Title: missing files in theme?
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# missing files in theme?

 *  [brianbonner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brianbonner/)
 * (@brianbonner)
 * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-files-in-theme/)
 * This is all the files I have in my theme:
    comments.php header.php leftcolumn.
   php license.txt rightcolumn.php style.css
 * I noticed in the defaul theme there where more files. Is this theme just poorly
   written? Should I add the extra files from the default theme? I like the theme
   for the double column design, but I am having an aweful time editing it.

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 *  [ifelse](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ifelse/)
 * (@ifelse)
 * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-files-in-theme/#post-179411)
 * Strictly speaking, the only necessary files in a theme are index.php and style.
   css. Ryan, WP developer, has an article on the [anatomy of a theme](http://boren.nu/archives/2004/11/10/anatomy-of-a-wordpress-theme/)

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