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [blank-screen](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/blank-screen/) * [default theme](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/default-theme/) * [ftp](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/ftp/) * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 10 replies * 5 participants * Last reply from: [Paul](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pcgrejaldo/) * Last activity: [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/activate-theme-via-ftp/#post-1655800) * Status: resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics