Title: Non-theme
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Non-theme

 *  [sherina](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sherina/)
 * (@sherina)
 * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/non-theme/)
 * I hate to be the voice of dissent but I really truly dislike the theme variation.
   I like to design my own layout and I don’t use all the includes. I can’t make
   my original design work now with the theme stuff and it’s making me crazy. Is
   there an easy way to convert a pre-made layout that I did ages ago into a theme
   that will work or can I somehow get it to NOT use themes at all? I miss the old
   WordPress.

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 *  [Root](https://wordpress.org/support/users/root/)
 * (@root)
 * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/non-theme/#post-163199)
 * Help is to hand. The Gemini template is ideal for you – now patched for WP 1.5
   at least. Kindly hosted for download at [http://thebombsite.com](http://thebombsite.com).
   Its a doddle to edit.
 *  [infovore](https://wordpress.org/support/users/infovore/)
 * (@infovore)
 * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/non-theme/#post-163203)
 * 2 ways:
 * If you just dump the contents of your theme into index.php at the root of your
   site (rather than the theme directory) and ignore the fact that themes even exist,
   as long as your mod_rewrite configuration is all OK, this _should_ work.
 * Or, alternatively: make a new folder with your current index.php and style.css
   files in (and rename them that). Stick them into the themes directory. Activate
   that theme. It will work. You don’t **need** headers, footers, single page templates–
   at the very most you just require an index.php and a style.css . Leave the index.
   php at the root of the site as normal.
 * The extra functionality the themes provide make it easier to manage more complex
   weblogs and sites (and indeed, I’ve been using WordPress as more a CMS and less
   a blogging engine). They are by no means vital or necessary.
 *  [lawtai](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lawtai/)
 * (@lawtai)
 * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/non-theme/#post-163204)
 * i’d have to say that the themes manager actually makes it easier to manage your
   webpage/design, you can turn off themes and just go back to your original design.
   i believe you just need to go into the root index.php file and change
 * define(‘WP_USE_THEMES’, true);
 * to
 * define(‘WP_USE_THEMES’, false);
 * and then I think you can use your old template without making any changes, although
   i’m not positive as I’ve never done this myself.

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 * Last reply from: [lawtai](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lawtai/)
 * Last activity: [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/non-theme/#post-163204)
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