Title: Themezilla Scope Theme Replacement
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Themezilla Scope Theme Replacement

 *  Resolved [elizabeth](https://wordpress.org/support/users/greybird/)
 * (@greybird)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/themezilla-scope-theme-replacement/)
 * I have a client who uses the Themezilla Scope theme. The Scope theme has a portfolio
   feature apparently and I am not familiar with the portfolio feature at all. I
   am developing a plan to update my client’s WP site with a new responsive theme,
   but I need to make sure I can retain the existing portfolio content. Is that 
   what your plugin does? I notice you have a Themezilla tag, and your name suggests
   Themezilla.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/zillaportfolio/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/zillaportfolio/)

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 *  Plugin Author [marksouthard](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mbsatunc/)
 * (@mbsatunc)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/themezilla-scope-theme-replacement/#post-6590069)
 * The portfolio plugin does maintain the same portfolio custom post type. However,
   I can’t say if the meta data will be preserved. I’m fairly certain that gallery
   images will be maintained, but other special meta data may not transfer. I tried
   to make the plugin work with the older themes as best I could, but did not write
   a script to port old meta data over to the new structure.
 * While I’m still maintaining the plugin, I am no longer affiliated with ThemeZilla.
   I would suggest a quick test with a different theme and the plugin. You’ll be
   able to to quickly tell what data isn’t carried over. When you switch the theme
   back, any data “lost” in the switch will be present again.
 *  Thread Starter [elizabeth](https://wordpress.org/support/users/greybird/)
 * (@greybird)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/themezilla-scope-theme-replacement/#post-6590120)
 * Thank you for your response. Do you mean the metadata like dates and authors 
   or do you mean something else?
 * This is precisely why I try not to deviate from the basic structure of WordPress.
   I don’t like things breaking when I change a theme, especially something that
   contains so much content. I just don’t understand the advantage of having the
   portfolio feature. How is it better than just calling a page or post a portfolio?
 *  Thread Starter [elizabeth](https://wordpress.org/support/users/greybird/)
 * (@greybird)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/themezilla-scope-theme-replacement/#post-6590124)
 * Is a portfolio like a blog? Is each project like a post?
 * I guess I should install it and check it out.
 * I would just be worried about becoming dependent on it and then losing the content
   if you decide to not continue updating the plugin.
 *  Thread Starter [elizabeth](https://wordpress.org/support/users/greybird/)
 * (@greybird)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/themezilla-scope-theme-replacement/#post-6590126)
 * I in no way intend to criticize your plugin, it appears to me that you are freeing
   people from being dependent on Themezilla themes, and from what I can tell, this
   type of functionality should be implemented via plugins like yours and not in
   the theme.
 * Thanks!
 *  Plugin Author [marksouthard](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mbsatunc/)
 * (@mbsatunc)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/themezilla-scope-theme-replacement/#post-6590164)
 * A `portfolio` is like a `post`. It is a custom post type of it’s own. Regardless
   of whether a theme has built in support for the plugin or not. It will load all
   portfolio posts at `/portfolio/` using the archive template (or the fallback).
   Similarly it will use single.php to display the singular portfolio post.
 * If you want to customize the layout, you can add `archive-portfolio.php` and `
   single-portfolio.php` to your theme (preferably your child theme).
 * I’ve used portfolio as it seems to be a common usage for similar plugins. Additionally,
   images uploaded to a portfolio are attached to a portfolio so they would be easily
   accessible. The meta data is unique to the plugin, but would never be erased 
   unless you went in and erased it. It would still be accessible if you moved on
   to a different plugin, but you would need to add some code to pull it from the
   database.

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 * Last reply from: [marksouthard](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mbsatunc/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/themezilla-scope-theme-replacement/#post-6590164)
 * Status: resolved