Title: Cannot save changes to theme
Last modified: July 27, 2018

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# Cannot save changes to theme

 *  [Knud K.Petersen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/knudkp/)
 * (@knudkp)
 * [7 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-save-changes-to-theme/)
 * I am trying to translate e.g. 404.php into danish. But WordPress wont let me 
   update and save the file – and that is the same for all other php files I try
   to change from within WordPress
 * If I use an external editor I can change the contents i want …
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fcannot-save-changes-to-theme%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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