Title: Localhost Installation – Editing Theme Files
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Localhost Installation – Editing Theme Files

 *  [bob211](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bob211/)
 * (@bob211)
 * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/localhost-installation-editing-theme-files/)
 * When I edit the header.php file through the WordPress Site Admin dashboard, I
   don’t see the changes in the actual physical files in the wordpress/wp-content/
   themes/twenty directory.
 * Where are those changes being saved?
 * Furthermore, if I copy my own JPEG files to twentyten/images,
    they are not accessible
   via the browser. I need to be able to add these images to the header.php file.

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 *  [Clayton James](https://wordpress.org/support/users/claytonjames/)
 * (@claytonjames)
 * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/localhost-installation-editing-theme-files/#post-2468097)
 * > I don’t see the changes in the actual physical files in the wordpress/wp-content/
   > themes/twenty directory.
 * The files must be writable for the wordpress editor to save the changes.
    [Editing Files](http://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_Files)
 * > I copy my own JPEG files to twentyten/images,
   >  they are not accessible via 
   > the browser
 * Do you mean accessible by your web browser? Or by the wordpress built in theme
   editor? If it’s the theme editor, I don’t think the editor is capable of opening/
   exploring directories. You may only be able to edit files located in a theme 
   or plugin root directory. If it’s your web browser, you may have a file ownership
   or permissions issue.
 *  Thread Starter [bob211](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bob211/)
 * (@bob211)
 * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/localhost-installation-editing-theme-files/#post-2468151)
 * The files are writable. The wordpress directory itself has permissions drwxr-
   xr-x
 * I even changed the file permission for header.php to -rw-rw-rw-
 * The image file that I copied is not showing up at URL [http://localhost/wordpress/wp-content/themes/twentyten/images/logo.png](http://localhost/wordpress/wp-content/themes/twentyten/images/logo.png)
 * Interestingly, the image DOES appear in my browser at [http://username-imac.home/~username/wordpress/wp-content/themes/twentyten/images/logo.png](http://username-imac.home/~username/wordpress/wp-content/themes/twentyten/images/logo.png)
 * ( This may relate to another post I entered regarding the website URL for web
   sharing on Mac OSX)
 * The fact is that the theme editor is showing the changes that I made, but it 
   is not actually writing those changes to the file at wp-content/themes/twentyten/
   header.php
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/localhost-installation-editing-theme-files/#post-2468154)
 * This is directly related to [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/localhost-vs-website-url](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/localhost-vs-website-url)
   
   Please do not post multiple topics on the same subject.

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 * In: [Localhost Installs](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/localhost-installs/)
 * 3 replies
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 * Last reply from: [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * Last activity: [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/localhost-installation-editing-theme-files/#post-2468154)
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