Title: How to edit source code
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# How to edit source code

 *  [carlile92](https://wordpress.org/support/users/carlile92/)
 * (@carlile92)
 * [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-edit-source-code/)
 * What file do you edit to edit the source code i need to fix errors shown here
   
   [http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http://waysaroundit.com/&charset=(detect+automatically)&doctype=Inline&ss=1&outline=1&group=0&No200=1&user-agent=W3C_Validator/1.654](http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http://waysaroundit.com/&charset=(detect+automatically)&doctype=Inline&ss=1&outline=1&group=0&No200=1&user-agent=W3C_Validator/1.654)
 * Is there a plugin available to do it

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 *  [Lucian Florian](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fldtrace/)
 * (@fldtrace)
 * [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-edit-source-code/#post-1122443)
 * You need to learn html/css for that. If you plan to edit wordpress files, you
   will need to learn wordpress file composition as well.
 *  [cyclostat](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cyclostat/)
 * (@cyclostat)
 * [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-edit-source-code/#post-1122954)
 * I also have a basic question. I want to edit my theme, but I don’t know where
   or how to edit it.
 * Let me be more specific. I can figure out the HTML language part, but how do 
   I upload the new code to the blog? Right now I am using a template, and am having
   trouble with the editing process.
 *  [johnathanj](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnathanj/)
 * (@johnathanj)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-edit-source-code/#post-1123012)
 * From your dashboard, look on the left side panel and choose appearance> editor.
   Once there, look to the right of your screen and choose which part of the site
   you’d like to edit (posts, stylesheet, etc). This is where you can do little 
   things like changing the background of your site or bigger things like modifying
   functionality.
 * I think this is what you were asking for.

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 * Last activity: [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-edit-source-code/#post-1123012)
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