Title: Theme Editor
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Theme Editor

 *  Resolved [levinsohn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/levinsohn/)
 * (@levinsohn)
 * [19 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-editor-1/)
 * Does the Theme Editor still exist. The WordPress documentation refers to it. 
   So does a book I purchased. But when I select the Presentation tab, my only choices
   are Themes and Sidebar Widgets.

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 *  [Chris_K](https://wordpress.org/support/users/handysolo/)
 * (@handysolo)
 * [19 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-editor-1/#post-433788)
 * Sounds like your blog is hosted on WordPress.com? That software is a little different
   than what you get and install from here at WordPress.ORG.
 * If so, I don’t believe you have a Theme Editor there.
 *  Thread Starter [levinsohn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/levinsohn/)
 * (@levinsohn)
 * [19 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-editor-1/#post-433790)
 * It’s hosted by ipowerweb but I downloaded the software from ipowerweb. I didn’t
   know there was a diff between .COM and .ORG. No wonder I’m so confused! I guess
   I’ll download from here, if I can find exactly where to go. As a rule of thumb,
   should I stay away from WordPress.Com??
 * Thanks.
 *  [Chris_K](https://wordpress.org/support/users/handysolo/)
 * (@handysolo)
 * [19 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-editor-1/#post-433791)
 * Nah, you dont need to stay away from WordPress.COM. They’re the free “hosted”
   option for folks who don’t want to pay for their own webhosting. As such, there
   are a few limitations related to plugins and theme customization.
 * That being said… if you’re blog is actually hosted elsewhere, and you’re running
   a current version, you should be seeing the Theme Editor under Presentation.
 * Do you know what version of WordPress you’re running?
 *  Thread Starter [levinsohn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/levinsohn/)
 * (@levinsohn)
 * [19 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-editor-1/#post-433792)
 * I believe it’s 2.0.1 or 2.0.2. Not exactly the latest and greatest, but 2+.
 *  Thread Starter [levinsohn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/levinsohn/)
 * (@levinsohn)
 * [19 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-editor-1/#post-433793)
 * I used the ipowerweb 1-click installation of WordPress, by the way. Maybe this
   is a cheap-o version?
 *  [Chris_K](https://wordpress.org/support/users/handysolo/)
 * (@handysolo)
 * [19 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-editor-1/#post-433794)
 * It should definitely be there… unless they, for some really weird reason, hacked
   it out.
 * There’s only one “flavor” of WordPress from wordpress.org.
 * Personally, I’d download it from here and install (see the [Codex](http://codex.wordpress.org)
   for install help). 2.0.4 is the most current and has some security fixes that
   you really want to start with.
 *  [webhostinguk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/webhostinguk/)
 * (@webhostinguk)
 * [19 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-editor-1/#post-433795)
 * I guess you lost some files or some data at the time of installation. We have
   version 2.0.2 and we dont see any problem with theme editor on our blog. Try 
   to upgrade your blog to latest version and hopefully that will help.
 *  Thread Starter [levinsohn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/levinsohn/)
 * (@levinsohn)
 * [19 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-editor-1/#post-433796)
 * Thank you so much. Believe me, it’s NOT there. I expected a much easier time 
   of installation than this. It’s been pretty, um, un-smooth. Almost sent me packing
   to Blogger.
 *  Thread Starter [levinsohn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/levinsohn/)
 * (@levinsohn)
 * [19 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-editor-1/#post-433918)
 * Reinstalled and all is as it should be. Thanks everyone.

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 * Last activity: [19 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-editor-1/#post-433918)
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