Title: ERROR the theme does not exist
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# ERROR the theme does not exist

 *  [Ghunt23](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ghunt23/)
 * (@ghunt23)
 * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-the-theme-does-not-exist/)
 * I have recently updated my website to wordpress version 4.2.2. I am trying to
   get the website to work but in appearence it says the theme directory twentyfifteen
   does not exist. Ive tried deactivating the theme and plugins and reactivating
   them, ive uploaded the theme through the FTP (not compressed) nothing i try seems
   to work. Wesbite [http://www.createinspiremotivate.co.uk](http://www.createinspiremotivate.co.uk).
   Could someone help me try and get the theme to work. Also when I try to add a
   new theme through WordPress it comes up with an error saying install failed.

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 * Last activity: [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-the-theme-does-not-exist/)
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