Title: switch_theme()
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# switch_theme()

 *  Resolved [Jan K.](https://wordpress.org/support/users/90jkrug/)
 * (@90jkrug)
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/switch_theme-1/)
 * hi,
 * i just cant make this function work: [http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/switch_theme](http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/switch_theme)
 * Can you give me an example?
 * Thanks a lot
    Jan

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 *  [shazdeh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shazdeh/)
 * (@shazdeh)
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/switch_theme-1/#post-2691998)
 * I have problem with this too. Please help!
 *  Thread Starter [Jan K.](https://wordpress.org/support/users/90jkrug/)
 * (@90jkrug)
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/switch_theme-1/#post-2691999)
 * i still dont know why it didnt work for me, but this is how to use it..
 * switch_theme(‘THEMENAME’, ‘THEMENAME’);
 *  [shazdeh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shazdeh/)
 * (@shazdeh)
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/switch_theme-1/#post-2692001)
 * This is not working for me.
    THEMENAME is the theme-slug (like “twentyten”), 
   right?
 *  Thread Starter [Jan K.](https://wordpress.org/support/users/90jkrug/)
 * (@90jkrug)
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/switch_theme-1/#post-2692003)
 * i’ve just written it into my plugin file and it works..
 * switch_theme(‘twentyten’, ‘twentyten’);

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 * Last reply from: [Jan K.](https://wordpress.org/support/users/90jkrug/)
 * Last activity: [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/switch_theme-1/#post-2692003)
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