WordPress Ideas » Topic: Multiple Theme Customization on Active Site

hundegeschirr on "Multiple Theme Customization on Active Site"

hundegeschirr — Sat, 11 Feb 2017 18:13:14 +0000

Douglas, im thinking the same way. Its verdy dificult to update the themes, without losing all the custom codes etc. Sure, we can workd with childthemes, but it would be much easier, to update the themes directly without losing the custom codes!

Ipstenu (Mika Epstein) on "Multiple Theme Customization on Active Site"

Ipstenu (Mika Epstein) — Fri, 20 Jan 2017 22:26:23 +0000

There wouldn't be much theme settings in the database cause no one change the theme every day.

This is not actually a correct assumption.

People don't change the THEME daily, but they do make minor adjustments to what their theme controls a lot.

Menus. Widgets. Settings. :)

rasierenohnepickel on "Multiple Theme Customization on Active Site"

rasierenohnepickel — Fri, 20 Jan 2017 13:43:56 +0000

i think thats a good idea. There wouldn't be much theme settings in the database cause no one change the theme every day. But it would help to try some new themes, it would be easier

Cheers

Douglas Karr on "Multiple Theme Customization on Active Site"

Douglas Karr — Wed, 11 Jan 2017 03:13:53 +0000

There's already the ability to delete a theme via the interface. If you delete a theme, it could delete the settings.

Intimbereich on "Multiple Theme Customization on Active Site"

Intimbereich — Tue, 10 Jan 2017 20:45:47 +0000

Well, then every theme setting have to be written in the database. Over many years there would be so much theme settings written in the database... I don't think that's a good idea.

Douglas Karr on "Multiple Theme Customization on Active Site"

Douglas Karr — Sat, 31 Dec 2016 03:10:44 +0000

As the theme customize/settings functionality continues to enhance, it would be wonderful to be able to have settings for multiple themes without impacting the live site.

Use case: I'm updating my theme this weekend. I'm going to do it by building a replica site and configuring the new theme, then putting it active.

However, it would be much nicer to keep the settings WITH the theme rather than overall for the site. That would enable me to install and configure a new theme, and put it live without issues. If I wanted to switch back to the old theme, the activate button would restore the previous settings.