{"id":1500,"date":"2023-06-14T14:58:32","date_gmt":"2023-06-14T18:58:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wpdefinition.com\/definition\/theme\/"},"modified":"2023-06-14T14:58:32","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T18:58:32","slug":"theme","status":"publish","type":"glossary","link":"https:\/\/www.wpdefinition.com\/en\/definition\/theme\/","title":{"rendered":"Theme"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a WordPress site, the theme is responsible for displaying and presenting content.<\/p>\n<p>The theme defines the layout structure of a page, including the arrangement of elements, colors, and fonts. However, it&#8217;s important to note that only one theme can be active at a time, even if multiple themes are installed. Changing the theme is as simple as a single click in the <em>Appearance<\/em> menu.<\/p>\n<p>Typically, themes do not include site-specific features. Extensions or plugins are responsible for managing additional features.<\/p>\n<p>If you intend to modify a theme created by a third party for your site, it is highly recommended to create a child theme. A child theme is essentially a derivative of another theme. It&#8217;s important to avoid making changes directly to a theme you didn&#8217;t create, as this will prevent you from applying future updates. If you modify a theme and then update it, all your changes will be lost.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Please note<\/strong>: a theme should not be confused with a page template. These are two separate concepts with different functions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a WordPress site, the theme is responsible for displaying and presenting content. The theme defines the layout structure of a page, including the arrangement of elements, colors, and fonts. However, it&#8217;s important to note that only one theme can be active at a time, even if multiple themes are installed. Changing the theme is&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","glossary-cat":[36,31,32],"class_list":["post-1500","glossary","type-glossary","status-publish","hentry","glossary-cat-apparence-en","glossary-cat-global-en","glossary-cat-maintenance-en"],"related_terms":"themes","external_url":"","internal_reference_id":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wpdefinition.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/1500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wpdefinition.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wpdefinition.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/glossary"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wpdefinition.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wpdefinition.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/1500\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wpdefinition.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"glossary-cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wpdefinition.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary-cat?post=1500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}