Title: testing a theme
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# testing a theme

 *  [rooster123](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rooster123/)
 * (@rooster123)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/testing-a-theme/)
 * hey folks,
 * sorry for the newby question, but is there a way to test a theme, with all the
   content, on wp without disrupting the current theme?
 * thanks in advance

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 *  [Eric Arcana](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eric-arcana/)
 * (@eric-arcana)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/testing-a-theme/#post-5501870)
 * You can use the ‘Live Preview’ function in the [Appearance Theme](http://codex.wordpress.org/Appearance_Themes_Screen)
   to see what a theme looks like before activating.
 *  [CrouchingBruin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/crouchingbruin/)
 * (@crouchingbruin)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/testing-a-theme/#post-5501911)
 * Not sure what you mean by “disrupting” the current theme, but you can always 
   switch to a different theme for as long or as short a time as you want, play 
   around with the theme’s settings, then switch back to the original theme without
   anything changing (unless, of course, you make changes like adding or editing
   posts or pages while your test theme is active). All themes should save their
   options independent of other theme options.
 *  Thread Starter [rooster123](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rooster123/)
 * (@rooster123)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/testing-a-theme/#post-5502041)
 * thx much folks. found and am using theme test drive plugin. pretty dope.
 * cheers

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