Can I change the theme name in WordPress?

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1. Step 1: Firstly go to wp-content/themes/ folder. And then rename your theme folder to whatever you want.

   Step 2: Open your theme folder and open style.css file. In top part of style.css you will see theme name. Rename it and save changes.

   Step 3: Go to Wp-admin/appearance/themes and activate your theme under new name.

   If you are using child/parent theme and you also rename parent theme folder&name, so after Step 3 you should additionally change parent theme path (template field) in child theme’s style.css.

   note : renaming your theme will stop its automatic updates, you should do it manually in the future.

2. All the above is correct, but is not enough. After you rename the theme, e.g. rename the folder old-theme –> new-theme, you should copy the theme customizations (colors, header / footer, widgets, etc.) from the old theme to the new theme. This is done directly in the MySQL database:

   1. Find an option named theme_mods_old-theme in the table wp_options
   2. Copy the option_value (it is a text holding the theme customizations in a special WordPress format)
   3. Put the copied value in a new option named theme_mods_new-theme in the wp_options table.

   

3. You can absolutely change the name of the folder without having any problems. If you want to change just the themes name, open the style.css in the root folder of your theme and edit the name in the comments at the top of the file. If you plan on doing more changes, you might be better off creating a child theme: https://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes

4. I changed my theme name in wp-content/themes/{your site name folder}/style.css
   I am using a child theme

   /*
   Theme Name: WhateverYouWantToNameIT
   Template: twentytwenty 
   */
   

5. The answers above are good, but I wanted the full list and this is it
   so go to: wp-content/themes/{your site name folder}/style.css
   and change this values if they exist, if not you can add them

   /* this should be at the top of your theme CSS file
   
    Theme Name:   Twenty Fifteen Child
    Theme URI:    http://example.com/twenty-fifteen-child/
    Description:  Twenty Fifteen Child Theme
    Author:       John Doe
    Author URI:   http://example.com
    Template:     twentyfifteen
    Version:      1.0.0
    License:      GNU General Public License v2 or later
    License URI:  http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
    Tags:         light, dark, two-columns, right-sidebar, responsive-layout, accessibility-ready
    Text Domain:  twentyfifteenchild
   */
   

   See Source for more details

6. Its absolutely easy and simple, just follow instruction
   1. Just rename theme name with your desire theme name.
   2. open your desire theme name and open style.css file, and find theme name and changes with your desire theme name.
   3. you can see your desire theme in admin dashboard-> appearance-> themes, just select and activate it.

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