Title: Difference between theme and layout?
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# Difference between theme and layout?

 *  [kelele](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kelele/)
 * (@kelele)
 * [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/difference-between-theme-and-layout/)
 * You know when a site changes their “layout”? is that the same as theme. I’m only
   new to wordpress so i’m a little confused. Thanks

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 *  [Len](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lenk/)
 * (@lenk)
 * [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/difference-between-theme-and-layout/#post-936076)
 * That’s a good question. While each term is commonly substituted for the other
   there is a difference. WordPress is made up of a series of PHP files that query
   the database and display that info each time a visitor comes to your site. A 
   theme, in addition to the PHP files, also uses CSS and images to organize that
   data and present it in such a way that it is organized, readable and just pleasing
   to the eyes. A particular theme can have several layouts if it is designed as
   such an example being iTheme’s new FlexxTheme. This theme has over 1,000 possible
   layout combinations such as pages and or categories being display above or below
   the header, one or two sidebars, sidebars displayed on the left or right side
   of page etc
 * So while it is one theme it has numerous layout options.
 *  [Josh Leuze](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jleuze/)
 * (@jleuze)
 * [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/difference-between-theme-and-layout/#post-936077)
 * It could be, a theme is a pretty specific thing, at least in the context of WordPress.
 * But “layout” is a pretty broad term. It could refer to the whole theme, or a 
   change of layout could be to just adjust a site’s current theme, or even just
   move around the widgets on the page…

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