Title: Installing theme
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Installing theme

 *  [dickrichards](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dickrichards/)
 * (@dickrichards)
 * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-theme/)
 * Modified the default theme. Renamed it and copied to wp-content directory. Published
   it. But it doesn’t show up on the admin themes page, so I can’t just “select”.
   What to do?
    Thanks — a terrific forum!

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 *  [Kafkaesqui](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kafkaesqui/)
 * (@kafkaesqui)
 * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-theme/#post-179377)
 * Q1. When you say you renamed it, does this mean you changed the ‘Theme Name:’
   line in its style.css?
 * Q2. Does “copied to wp-content directory” mean you placed it in its own subdirectory
   there?
 *  Thread Starter [dickrichards](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dickrichards/)
 * (@dickrichards)
 * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-theme/#post-179380)
 * Q1: No. Did not change that line. Just the name of the folder containing the 
   theme.
    Q2: The new folder “mytheme” (creative, huh?) now resides in wp-content
   along with the default folder. Thanks!
 *  [TechGnome](https://wordpress.org/support/users/techgnome/)
 * (@techgnome)
 * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-theme/#post-179382)
 * the “name” of the them that’s listed in the CSS is supposed to also be the name
   of the folder, which should be the name of the theme. If that made sense.
 * Tg
 *  Thread Starter [dickrichards](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dickrichards/)
 * (@dickrichards)
 * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-theme/#post-179383)
 * It does, and changing the line fixed the problem. Thanks to both of you!
 *  [vkaryl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vkaryl/)
 * (@vkaryl)
 * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-theme/#post-179384)
 * Actually, I’ve found that the folder can be most anything – BUT you HAVE to change
   the theme name in the style.css header comments. It just makes sense to change
   the folder name to match….

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