Title: Dashboard: Posts & ‘Projects – changing theme looses Projects
Last modified: June 14, 2025

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# Dashboard: Posts & ‘Projects – changing theme looses Projects

 *  [Zoe Powell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zopo87/)
 * (@zopo87)
 * [11 months, 4 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dashboard-posts-projects-changing-theme-looses-projects/)
 * My posts are in one section of my website (a very old design built by an old 
   friend), and my projects for my portfolio are in another.
 * My Dashboard shows both Posts and Projects (as a pinned icon), but If I change
   my these, Projects disappears. I also have archival posts and projects
 * Can I make all my Projects into Posts? In order for me to see them in a dfferent
   theme?
 * My php is old, I can’t update anything and I’m at the point where I want to delete
   my website address and just have the wordpress as a blog

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 *  Moderator [threadi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/threadi/)
 * (@threadi)
 * [11 months, 4 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dashboard-posts-projects-changing-theme-looses-projects/#post-18512507)
 * Without a link to your site, it’s difficult to help you.
 * What initially confuses me is probably the spelling mistake here:
 * > but If I change my these
 * Do you possibly mean “theme” with the last word? Because a new theme also brings
   with it a completely new arrangement of content. I suspect your current theme
   provides the post type “Project.” No other theme knows this, so this content 
   then disappears.
 * If I understand correctly, you have two different post types: posts and projects.
   Your goal is now to integrate projects into the posts so that everything is displayed
   together. Is that correct?
 * If so, it would be possible to convert post types. This could be done with this
   plugin, for example: [https://wordpress.org/plugins/post-type-transfer/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/post-type-transfer/)
 * You mention that your PHP is very old. I am therefore unsure whether such a plugin
   would help you, as many now require current PHP versions. If you do decide to
   try it, be sure to **create a backup first.**
 * And, of course, you should also make sure you have a current hosting environment.
   Contact your host’s support team to clarify this.

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 * [critical errors](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/critical-errors/)
 * [dashboard](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/dashboard/)
 * [PHP errors](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/php-errors/)
 * [posts](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/posts/)

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 * Last reply from: [threadi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/threadi/)
 * Last activity: [11 months, 4 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dashboard-posts-projects-changing-theme-looses-projects/#post-18512507)
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