Title: Sample database for theme testing
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Sample database for theme testing

 *  Resolved [shoel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shoel/)
 * (@shoel)
 * [19 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sample-database-for-theme-testing/)
 * I’ve searched (forum and codex) and I have not found the answer to my specific
   question. The only post that mentioned a similar problem is 6 months old and 
   is still unresolved.
 * I have installed WP locally (using Xampp) to conduct tests and design my own 
   theme (tweaking an existing theme).
 * I am teaching myself all the necessary skills (tags, PHP, CSS, etc) on the run–
   admitedly I’m a newbie in all that, so bear with me.
 * So that I can test all possibilities of my theme as I tweak it, it would be interesting
   to have some kind of sample database with a dozen or so posts, with comments,
   links, pages, etc. I’m thinking something like the very database used in this
   site’s “Theme Viewer”…
 * Is anything like that available now, or is there anyway to (I don’t know if the
   word is correct in English) ‘leech’ that sample database Theme Viewer uses?
 * I guess you could tell me to move my *ss and build one mock database myself, 
   but it would take forever (given my tech knowledge) and it would never be as 
   comprehensive as, say, ThemeViewer’s…
 * (I’ve written to the admins of Theme Viewer as well asking about their mock database…)
 * Thanks. Looking forward to your answer.
 * Augusto Ornellas
    Brazil

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 *  [cornell_finch](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cornell_finch/)
 * (@cornell_finch)
 * [19 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sample-database-for-theme-testing/#post-504823)
 * Augusto – the simplest way is just to install a test-version of wp, write a few
   random posts and then make more posts when you want to test a particular funcionality
   of the system or CSS.
 * I don’t believe there’s a “sample” that can be leeched.
 * The method above will only take about ten minutes to do and it also means that
   you will know what’s in the posts to control the output.
 * HTH
 * Collin
 *  [Chris_K](https://wordpress.org/support/users/handysolo/)
 * (@handysolo)
 * [19 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sample-database-for-theme-testing/#post-504824)
 * As the database includes user accounts/pwds and site URL values, distributing
   a sample isn’t quite as straight-forward as one might hope…
 *  [sadish](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sadish/)
 * (@sadish)
 * [19 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sample-database-for-theme-testing/#post-504845)
 * you can save the RSS of the themeviewer to your local machine.
    then use the 
   import option within wordpress admin, to import posts from your local file.
 * Thats one way of doing it.
 *  [gregraven](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gregraven/)
 * (@gregraven)
 * [19 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sample-database-for-theme-testing/#post-504848)
 * That’s what I’m doing: I imported all the posts from our Blogger site using WordPress’
   Import functionality. It worked great.
 *  Thread Starter [shoel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shoel/)
 * (@shoel)
 * [19 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sample-database-for-theme-testing/#post-504896)
 * sadish – thanks!
 * I will check that RSS solution (I still have to teach myself how to do that –
   yes, I’m just starting!) later tonight and, if everything goes OK, I’ll report
   here and close this topic!
 * Thanks again.
 *  Thread Starter [shoel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shoel/)
 * (@shoel)
 * [19 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sample-database-for-theme-testing/#post-505103)
 * Sadish
 * Your solution worked like a charm. It imported all: posts, image, categories,
   etc… The only thing it didn’t get was the comments, but thats OK with me.
 * Topic closed – problem solved!
 * Thanks!

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