Title: sync my custom wp theme changes
Last modified: August 10, 2022

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# sync my custom wp theme changes

 *  Resolved [adolaize](https://wordpress.org/support/users/adolaize/)
 * (@adolaize)
 * [3 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sync-my-custom-wp-theme-changes/)
 * I’ve created my own (bare bones) theme for my wp stie.
    The site is currently
   running on a local drive only.
 * in the wp dashboard, I’ve made changes and customized the theme a bit, like added
   pages and customized the menu to point to various pages.
 * When I open sublime to make other changes, none of the changes I’ve made in wp
   are visible. When I make a change in sublime, it immediately reflects in wp and
   on the site.
 * How do I sync (save) in the reverse? meaning, when I make a change using wp, 
   how do I get it to show in the theme on my local drive?

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 *  [Ben Greeley](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bengreeley/)
 * (@bengreeley)
 * [3 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sync-my-custom-wp-theme-changes/#post-15905660)
 * [@adolaize](https://wordpress.org/support/users/adolaize/) Theme changes are 
   saved in the database, so if you’d like to have your local environment use the
   data that’s in the production database, you’d need to periodically pull the database
   down to your local environment so you can see the changes there.
 * If you have access to phpMyAdmin, you can run an export from there, and copy 
   the database files into your local database. You’ll then need to run a search/
   replace to replace all of your production URLs with your local URL. [This guide](https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-move-live-wordpress-site-to-local-server/)
   may be about to walk you through the process.
 *  Thread Starter [adolaize](https://wordpress.org/support/users/adolaize/)
 * (@adolaize)
 * [3 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sync-my-custom-wp-theme-changes/#post-16396599)
 * [@bengreeley](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bengreeley/) thanks so much!

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 * Last reply from: [adolaize](https://wordpress.org/support/users/adolaize/)
 * Last activity: [3 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sync-my-custom-wp-theme-changes/#post-16396599)
 * Status: resolved

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