Title: changing theme question
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# changing theme question

 *  [cherrydee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cherrydee/)
 * (@cherrydee)
 * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-theme-question/)
 * i have made a simple site
    web-marketers.org/IT4B/gadgetsfrenzy using 2011 theme.(
   sorry if it kinda sux ATM). just made it last night. so i have a question: lets
   say i want to change my theme, kinda trial and error. is there a chance that 
   the theme i install will ruin my widget settings as well as other settings? if
   yes, if i revert back to 2011 theme will the settings also revert?

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 *  Moderator [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/)
 * (@jdembowski)
 * Forum Moderator and Brute Squad
 * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-theme-question/#post-2627771)
 * > lets say i want to change my theme, kinda trial and error.
 * Best way to learn. 🙂 But from that link, you are using the Twenty Eleven theme.
   Don’t modify it directly create a child theme instead. That way when Twenty Eleven
   gets updated you won’t lose your work.
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes](http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes)
 * > is there a chance that the theme i install will ruin my widget settings as 
   > well as other settings?
 * There _shouldn’t be_ a chance of that because the theme only covers the presentation
   of the posts/pages/etc. from the database.
 * But if you’re really concerned about that then setup a second WordPress installation
   with a different database in a different directory. That can be your Crash and
   Burn installation for playing or testing.
 * Also keeping good backups and knowing how to restore them is your best safety
   net.
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Backups](http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Backups)
   
   [http://codex.wordpress.org/Backing_Up_Your_Database](http://codex.wordpress.org/Backing_Up_Your_Database)
   [http://codex.wordpress.org/Restoring_Your_Database_From_Backup](http://codex.wordpress.org/Restoring_Your_Database_From_Backup)

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