Title: minimal wordpress install
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# minimal wordpress install

 *  [namword](https://wordpress.org/support/users/namword/)
 * (@namword)
 * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/minimal-wordpress-install/)
 * Hi,
 * I want to install the minimum number of files for my WP install, so that it doesn’t
   take up too much space on my server. For example, I can delete the classic and
   default themes in favour of a theme that I’ve selected. Also, perhaps I can get
   rid of the languages instead of English as I expect only English speaking will
   want to view it.
 * In short, which are the most ESSENTIAL files I need to keep WP working.
 * At the moment the default WP install is about 5mb (version 2.8.2), but then when
   I use a different free theme the size bumps up to over 10mb which is far too 
   much for the limited space on my server.
 * Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/minimal-wordpress-install/#post-1158692)
 * I’d suggest keeping the default and classic theme but customising the latter 
   rather than installing a new theme.
 *  Thread Starter [namword](https://wordpress.org/support/users/namword/)
 * (@namword)
 * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/minimal-wordpress-install/#post-1158793)
 * Thanks esmi,
 * I discovered that the new theme I installed had a couple of PSD files which took
   up about 3mb of space, so these didn’t need to be uploaded onto the server.
 * But, expect for the theme files, are you saying that every file in the WP install
   is necessary, and not a single one can be deleted (or not uploaded to the server)?
 * Thanks

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