Title: Viewing Theme without activating
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Viewing Theme without activating

 *  Resolved [gashbaugh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gashbaugh/)
 * (@gashbaugh)
 * [20 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/viewing-theme-without-activating/)
 * Is there a way to view how your site looks with a different theme other then 
   the one currently in use, in other words, to view a theme without activating 
   it first?
 * There’s one I want to try, but want to test it first.
 * Thanks.

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 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [20 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/viewing-theme-without-activating/#post-395877)
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugins/Admin_Tools](http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugins/Admin_Tools)
   
   Look for the Preview Theme plugin
 *  Thread Starter [gashbaugh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gashbaugh/)
 * (@gashbaugh)
 * [20 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/viewing-theme-without-activating/#post-395891)
 * neat. thanks.

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