Title: Template changes lost during modification
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Template changes lost during modification

 *  [phillynewshound](https://wordpress.org/support/users/phillynewshound/)
 * (@phillynewshound)
 * [20 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/template-changes-lost-during-modification/)
 * Hi everyone,
 * I’ve done extensive modification to the theme that I use on my wordpress blog
   on my server and I went to add a link and mysteriously the bottom half of where
   I pasted the new code is gone. Is there a way to get back in history the old 
   code or am I SOL? Please advise asap!
 * -Seth

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 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [20 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/template-changes-lost-during-modification/#post-388912)
 * I assume you have a backup copy of your theme files – everybody should have! 
   Never modify anything before making a backup copy.
    Making “extensive modifications”
   online… I find it a very bad idea, even if the tools are there for that. Always
   keep a “virgin copy” of your **working** theme so you can revert back if anything
   goes wrong.
 * No, if you modified your theme and don’t have a backup copy, you can’t do anything.

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