Title: index.php code changes not reflected
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# index.php code changes not reflected

 *  Resolved [hanspan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hanspan/)
 * (@hanspan)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/indexphp-code-changes-not-reflected/)
 * I am trying to update the index.php of my theme but for some reason the changes
   are not reflected in the site. If I amend header.php, the changes do appear on
   the site. Does WordPress cache the page?

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 *  [WPyogi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpyogi/)
 * (@wpyogi)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/indexphp-code-changes-not-reflected/#post-3515439)
 * WordPress doesn’t cache – but double check your browser, site and server — though
   if other changes are showing okay, that seems like it’s probably not the problem.
   Are you sure the page you are changing/viewing is using index.php? (Hopefully
   you are making these kinds of changes in a child theme?)
 *  Thread Starter [hanspan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hanspan/)
 * (@hanspan)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/indexphp-code-changes-not-reflected/#post-3515477)
 * Thanks for responding. After about another hour I realised the theme was referring
   to a page.php file. I am very new to wordpress and am currently trying to grasp
   the terminology. Thanks for pointing me in the direction of child themes. I may
   look at that this evening.

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