{"id":717,"date":"2020-06-04T13:49:31","date_gmt":"2020-06-04T05:49:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wesbytes.com\/guide\/?post_type=kb&#038;p=717"},"modified":"2026-01-12T12:30:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T04:30:29","slug":"changing-wordpress-theme-via-phpmyadmin","status":"publish","type":"kb","link":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/kb\/changing-wordpress-theme-via-phpmyadmin","title":{"rendered":"Changing WordPress Theme via phpmyadmin"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Changing WordPress Theme via phpmyadmin<\/h4>\n<p>1. Go into the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cpanel.net\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><b><i>cPanel<\/i><\/b><\/a>, look for the Databases section and click the\u00a0<b><i>phpmyadmin<\/i><\/b>\u00a0link.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn.freshdesk.com\/data\/helpdesk\/attachments\/production\/14002205559\/original\/blob1465529040536.png?1465529059\" alt=\"Changing WordPress Theme via phpmyadmin\" width=\"1280\" height=\"899\" \/><\/p>\n<p>2. Select your WordPress database. (If you aren\u2019t sure which database to select, check your\u00a0<b><i>wp-config.php<\/i><\/b>\u00a0file in the root location of your WordPress installation)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn.freshdesk.com\/data\/helpdesk\/attachments\/production\/14002205648\/original\/blob1465529145069.png?1465529149\" \/><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">3. Expand the database and select the \u2018<b><i>wp_options<\/i><\/b>\u2019 table (if you have another table prefix \u2018<b><i>tableprefix_options<\/i><\/b>\u2019)<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn.freshdesk.com\/data\/helpdesk\/attachments\/production\/14002205929\/original\/blob1465529449350.png?1465529452\" \/><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">4. Select\u00a0<b><i>page 2\u00a0<\/i><\/b>from the tables header.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn.freshdesk.com\/data\/helpdesk\/attachments\/production\/14002206009\/original\/blob1465529502862.png?1465529541\" \/><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">5. Now you\u2019ll need to click \u2018<i>Edit<\/i>\u2018\u00a0to make change on the \u2018<i><b>template<\/b><\/i>\u2019 and \u2018<b><i>stylesheet<\/i><\/b>\u2019 rows.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn.freshdesk.com\/data\/helpdesk\/attachments\/production\/14002206058\/original\/blob1465529589563.png?1465529597\" \/><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">6.\u00a0Insert in the name of the template you wish to assigned to the WordPress and press \u201cGo\u201d when you are done\u00a0as per below.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn.freshdesk.com\/data\/helpdesk\/attachments\/production\/14002206162\/original\/blob1465529703904.png?1465529708\" \/><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">7. Repeat the same step 6 for the other row and that\u2019s all. You\u2019ve completed the changes. May clear cached and brows your WordPress site now to check on it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Changing WordPress Theme via phpmyadmin 1. Go into the\u00a0cPanel, look for the Databases section and click the\u00a0phpmyadmin\u00a0link. 2. Select your WordPress database. (If you aren\u2019t sure which database to select, check your\u00a0wp-config.php\u00a0file in the root location of your WordPress installation) 3. Expand the database and select the \u2018wp_options\u2019 table (if you have another table prefix \u2018tableprefix_options\u2019) 4. 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