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Themes Guides for WordPress
2 guides cover themes problems in WordPress, from the first symptom to the fix that holds.
A theme controls everything your visitors see, which is why a bad theme update or a functions.php typo can take the whole site down. The guides here cover recovering from theme failures, switching themes safely when you cannot reach the dashboard, fixing broken layouts and stylesheets after updates, and using child themes so customisations survive the next update.
WordPress Theme Broke After an Update: How to Recover It
A theme update wiped your layout or your customizations. Here is how I roll it back without losing content.
Jun 10, 2026
WordPress CSS Broken After an Update: How to Restore It
Site looks like plain HTML from 1998 after an update? It is almost never lost styling. Here is what to check.
Jun 9, 2026