Title: lost themes and plugins
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# lost themes and plugins

 *  [vila](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vila/)
 * (@vila)
 * [20 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-themes-and-plugins/)
 * I just about had WP up and was workig through some changes in the setup. I added
   the Optimal Title Plugin and was trying to replace the code for the title. There
   was a note at the bottom of the box with the code that if the file was writable
   you could change the code. So dumb me, I went back into the FTP program and tried
   make it writable.
 * Now I cannot view my blog, when I go into Presentation>themes, there are no themes
   present. The Plugins are gone from the plugin page.
 * Any ideas of what I messed up or should I just start over?
 * Thanks for any suggestions!

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 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [20 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-themes-and-plugins/#post-386503)
 * _I went back into the FTP program and tried make it writable._
 * What exactly did you do?
 *  Thread Starter [vila](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vila/)
 * (@vila)
 * [20 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-themes-and-plugins/#post-386505)
 * Using SmartFTP, I right clicked on the file I thought should be writable and 
   changed the permissions. I cannot remember doing anything else. But I may have….
 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [20 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-themes-and-plugins/#post-386508)
 * In the case of files that would mean making them 666 – and only the theme template
   files that you want to edit online.
 * Well, if it doesn’t work, change them back to 644, that’s the default for files
   and see if it works.
    Then edit your template files offline (after making a backup
   copy) and upload the modified files. It is always safer!
 *  Thread Starter [vila](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vila/)
 * (@vila)
 * [20 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-themes-and-plugins/#post-386509)
 * I have been trying that, not a thing. The program can’t even find the themes.
   Maybe I had better start over. Thanks for trying. I’m not very comfortable with
   FTP. I’m just getting the hang of my website and now I’m lost again with WP…

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 * Last reply from: [vila](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vila/)
 * Last activity: [20 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-themes-and-plugins/#post-386509)
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