Title: Update Resets Theme
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Update Resets Theme

 *  [kantell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kantell/)
 * (@kantell)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-resets-theme/)
 * I get a notice to update from 1.1.7 to 1.2.3. I click and it completely resets
   the theme. I have to upload some of my files to get back to what I had including
   images. Theme is correct, but it still says that I need to update from 1.1.7 
   to 1.2.3.

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 *  [Lindsey](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lalindsey/)
 * (@lalindsey)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-resets-theme/#post-2118456)
 * I’m not sure what theme you are using but typically, if you get a notice that
   a theme you have been using has been updated you should update it as it may include
   fixes, or new items, security upgrades, etc.
 * That being said, if you have made ANY custom changes to the theme (on any pages,
   or images), updating it will of course overwrite them.
 * Updating downloads the new theme you and completely copies the files over the
   current theme. If your theme changes are made on the template and not through
   an administration backend through the WordPress backend it will be over-written.
 * You should backup your current theme before updating and save it to your hard
   drive, and in the future if you are going to make changes you should consider
   making a child theme out of it, or adding in a secondary stylesheet that will
   not be overwritten for future upgrades.

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