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I’ve seen many complaints from Wordpress users that they see a white screen while changing the theme of their blog. To overcome this problem below is a simple method you should opt while changing your Wordpress theme.
1. First login to your Wordpress dashboard
2. In the left hand side, under Plugins click on Installed.
3. Put a tick on the checkbox beside Plugin to select all the Plugins
4. Now, at the top from the drop down menu, select Deactivate and click on Apply button. This will deactivate all the installed plugins.
5. Now you can activate your Wordpress theme without any problem.
6. Do not forget to activate all the plugins again.
Why to disable all the plugins
Sometimes there exists a conflict between the theme and installed plugins. So, if you face any white screen issue while activating your theme, you can follow the procedure above.
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Gaganpreet Singh on December 14, 2009 | Filed Under Wordpress
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I have actually never had the problem of the white screen, guess I’m lucky
Thanks for this tip, will note it down for future reference.
I am a person who is never satisfied with my blogs theme and that is why I tweak my theme most of the times. But I have never encountered any of such error’s though..
Any ways, a good info.
Thanks for your article I am learning about wordpress before migrating my blog. this will help me like a newbie in blogging
Till now I never deactivated plugins while changing themes. I think am fortunate as I never encountered any error.
Thanks for the tip.
This is an interesting tip..thanks bro..
This is really interesting.. I faced similar problem once and found this solution in wordpress support.. Thanks for the share..
Loved the tip..!..Well thanks for the share….! I faced this problem and had to restore my backup..! Well thanks.!
hi I think latest akismet has no problem when we change the theme..
Even i never had such problem but i do deactivate few plugins to avoid conflicts. One of the plugin is wp super cache and other is theme tester.
Thanks for the share.
I never face the problem before…Thanks, maybe I’ll need it =)