Title: Changed index.php file
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Changed index.php file

 *  [vanya99](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vanya99/)
 * (@vanya99)
 * [17 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changed-indexphp-file/)
 * I changed my index.php file with the Theme editor and now I can’t get into my
   blog at all… just shows the header. How do I restore my index.php file?

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 *  [Roy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gangleri/)
 * (@gangleri)
 * [17 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changed-indexphp-file/#post-823781)
 * FTP?
    Or what if you changed your theme and then edit the one you mucked up again.
 *  Thread Starter [vanya99](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vanya99/)
 * (@vanya99)
 * [17 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changed-indexphp-file/#post-823937)
 * I couldn’t change my theme because I couldn’t get into admin on my blog. I was
   able to edit the file through my web host, and change it back. Anyway that’s 
   the last time I edit a file based on the advice of someone here.
 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [17 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changed-indexphp-file/#post-823939)
 * Anybody that says to edit a theme file online… is making a disservice to all.[
   and I was very mild now]
    NEVER use the idiotic online theme editor (the dumbest
   addition to WP of all times!). It doesn’t have an UNDO button.
 * Edit your files on your machine – after making a backup copy – and upload the
   modified files via FTP.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * Last activity: [17 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changed-indexphp-file/#post-823939)
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