Title: Activating theme
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Activating theme

 *  [ThomFritz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thomfritz/)
 * (@thomfritz)
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/activating-theme-2/)
 * In my dashboard there is no “Appearance” tab nor a “Tools” tab.
 * **Since that is the case, how do I activate a theme?**

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 *  [Pioneer Web Design](https://wordpress.org/support/users/swansonphotos/)
 * (@swansonphotos)
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/activating-theme-2/#post-2804172)
 * Are you sure your are logged in as an admin?
 *  Thread Starter [ThomFritz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thomfritz/)
 * (@thomfritz)
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/activating-theme-2/#post-2804196)
 * Yes. I am login as an admin. I use the “admin login” every time I want to see
   or use the dashboard. On the dashboard there is a “Presentation” tab, which in
   all the help documents I found none of them talk about the presentation tab. 
   I did a normal installation using the WordPress link from my servers cpanel.
 *  [Big Bagel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/big-bagel/)
 * (@big-bagel)
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/activating-theme-2/#post-2804201)
 * What version of WordPress did it install? I remember WordPress used to have a
   presentation tab, but that was several years ago…
 * For reference, the latest WordPress admin area should look like this:
    [http://codex.wordpress.org/images/3/30/dashboard.png](http://codex.wordpress.org/images/3/30/dashboard.png)
 *  [Pioneer Web Design](https://wordpress.org/support/users/swansonphotos/)
 * (@swansonphotos)
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/activating-theme-2/#post-2804207)
 * I would suspect a plugin that is no longer compatible (or conflicts with your
   theme or other plugins), try deactivating ALL of them, check site (note: clear
   your browser cache frequently during this process), activate one at a time until
   you find the issue is recurring. Could also be the theme, try switching to the
   default theme.
 * Also of note: WP3+ requires PHP5.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [Pioneer Web Design](https://wordpress.org/support/users/swansonphotos/)
 * Last activity: [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/activating-theme-2/#post-2804207)
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