Title: Update theme in website
Last modified: December 27, 2021

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# Update theme in website

 *  [rawan2021](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rawan2021/)
 * (@rawan2021)
 * [4 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-theme-in-website/)
 * Hi,
    In the dashboard it recommends updating the theme however, there is a note
   warning from losing any customizations made to theme files ! Shall I go ahead
   or not? As am not sure what customization they mean.
 * Appreciate your urgent reply.
    Rawan

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 *  Thread Starter [rawan2021](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rawan2021/)
 * (@rawan2021)
 * [4 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-theme-in-website/#post-15197370)
 * Hi,
    My site health status recommends having a default theme as the site does
   not have it. I currently have Hello Elementor theme , can any one advise how 
   to install default theme as well as its a recommended improvement to the site.
 * Thanks
 *  [Ian Sackofwits](https://wordpress.org/support/users/plantprogrammer/)
 * (@plantprogrammer)
 * [4 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-theme-in-website/#post-15259514)
 * Hi, rawan2021, I am another Hello Elementor theme user.
 * If you have not made a child theme yet and attempt to update the theme, your 
   customizations could be lost when they are overridden i.e. your `functions.php`
   file will be overriden.
 * Regarding a default theme, I would recommend installing one of the default themes
   such as Twenty Twenty.
 *  Thread Starter [rawan2021](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rawan2021/)
 * (@rawan2021)
 * [4 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-theme-in-website/#post-15259963)
 * Hi Ian,
    Thanks for your answer, as I didn’t get an answer since 3 weeks ago 
   I went ahead and updated the theme as it was a requirement to update the PHP 
   version of the site (which is an important update to be done). How would I know
   if there is any impact on the site as it’s not live yet and there is no activity
   on it till now to notice my problem.
 * Also how to install the default theme you recommended?
 * Thank you for your assistance.
    Regards Rawan

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