Title: Current Theme Selected BUG
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Current Theme Selected BUG

 *  [tcurtis14](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tcurtis14/)
 * (@tcurtis14)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/current-theme-selected-bug/)
 * After activating a theme, the theme DOES NOT appear under Current Theme. The 
   theme does activate on the live site, just in admin it doesn’t show as being 
   active. Please advise as it may be causing other bugs I’m having with page attributes.
 * Many Thanks!

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/current-theme-selected-bug/#post-2211501)
 * What’s the theme? If it bothers you, then switch to another theme.
 *  Thread Starter [tcurtis14](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tcurtis14/)
 * (@tcurtis14)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/current-theme-selected-bug/#post-2211507)
 * It doesn’t matter what theme I select, no theme shows under ‘Current Theme’ in
   the admin. It doesn’t bother the functionality of the site as far as I can tell,
   but it never used to be like this and wondered if it was a bug or if it was causing
   other admin BUGS I’m experiencing. (ie. missing drop down menu to select a custom
   template under page attributes)
 * Thanks..
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/current-theme-selected-bug/#post-2211522)
 * Have you tried:
 * – deactivating **all** plugins to see if this resolves the problem. If this works,
   re-activate the plugins one by one until you find the problematic plugin(s).
 * – switching to the Twenty Eleven theme to rule out any theme-specific problems.
 * – [resetting the plugins folder](http://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_Troubleshooting#How_to_deactivate_all_plugins_when_not_able_to_access_the_administrative_menus.3F)
   by FTP or PhpMyAdmin. Sometimes, an apparently inactive plugin can still cause
   problems.
 * – re-uploading the wp-admin and wp-includes folders from a **fresh** download
   of WordPress.
 *  Thread Starter [tcurtis14](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tcurtis14/)
 * (@tcurtis14)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/current-theme-selected-bug/#post-2211569)
 * The 2 sites I’m currently working on are brand new, as in brand new domains. 
   I downloaded the most recent WordPress 3.2.1 before activating a new theme, but
   I took your advice anyway for good measure.
 * – I had no plugins activated.
 * -I reinstalled the Twenty Eleven theme from a **fresh** download of WordPress,
   so I could switch to it. What I found is I’m not able to switch to it because
   it defaults under the Current Theme (even though it isn’t activated as the current
   theme on the live site) If I activate Twenty Ten, Twenty Eleven still shows as
   the current theme.
 * -I reset the plugins folder and removed the plugins that come with the WordPress
   download, so it is now empty.
 * -I also reloaded the wp-admin and wp-includes folders from a **fresh** download
   of WordPress.
 * This DID NOT solve the problem. I’m still having an issue with the “Current Theme”
   and still no Page Attribute for selecting a Template on any specific page.
 * I have 5 live sites using WordPress and Custom Templates and Themes. The 2 sites
   currently with this problem are the only 2 using the new WordPress 3.2.1. The
   other 3 NOT experiencing this problem are using WordPress 3.2.
 * Please advise.
 * Can I send you my site and password? I’m behind on deadlines. 🙁
 *  Thread Starter [tcurtis14](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tcurtis14/)
 * (@tcurtis14)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/current-theme-selected-bug/#post-2211584)
 * I just re-installed WordPress 3.2, but this didn’t solve the issue. Now, I just
   have no clue what is wrong with it. I searched the forum and can’t find anyone
   else with this issue.
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/current-theme-selected-bug/#post-2211593)
 * Can you access the server’s error logs?
 *  Thread Starter [tcurtis14](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tcurtis14/)
 * (@tcurtis14)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/current-theme-selected-bug/#post-2211629)
 * YEs.
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/current-theme-selected-bug/#post-2211638)
 * Anything in there around the times that you switched themes?
 *  Thread Starter [tcurtis14](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tcurtis14/)
 * (@tcurtis14)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/current-theme-selected-bug/#post-2211650)
 * The error log wasn’t on then. I just enabled it yesterday. The template drop 
   down has never been available with WordPress 3.2.1 regardless of what theme is
   activated.
 * Is there a file in wp-admin that includes the drop down if the selected theme
   has custom templates I could troubleshoot?
 * I’ll switch themes and see if there is an error…
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/current-theme-selected-bug/#post-2211653)
 * Try switching to Twenty Eleven. That has at least 1 custom page template.
 *  Thread Starter [tcurtis14](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tcurtis14/)
 * (@tcurtis14)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/current-theme-selected-bug/#post-2211654)
 * There are no errors. Should I just scrap it all and start over? Reinstall WP 
   3.2 and clear the database?
 *  Thread Starter [tcurtis14](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tcurtis14/)
 * (@tcurtis14)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/current-theme-selected-bug/#post-2211657)
 * SUCCESS! I’m running WordPress 3.2 and after clearing the database and starting
   over I have the drop down menu again to select custom templates.
 * However…the current theme still shows Twenty Eleven even though I activated my
   new theme. The site shows correctly live, so I’m going to move forward.
 * Any insight on why this is occurring and how to fix it would be nice. Thanks 
   for troubleshooting with me.
    😉

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