Title: Theme Duplication
Last modified: January 29, 2024

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# Theme Duplication

 *  Resolved [Zync](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zync/)
 * (@zync)
 * [2 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-duplication/)
 * Dear Supporters,
 * We just finished our version of a GeneratePress Pro theme, customized with blocks
   and css, no child theme.
 * If you’re not using plugins, is it possible to duplicate only your ‘custom’ theme
   to a new domain? We use DigitalOcean droplets.
 * Thank you.

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 *  Moderator [threadi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/threadi/)
 * (@threadi)
 * [2 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-duplication/#post-17379985)
 * You can copy all files that are in a WordPress project. E.g. via FTP. This cannot
   be prevented.
 * If you want to protect your Pro against something like this, use a licence model
   that regularly checks the permissibility of the installation against an external
   service. Then you can copy it but not use it without deliberately manipulating
   the theme files. You can find more information about this on the net.
 *  [mrtom414](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrtom414/)
 * (@mrtom414)
 * [2 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-duplication/#post-17380521)
 * WordPress doesn’t automatically update the theme when you make changes in the
   editor. You will need to go to the editor and export your theme to update the
   physical files so that wordpress will update all the files and the theme.json
   file. If you added your own css files you will need to add them again in the 
   functions.php file or where every you added them. It probably a good ideal to
   export your theme once you made all the changes you want to keep so they are 
   written into the theme files.
 *  Thread Starter [Zync](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zync/)
 * (@zync)
 * [2 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-duplication/#post-17381036)
 * Thank you very much!

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 3 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [Zync](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zync/)
 * Last activity: [2 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-duplication/#post-17381036)
 * Status: resolved

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