Title: Changing themes
Last modified: July 20, 2021

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# Changing themes

 *  Resolved [droyed](https://wordpress.org/support/users/droyed/)
 * (@droyed)
 * [4 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-themes-69/)
 * Hi [@twentig](https://wordpress.org/support/users/twentig/),
 * I’m planning to change my theme from Chaplin to one of your Starter Website templates.
   How do I keep the content from my previous site and transfer them on to your 
   starter template without losing any data? Will switching the theme make me lose
   my stuff?

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 *  Plugin Author [Twentig](https://wordpress.org/support/users/twentig/)
 * (@twentig)
 * [4 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-themes-69/#post-14689250)
 * Hi,
 * First of all, it’s always recommended to back up your database and files before
   changing your theme or updating WordPress. It will ensure that you can recover
   your website if anything goes wrong.
 * To be sure, you can try the theme switch on a local installation to avoid any
   problem on your live website.
 * Changing a theme shouldn’t make you lose your site data (posts, pages, images).
   However, if you’re using custom page templates or widgets in your old theme, 
   they won’t exist with the new theme.
 * To use one of Twentig starter websites, you first need to change your theme to
   Twenty Twenty-One. Before activating the new theme, you can open the Theme Customizer
   to preview it with your content to see how it goes.
 * When loading a Twentig starter website, you can preview it in the Customizer.
   No changes appear on your live site until you click “Publish”.
 * You have different import types:
 * – If you select “All”, it will load the content (pages, posts, menus, widgets)
   and the Customizer style of the starter website. It will replace (replace and
   not delete) your old menu, so you’ll have to select your old menu as the primary.
 * – Or you can select “Customizer Style” as the Import Type to only import the 
   style and not the content.
 * Hope that helps,
    Tom
 *  Thread Starter [droyed](https://wordpress.org/support/users/droyed/)
 * (@droyed)
 * [4 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-themes-69/#post-14703117)
 * Hi Tom [@twentig](https://wordpress.org/support/users/twentig/)
 * Thank you for your response.
 * I just wanted to clarify that: I will need to switch the theme to Twenty Twenty-
   One first before I can use one of the Twentig starter templates, right?
 * So will I need to switch the theme again next year when the next WordPress theme
   comes along?
 *  Plugin Author [Twentig](https://wordpress.org/support/users/twentig/)
 * (@twentig)
 * [4 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-themes-69/#post-14713998)
 * Yes, to use the Twentig starter templates, you first need to switch the theme
   to Twenty Twenty-One.
 * Twentig will continue to support the Twenty Twenty-One theme, so if you’re happy
   with it, there’s no reason to switch to the Twenty-Two theme.
 * Have a nice day,
    Tom
 *  Thread Starter [droyed](https://wordpress.org/support/users/droyed/)
 * (@droyed)
 * [4 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-themes-69/#post-14722709)
 * Thanks Tom [@twentig](https://wordpress.org/support/users/twentig/)
 * I’m looking forward to everything Twentig has to offer!

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 * Last reply from: [droyed](https://wordpress.org/support/users/droyed/)
 * Last activity: [4 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-themes-69/#post-14722709)
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