Title: Changing Theme name
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Changing Theme name

 *  [wpnew12](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpnew12/)
 * (@wpnew12)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-theme-name/)
 * Hello,
 * How can I change the Theme name so it would show like this in site’s source code:/
   wp-content/themes/MYCHOICE/style.css and how to avoid conflicts with updates,
   etc?
 * Thanks you

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-theme-name/#post-3034959)
 * What theme are you currently using?
 *  Thread Starter [wpnew12](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpnew12/)
 * (@wpnew12)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-theme-name/#post-3034972)
 * I am planning to use one of the Premium WP Themes.
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-theme-name/#post-3034973)
 * You would need to rename the theme’s folder and it’s name in style.css.
 *  Thread Starter [wpnew12](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpnew12/)
 * (@wpnew12)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-theme-name/#post-3035096)
 * Thanks for the help 🙂
    BTW, I am fairly new to WordPress and wondering if renaming
   the theme is something that is commonly done? Could it create some issues with
   the theme updates and plugins in the future?
 *  [mappuhn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mappuhn/)
 * (@mappuhn)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-theme-name/#post-3035098)
 * I’ve had it happen to me that just by renaming the theme all of the javascript
   and css in the theme stopped working because it was hard-linked, not using bloginfo().
 * So, yes. All kinds of things can go wrong.
 * You can hack it a bit, but updating might erase all of your hard work.
 *  Thread Starter [wpnew12](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpnew12/)
 * (@wpnew12)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-theme-name/#post-3035107)
 * Good to know, thanks so much!!
 *  [Andrew Bartel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrew-bartel/)
 * (@andrew-bartel)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-theme-name/#post-3035111)
 * Just create a child theme and name it whatever you want.

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