Title: “Manual” Theme Switch
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# “Manual” Theme Switch

 *  [oneoldvet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/oneoldvet/)
 * (@oneoldvet)
 * [19 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/manual-theme-switch/)
 * I’m committed to using a specific theme that doesn’t play well with 800×600 resolution
   monitors.
 * I want to put a button in my sidebar that takes the viewer to another theme that
   is 800×600 friendly.
 * I tried using an “href” link like this:
    [http://my.web.site/wp-admin/themes.php?action=activate&template=3c-black-letterhead&stylesheet=3c-black-letterhead](http://my.web.site/wp-admin/themes.php?action=activate&template=3c-black-letterhead&stylesheet=3c-black-letterhead)
 * but got an error message: “Sorry, you need to enable sending referrers for this
   feature to work.”
 * Apparently enabling this is a “bad idea”.
 * The Theme-switcher plugin isn’t a good workaround for this issue.
 * Any suggestions on how I can do this?
 * Thanks!

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 *  [Kafkaesqui](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kafkaesqui/)
 * (@kafkaesqui)
 * [19 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/manual-theme-switch/#post-495359)
 * “_I tried using an “href” link like this_“
 * That wouldn’t work unless the person following the link has admin privileges 
   on your blog. But even in such a case, you’re aware this would change the theme
   for *everyone*, right?
 * “_The Theme-switcher plugin isn’t a good workaround for this issue._“
 * And why is that? It’s just this sort of thing Ryan’s plugin was designed for.
 *  Thread Starter [oneoldvet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/oneoldvet/)
 * (@oneoldvet)
 * [19 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/manual-theme-switch/#post-495372)
 * So WP doesn’t have a user-only switch theme option that is cookie based just 
   for that particular visitor without changing the default for everyone? Bummer!
 * It isn’t a good workaround because I would have to remove all of the themes I
   have in the system to hide them from the “switcher”.
 * I want two themes to be “available”, the default (my) theme and the 800×600 compatible
   theme.
 * I don’t want users to have to figure out which of the 45 themes I have available
   will work for them much less my having to tweak more than one theme.
 *  [Kafkaesqui](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kafkaesqui/)
 * (@kafkaesqui)
 * [19 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/manual-theme-switch/#post-495373)
 * “_I would have to remove all of the themes I have in the system to hide them 
   from the “switcher”._“
 * Theme Switcher actually offers a solution for that:
 * [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/30640#post-173381](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/30640#post-173381)

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 * 3 replies
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 * Last reply from: [Kafkaesqui](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kafkaesqui/)
 * Last activity: [19 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/manual-theme-switch/#post-495373)
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