Title: WordPress theme not displaying properly Last modified: August 20, 2016 --- # WordPress theme not displaying properly * [parkerwoodward](https://wordpress.org/support/users/parkerwoodward/) * (@parkerwoodward) * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-theme-not-displaying-properly/) * Hello, * I’m somewhat new to WordPress and just thought someone could help me. * My theme is not displaying correctly. I’ve tried it in Chrome and Firefox and both are giving the same display. Basically, the content appears, but in a very simplified manner. * I’ve tried reinstalling wordpress, switching theme, and all to no avail. * Also, I am able to see the site correctly formatted when I’m logged into my Admin account, but when logged out it just doesn’t display correctly. * Any help would be greatly appreciated. Site is [http://www.beachtravelvacation.com](http://www.beachtravelvacation.com) * thanks in advance : ) Viewing 6 replies - 1 through 6 (of 6 total) * [Jonas Grumby](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ss_minnow/) * (@ss_minnow) * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-theme-not-displaying-properly/#post-2127934) * The link to your stylesheet is incorrect. * `` * Thread Starter [parkerwoodward](https://wordpress.org/support/users/parkerwoodward/) * (@parkerwoodward) * [14 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-theme-not-displaying-properly/#post-2128299) * Hi Jonas, Thanks for such a quick reply. I’ve been unable to figure out how to fix the link to my stylesheet. * I am showing my underbelly as a newbie here. How do I fix this? * Frustrated and tired or searching for the answer, * Parker * P.S. many thanks for your help * [Rev. Voodoo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rvoodoo/) * (@rvoodoo) * [14 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-theme-not-displaying-properly/#post-2128300) * Something is going on with w3 total cache * Cached pages are served when not logged in If you are logged in, you don’t get the cache That’s why you have the discrepency * Unfortunately I don’t know a thing about w3tc, but that is where to direct your attention * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [14 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-theme-not-displaying-properly/#post-2128301) * There’s also been an issue with the recent version of W3TC and minifying. Try turning this off in W3TC. * Thread Starter [parkerwoodward](https://wordpress.org/support/users/parkerwoodward/) * (@parkerwoodward) * [14 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-theme-not-displaying-properly/#post-2128303) * Thanks everyone for the quick responses. * I disabled W3TC and it fixed the problem. I probably don’t even need to mess around with that plugin yet as I’m still learning everything I can. I just read about it and heard it was a good thing to have. Maybe a bit too advanced for me right now. * Thanks again. * [mattpickus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mattpickus/) * (@mattpickus) * [14 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-theme-not-displaying-properly/#post-2128304) * I had the same problem and traced it down to the CDN configuration in W3TC. Are you using a mirror server or other CDN to serve up your pages? I was but I mistyped the mirror name in the CDN configuration. Even though it was wrong, I still got a “Test Passed” response from the test button. * The problem is that W3TC is attempting to serve your CSS and such from an non- existent mirror. I draws the page contents from the page cache, but the rest of your theme is missing in action. The other way to discover this is to totally disable all types of caching on W3TC in the General tab and clear the cache. Then reenable each service one by one, clearing the cache and reloading your site each time. While the process of elimination is tedious, eventually you will find the setting that “breaks” your site and then you can figure out how to fix it. * This guide was pretty helpful for me. Once I got it working my site got a 94/ 100 score, and all of the lost points come from slow loading ads coming from Google and Amazon! Viewing 6 replies - 1 through 6 (of 6 total) The topic ‘WordPress theme not displaying properly’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [display](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/display/) * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 6 replies * 5 participants * Last reply from: [mattpickus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mattpickus/) * Last activity: [14 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-theme-not-displaying-properly/#post-2128304) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics