Title: replace old theme with responsive
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# replace old theme with responsive

 *  [jlaz7232](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jlaz7232/)
 * (@jlaz7232)
 * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/replace-old-theme-with-responsive/)
 * how do I replace my old wordpress theme to the responsive theme?

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 *  [paulwpxp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/paulwp/)
 * (@paulwp)
 * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/replace-old-theme-with-responsive/#post-3719735)
 * You don’t replace theme, you just switch theme.
 * Before that, you would have to customize the design of Responsive Theme to match
   your current site, the design will not and can not be 100% same exact because
   the HTML structure is different, but mostly you could make theme look pretty 
   close.
 * In WP, you don’t directly edit the theme file, instead make a child theme to 
   hold the customizations.
    [http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes](http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes)

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 * Last activity: [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/replace-old-theme-with-responsive/#post-3719735)
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