Title: Theme changes disappeared
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Theme changes disappeared

 *  Resolved [vlgee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vlgee/)
 * (@vlgee)
 * [17 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-changes-disappeared/)
 * Hi,
 * I am new to WP, and could use some help. I made some changes to my theme a few
   days ago (WP Classic Theme), and all was fine until today, when I went to my 
   site and see that all the changes I made are gone.
 * Any ideas what could have happened?
 * I didn’t make that many changes, so it’s no big deal to go edit it again, but
   this could get annoying if it becomes an ongoing thing.
 * I did upgrade to 2.7 the other night, but the edits to my theme were still showing
   even after the upgrade, so I don’t think that would have done it.
 * Has anyone else ever had something like this happen?
 * Thanks in advance,
    Vicki

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 *  [Samuel B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samboll/)
 * (@samboll)
 * [17 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-changes-disappeared/#post-1002680)
 * your browser may have a cached version so clear browser cache and site cookies
   and look at it
 *  Thread Starter [vlgee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vlgee/)
 * (@vlgee)
 * [17 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-changes-disappeared/#post-1002682)
 * Thanks, I tried that. The changes are long gone.
 * One idea…when I upgraded, I clicked the option for auto upgrade. Could that have
   something to do with it?
 *  [thisisedie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thisisedie/)
 * (@thisisedie)
 * [17 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-changes-disappeared/#post-1002685)
 * > Could that have something to do with it?
 * Yes. It overwrote your changes. Did you backup a copy of your changes? If you
   didn’t, you’ll have to start over.
 *  Thread Starter [vlgee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vlgee/)
 * (@vlgee)
 * [17 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-changes-disappeared/#post-1002687)
 * That explains it! Thanks so much. I did make a copy of my changes, so I can fix
   it. I will just have to remember to do the upgrades manually in the future.
 * Thanks again,
    Vicki
 *  [thisisedie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thisisedie/)
 * (@thisisedie)
 * [17 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-changes-disappeared/#post-1002690)
 * You don’t have to do the upgrades manually, just always have a backup of any 
   changes you made so you can replace them 🙂

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 * Last reply from: [thisisedie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thisisedie/)
 * Last activity: [17 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-changes-disappeared/#post-1002690)
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