Title: Best Practices Editing Bootstrap Theme in WordPress? Last modified: December 4, 2022 --- # Best Practices Editing Bootstrap Theme in WordPress? * Resolved [kmgkmg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kmgkmg/) * (@kmgkmg) * [3 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/editing-bootstrap-theme-in-wordpress/) * Hello, * I have a friend who wants their website updated, just to add two pages with simple coding. I saw there was a Elementor plugin when I checked out the site’s technology so I thought I’d go in, drag and drop a few elements to make his pages. * However, turns out Elementor is not the editor, it is a Bootstrap theme, shoved into WordPress. This website was developed by someone who no longer works for him, but can send resources if asked. * My question is, what are the best practices for safely editing his website to add those pages? (For example do I download some editor on my PC, or do it in the WordPress browser dashboard?) * If I need to add more information, please let me know. - This topic was modified 3 years, 6 months ago by [kmgkmg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kmgkmg/). - This topic was modified 3 years, 6 months ago by [kmgkmg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kmgkmg/). - This topic was modified 3 years, 6 months ago by [kmgkmg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kmgkmg/). Reason: Added clarity to question and fixed grammar errors Viewing 9 replies - 1 through 9 (of 9 total) * Moderator [threadi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/threadi/) * (@threadi) * [3 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/editing-bootstrap-theme-in-wordpress/#post-16258588) * Your question is hard to answer without a link or far more info on the project you have going on. Because WordPress has many possibilities to edit the pages. * I’ll just assume the simplest and guess that you would have to create a new page under Pages. There you enter the title of the new page and its content. When you save WordPress creates a URL under which the page is then accessible. Would be at least so the normal way. * If this individual theme has changed anything in the procedure, then you can not even guess here in the forum. * Moderator [bcworkz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcworkz/) * (@bcworkz) * [3 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/editing-bootstrap-theme-in-wordpress/#post-16259043) * As threadi said, adding new pages should be possible without altering the theme files. If you need to add additional CSS, it can be done through the customizer. * If the theme is not subject to periodic updates, you could safely modify theme files if necessary and you know what you’re doing. Best to keep backups of the original just in case 😉 Themes subject to updates mustn’t be modified. Instead, create a child theme. * Thread Starter [kmgkmg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kmgkmg/) * (@kmgkmg) * [3 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/editing-bootstrap-theme-in-wordpress/#post-16259118) * Thank you for your help guys. [@threadi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/threadi/) [@bcworkz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcworkz/) * [@threadi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/threadi/) what do you mean by this: “If this individual theme has changed anything in the procedure, then you can not even guess here in the forum.” * Moderator [threadi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/threadi/) * (@threadi) * [3 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/editing-bootstrap-theme-in-wordpress/#post-16259164) * Is perhaps worded a bit unfortunate. I meant: if the theme you use changes the default behavior of wordpress, no one here can guess that because we do not know the theme you use. * As I said, the normal procedure is content maintenance via Pages or Posts. By the way, there is also an article about this here: [https://wordpress.org/support/article/pages-screen/](https://wordpress.org/support/article/pages-screen/) * Thread Starter [kmgkmg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kmgkmg/) * (@kmgkmg) * [3 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/editing-bootstrap-theme-in-wordpress/#post-16259328) * [https://imgur.com/a/sl1iKr2](https://imgur.com/a/sl1iKr2) * [@threadi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/threadi/) Thankyou I will check that out. * I was thinking of making the 2 new pages by copy pasting these inner-template files and adding relevant information. * Would you recommend I first make a page on the pages screen, then go find the theme file and edit there? Or will copy pasting a inner-template file automatically make a new page? * Moderator [threadi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/threadi/) * (@threadi) * [3 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/editing-bootstrap-theme-in-wordpress/#post-16259338) * You seem to be using one of the default WordPress themes. You don’t have to edit anything on any templates. Create the page and enter the content you want there. It seems to me that you imagine it to be more complicated than it is. Just give it a try and forget about the template story. * Thread Starter [kmgkmg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kmgkmg/) * (@kmgkmg) * [3 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/editing-bootstrap-theme-in-wordpress/#post-16267168) * Quick question [@threadi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/threadi/) * I have a good idea how the website was edited. Looks like a WordPress page was made using the dashboard, then he uploaded a template with the custom code, and selected it in the standard WordPress editor. * How I plan to make more pages: I will use WP File Manager plugin to duplicate a template. Edit the template name by editing inside the file. Make a new page in WordPress dashboard. Select the new template file for the new WordPress page. Copy paste html elements from other template files till I get a similar page to what is required of me. Write in new content & links. Then finish up by doing small fine adjustments (colors, borders, etc.). Publish. * Is this good? My only problem is that I don’t see how I can get a live preview of the code editing I will be doing. I currently have to change some code, save, reload, and repeat. Is there a smoother way? * Moderator [threadi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/threadi/) * (@threadi) * [3 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/editing-bootstrap-theme-in-wordpress/#post-16269997) * I don’t understand why you want to make it so awkward for yourself. It is not necessary to edit templates. As a normal WordPress editor you have no contact with HTML or CSS. * Take a look at one of the many videos that show the basic editing of content. Here is one of them: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeKPN3ibL7E](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeKPN3ibL7E) * By the way, your idea of copying a template file is not a good idea. Because as soon as an update to your theme is provided by the developer, the template you created would disappear. You can only prevent this by using a child theme. But even that is not absolutely necessary to simply store content. * Moderator [bcworkz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcworkz/) * (@bcworkz) * [3 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/editing-bootstrap-theme-in-wordpress/#post-16272842) * I agree with threadi that it doesn’t make sense to repeatedly make new templates every time you need another page published. You’re bypassing the entire intent of using WP or any CMS system and making site maintenance much more difficult. * One more thought about this, which may not even apply to your situation. If you are making new templates because a portion of the page’s content is not static and needs to be dynamically generated, you still don’t need to be making new templates. The dynamic portion of content can be generated by using custom shortcodes or blocks (if using the block editor). The block editor and many other page editors like Elementor already provide elements that generate dynamic content. By using these existing elements, you might not even need your own custom versions. Viewing 9 replies - 1 through 9 (of 9 total) The topic ‘Best Practices Editing Bootstrap Theme in WordPress?’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [editor](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/editor/) * [theme development](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/theme-development/) * In: [Developing with WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/wp-advanced/) * 10 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [bcworkz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcworkz/) * Last activity: [3 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/editing-bootstrap-theme-in-wordpress/#post-16272842) * Status: resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics