Title: WP Theme Editor problem
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# WP Theme Editor problem

 *  Resolved [Cedric](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cooperanet/)
 * (@cooperanet)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-theme-editor-problem/)
 * Hi,
    I would like to use the Theme Editor in order to change some files of a 
   custom theme because I don’t have FTP access for this website for now (actually
   my client doesn’t retrieve login and password…). It should be easy BUT : 1- the
   theme editor shows old versions of the theme files. 2- when I make change through
   the Theme Editor, it doesn’t even apply.
 * So what could be the problem ?
 * As I can’t access to the files through FTP, I don’t know if the files have the
   right permissions (666 or 777).
 * Any help would be greatly appreciated!

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 *  Thread Starter [Cedric](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cooperanet/)
 * (@cooperanet)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-theme-editor-problem/#post-2119764)
 * Ok, I found the problem. There was a folder with backup files in the the theme
   folder. And the theme editor took these files instead of the good ones. I just
   deleted this old folder and the theme editor works fine now!

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [Cedric](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cooperanet/)
 * Last activity: [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-theme-editor-problem/#post-2119764)
 * Status: resolved

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