Title: Problems on using a theme switching plugin
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Problems on using a theme switching plugin

 *  Resolved [Juergen Schulze](https://wordpress.org/support/users/1manfactory/)
 * (@1manfactory)
 * [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-on-using-a-theme-switching-plugin/)
 * Hello,
    great theme. And thanks for the fresh updates.
 * Let me describe my problems and how I fix them right now. Maybe others can participate
   from it or even find a better solution.
 * On my publishing company’s website ([http://www.null-papier.de](http://www.null-papier.de))
   I am planning to use a mobile theme: yours.
 * BUT I still want to keep my normal theme for desktop computers. Therefor I use
   a very good and reliable plugin called [Device Theme Switcher](http://wordpress.org/plugins/device-theme-switcher/).
 * Now comes the problem. I have to keep the old theme activated all the time. And
   then all my individual setting for your mobile theme got lost when used as a 
   switched on child theme. That’s why I decoded all your settings and placed them
   manually inside my own index.php in folder decode-child.
 *     ```
       set_theme_mod( 'show_sidebar', true );
       set_theme_mod( 'constant_sidebar', 'closing' );
       set_theme_mod( 'sidebar_button_position', 'left' );
       set_theme_mod( 'sidebar_position', 'left' );
       ```
   
 * and so on
 * This of course is not the smart way because after every theme’s update I have
   to check of any changes.
 * Do you have any better idea?
 * Regards
    Juergen

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 *  [Scott Smith](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scottsmith/)
 * (@scottsmith)
 * [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-on-using-a-theme-switching-plugin/#post-4440269)
 * WordPress saves settings for me when I use the normal Theme Admin UI, I wonder
   if it’s an issue with the plugin. Maybe try deactivating the plugin and setting
   Decode the way you want. Then start the plugin again?
 *  Thread Starter [Juergen Schulze](https://wordpress.org/support/users/1manfactory/)
 * (@1manfactory)
 * [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-on-using-a-theme-switching-plugin/#post-4440271)
 * Problem consists when you activate another theme (like I have to do because I
   have to keep my “normal” theme).
    Once you activate another theme all your settings
   from the old theme are lost. Right now I have three themes: 1. My normal, main
   theme which always has to be active 2. decode 3. decode child Plugin switches
   between 1. and 3.
 *  [Scott Smith](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scottsmith/)
 * (@scottsmith)
 * [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-on-using-a-theme-switching-plugin/#post-4440278)
 * So if this plugin isn’t running, are settings saved when you switch between themes?

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