Title: theme folder alias
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# theme folder alias

 *  Resolved [mttd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mttd/)
 * (@mttd)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-folder-alias/)
 * Hi,
 * Does anyone know if it is possible to use a folder alias to point to a theme 
   in a different location from the themes folder?
 * The reason being is I have an SVN repo location and various local WP installs
   I use for different clients and would like to point an alias to the theme location
   in the SVN repo.
 * Hope that makes sense to someone! Or if anyone has a better idea that’d be great!
   I’m by no means an advanced SVN user so I don’t know if there is something I 
   can do from that side to achieve the same thing!
 * Cheers,
    Tom

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 *  [WebAssembler](https://wordpress.org/support/users/webassembler/)
 * (@webassembler)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-folder-alias/#post-3336048)
 * Hi Tom,
 * I’ve just worked it out myself so wanted to share:
 * **On a Mac**
    1. Navigate to the wordpress themes folder in a terminal
    2. Create a symlink of the repo location to this directory
    3. `ln -s PATH_TO_SVN_REPO .`
    4. Make sure the stylesheet is in the theme’s root (e.g. not in a css folder)
 * **On a PC**
    1. Right-click SVN_REPO folder and select ‘Create shortcut’
    2. Cut the shortcut and paste into the wordpress themes folder
    3. Make sure the stylesheet is in the theme’s root (e.g. not in a css folder)
 * Hope that helps.
 *  Thread Starter [mttd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mttd/)
 * (@mttd)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-folder-alias/#post-3336049)
 * Awesome! Thanks so much for sharing this, I’m sure I tried a symlink, but obviously
   I had something wrong! Thanks again, that’s going to save me loads of back n 
   forth copying n hassle!
 * Cheers,
    Tom
 *  [WebAssembler](https://wordpress.org/support/users/webassembler/)
 * (@webassembler)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-folder-alias/#post-3336055)
 * Glad to be of help!
 * Please could you resolve this topic?
 * Thanks.

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