Title: reset index.php
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# reset index.php

 *  Resolved [timalan82](https://wordpress.org/support/users/timalan82/)
 * (@timalan82)
 * [17 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/reset-indexphp/)
 * I accidentally uploaded the theme index.php to the root directory. Now I am unable
   to access the site at all, because I deleted the index.php file somehow.
 * I do not believe that I have made any changes, except that I added a theme, so
   my question is… Is there a place that I can get the index.php file that should
   go into the root? – I do not have the wordpress files on my hard drive because
   I installed it through my hosting company (godaddy)
 * Hope this makes sense!!!

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 *  Thread Starter [timalan82](https://wordpress.org/support/users/timalan82/)
 * (@timalan82)
 * [17 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/reset-indexphp/#post-911720)
 * duh… just downloaded installation files and uploaded index.php… crisis averted!
 *  [aboudaqn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aboudaqn/)
 * (@aboudaqn)
 * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/reset-indexphp/#post-912258)
 * How about this additional kink?
 * I was following instructions to move “index.php” from the /wordpress/ folder 
   to the /www/ folder. For reasons I could not determine, after adjusting the contents
   of the index.php folder, I still could not see the front page in www. So, I reinstalled
   the original index.php into the wordpress folder.
 * Now, not only does the page not load with themes, but I cannot log into my account!
 * Help!
 *  [aboudaqn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aboudaqn/)
 * (@aboudaqn)
 * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/reset-indexphp/#post-912259)
 * Sorry: so my question was, if I upload installation files once again, won’t that
   knock out all the modifications I have already made to the template?…
 * And in any case, why wouldn’t WordPress read the original index.php page correctly?…

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 * In: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
 * 3 replies
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 * Last reply from: [aboudaqn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aboudaqn/)
 * Last activity: [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/reset-indexphp/#post-912259)
 * Status: resolved

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