Title: Adding a theme from WRC Theme Viewer Last modified: August 18, 2016 --- # Adding a theme from WRC Theme Viewer * [HeatherE](https://wordpress.org/support/users/heathere/) * (@heathere) * [20 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-theme-from-wrc-theme-viewer/) * I found a theme I really like there but I don’t see a download link or anything. How do I do this? Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 17 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-theme-from-wrc-theme-viewer/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-theme-from-wrc-theme-viewer/page/2/?output_format=md) * [jonimueller](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jonimueller/) * (@jonimueller) * [20 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-theme-from-wrc-theme-viewer/#post-251930) * In Alex King’s theme viewer (not sure if it’s kept current with the WP theme viewer), there is a download link. * What theme is it? (Usually the theme author will put a link to their site in the footer area or the “Credits” or “Site Info” area of the sidebar. Did you see anything there? * Thread Starter [HeatherE](https://wordpress.org/support/users/heathere/) * (@heathere) * [20 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-theme-from-wrc-theme-viewer/#post-251939) * Thank you…I found it! * I can change anything on this I want, correct? I just need to leave the bottom part where it says who designed it? * Thread Starter [HeatherE](https://wordpress.org/support/users/heathere/) * (@heathere) * [20 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-theme-from-wrc-theme-viewer/#post-251942) * At the bottom of the pages where I would edit it says “If this file was writable you could edit it.”. So I can’t edit it? * [jalenack](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jalenack/) * (@jalenack) * [20 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-theme-from-wrc-theme-viewer/#post-251944) * That means the files aren’t writable by the server through WordPress. You could either edit through FTP or change the file permissions to 666. * It’s perfectly alright for you to edit ANYTHING involved with WordPress. * [jonimueller](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jonimueller/) * (@jonimueller) * [20 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-theme-from-wrc-theme-viewer/#post-251946) * Heather, once you upload your themes (and I’d do this for each one you have), be sure you go into your FTP client and CHMOD all the *.php and *.css files to 766. That way, you CAN edit them from within the WordPress console. * Do be sure to leave a link to the designer’s site in the footer (or wherever they had it). That way, others can find and enjoy the theme too. And yes, as far as I know, you can tweak the themes (it’s practically expected of you!), change some things around, mess with the stylesheet, etc. * [jonimueller](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jonimueller/) * (@jonimueller) * [20 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-theme-from-wrc-theme-viewer/#post-251947) * Jalenack, what’s the difference between 666 (the BEAST! ha!) and 766? is 666 safer? I’m curious. * Thread Starter [HeatherE](https://wordpress.org/support/users/heathere/) * (@heathere) * [20 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-theme-from-wrc-theme-viewer/#post-252021) * OK, I give…what’s 766? Is that the extension? Like I would put header.766? Sorry, I’m clueless on this 😉 * [ifelse](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ifelse/) * (@ifelse) * [20 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-theme-from-wrc-theme-viewer/#post-252029) * > “Jalenack, what’s the difference between 666 (the BEAST! ha!) and 766? is 666 > safer? I’m curious.” * In unix, every file is assigned a set of permissions designating the level of access. The 3 possible permission types are Read (R), Write (W) and Execute ( X). * Each of these is given a bit pattern or in other words, a numeric identifier: Read (R) = 4 Write (W) = 2 Execute (X) = 1 * Hence, assigning a permission type of 7 means giving Read, Write and Execute as 7 = 4+2+1. Assigning a permission type of 6 instead will mean giving Read and Write as 6 = 4+2. * Now that probably makes sense, but why then do we pass 3 numbers to Chmod? That’s because in Unix, the permissions are given to 3 entities: The owner (i.e. the person that owns/created the file), the group (i.e. the group which the owner belongs to) and others (i.e. everyone else). * Hence, Chmod 766 means give full permissions to the owner and RW permissions to everyone else. * > OK, I give…what’s 766? Is that the extension? * To give permissions, type at the shell prompt (command line) `chmod 766 filename` * [jonimueller](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jonimueller/) * (@jonimueller) * [20 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-theme-from-wrc-theme-viewer/#post-252030) * Noooo! Heather, that is a UNIX term, CHMOD. You would use it in your FTP client( e.g., CuteFTP, WS-FTP); isn’t that how you upload your files to your server? * All FTP clients have ways of changing a file’s permissions. You can also do this through cPanel (if your web host offers that pleasant interface). Just go to your File Manager and change the permissions there. * Here is a link to explain it: * [http://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/ftp/chmod/index.html](http://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/ftp/chmod/index.html) * Joni * [jonimueller](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jonimueller/) * (@jonimueller) * [20 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-theme-from-wrc-theme-viewer/#post-252034) * IfElse, I understand the concept of CHMOD, but my query was what is the ADVANTAGE of 666 over 766 (which is what is suggested). THAT was my question. Is there a major difference (or was that perhaps a typo on Jalenack’s part?)? * J * [ifelse](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ifelse/) * (@ifelse) * [20 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-theme-from-wrc-theme-viewer/#post-252035) * > “Jalenack, what’s the difference between 666 (the BEAST! ha!) and 766? is 666 > safer? I’m curious.” * Just realised that in my previous post, I gave the theory without actually explicitly answering the question. * There’s no need to chmod it to 766 instead of 666 as you won’t be executing the file. If it’s not a shell script or executable program, then don’t bother. * It’s redundant work and you should stick to 666. * In fact, it’s best practice to be as restrictive with permissions as possible. Depending on the file, if you can get away with assigning less permissions, the better. * [jonimueller](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jonimueller/) * (@jonimueller) * [20 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-theme-from-wrc-theme-viewer/#post-252036) * That’s what I suspected. Why, then, do most instructions indicate to use 766? * [ifelse](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ifelse/) * (@ifelse) * [20 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-theme-from-wrc-theme-viewer/#post-252037) * Habit, laziness or a just in case mentality? 🙂 * Thread Starter [HeatherE](https://wordpress.org/support/users/heathere/) * (@heathere) * [20 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-theme-from-wrc-theme-viewer/#post-252057) * Bad news – I changed permission to 666 and now my blog doesn’t come up at all. When I go into the themes part of the admin, it just tells me permission denied. I even tried 766 but that didn’t do any good either. I did this in cPanel and now it’s all screwed up. What was the permission set to begin with so at least my blog is showing? * [jonimueller](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jonimueller/) * (@jonimueller) * [20 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-theme-from-wrc-theme-viewer/#post-252067) * CHMOD shouldn’t affect its visibiilty. Even at 644, a page can be visible. Did you by chance mess around with the permalink options? Sounds like an .htaccess issue. * WHICH FILES did you change? You should only change those files that have the *. css OR *.php extensions and ONLY those files in the subdirectory /themes. 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