WordPress: How to set default (active) theme via script

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1. Update current_theme option:

   update_option('current_theme', '[theme name]');
   

   To get the theme’s name use:

   $themes = get_themes();
   

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2. In current WordPress version 3.4.2 you need to update 3 options to switch to another theme(minihyper – in my case)

   update_option('template', 'minihyper');
   update_option('stylesheet', 'minihyper');
   update_option('current_theme', 'Mini Hyper');
   

   The first two options are key, the third really does nothing except maybe you can use this option somewhere in code to display current theme name.

   Update:

   Here is a true way:

   <?php switch_theme( $template, $stylesheet ) ?>
   

   Example with minihyper:

   <?php switch_theme( 'minihyper', 'minihyper' ) ?>
   

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