Title: Save theme after hacking parent theme!
Last modified: August 21, 2016

---

# Save theme after hacking parent theme!

 *  [wpgeanie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wordpressgeanie/)
 * (@wordpressgeanie)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/save-theme-after-hacking-parent-theme/)
 * Hi! I have been hacking the parent theme of my wordpress site for a while and
   would like to update wordpress without loosing my info. If I use the One-Click
   Child Theme to create a child theme of Twenty 10, will this save all my work 
   and keep my website the same?
 * Please let me know as I do not want the style of my blog to change and I don’t
   want to loose all my work when I update.
 * My website is: [http://www.betterdecoratingbible.com](http://www.betterdecoratingbible.com)
 * Thanks!

Viewing 7 replies - 1 through 7 (of 7 total)

 *  [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/)
 * (@anevins)
 * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/save-theme-after-hacking-parent-theme/#post-3922016)
 * > will this save all my work and keep my website the same?
 * Nope.
 * Do you have FTP access?
 *  Thread Starter [wpgeanie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wordpressgeanie/)
 * (@wordpressgeanie)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/save-theme-after-hacking-parent-theme/#post-3922030)
 * WordPress.com states: We do not allow FTP (File Transfer Protocol) access to 
   any WordPress.com blogs.
 * I am able to access the cpanel of my domain if that is of any help.
 *  [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/)
 * (@anevins)
 * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/save-theme-after-hacking-parent-theme/#post-3922032)
 * Do you have a WordPress.com blog?
 *  Moderator [cubecolour](https://wordpress.org/support/users/numeeja/)
 * (@numeeja)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/save-theme-after-hacking-parent-theme/#post-3922045)
 * Your host appears to be ‘unified layer’. Not sure why WordPress.com has been 
   mentioned.
 *  Thread Starter [wpgeanie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wordpressgeanie/)
 * (@wordpressgeanie)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/save-theme-after-hacking-parent-theme/#post-3922124)
 * Hi! I do not have a wordpress.com website so I guess I have access to my FTP 
   through Host Gator’s C Panel. What would I do now to be able to make a child 
   theme and save all of my changes before updating wordpress?
 * Thanks.
 *  [WPyogi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpyogi/)
 * (@wpyogi)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/save-theme-after-hacking-parent-theme/#post-3922126)
 * See: [http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes](http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes)
 * Move the changes you’ve made to the child theme.
 *  [WPyogi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpyogi/)
 * (@wpyogi)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/save-theme-after-hacking-parent-theme/#post-3922127)
 * Also see: [http://support.hostgator.com/articles/hosting-guide/lets-get-started/ftp-getting-started](http://support.hostgator.com/articles/hosting-guide/lets-get-started/ftp-getting-started)

Viewing 7 replies - 1 through 7 (of 7 total)

The topic ‘Save theme after hacking parent theme!’ is closed to new replies.

## Tags

 * [child](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/child/)
 * [parent](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/parent/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 7 replies
 * 4 participants
 * Last reply from: [WPyogi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpyogi/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/save-theme-after-hacking-parent-theme/#post-3922127)
 * Status: not resolved

## Topics

### Topics with no replies

### Non-support topics

### Resolved topics

### Unresolved topics

### All topics