The Requested Theme Does Not Exist Error in WordPress
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If you ever modify a theme in WordPress, you may have encountered the error “The Requested Theme Does Not Exist” when trying to save or go back and edit the theme again. This nuissance can be easily fixed. There are 2 main reasons for recieiving this error message.
The first reason is file and folder permissions. You need to be sure that the folder and files within the theme folder are able to be read by the public. Setting all files to “644″ should be sufficient. Depending on your hosting provider, shell access, or FTP client, will dictate the easiest way to achieve this.
The second reason this can happen is due to alterations to the style.css file within the theme. At the top of this file is a comment that is read by WordPress — providing information about the theme including it’s name. The comment will look similar to:
/*
Theme name: WebPaths Theme
Description: A lightweight, three-column, fixed-width WordPress theme.
Author: Bill Ritz
Author URI: http://www.webpaths.com/
Version: 2.2
Tags: white, three columns, blue, light, minimal
For the WordPress community (GPL), enjoy it guys.
*/
If this code within the stylesheet is missing, WordPress cannot find the theme for editing. The easiest fix is to simply restore the information. If that isn’t possible, copy and paste the stylesheet comment above into your stylesheet.css file. When you go back to your Themes menu, you will now see a theme named “WebPaths Theme”. Simply activate this theme and you will now be able to once again use the built in editor.
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Followed you instructions, but it didn’t initially worked, I need to select the same theme and activate it again.
Thanks and God Bless..