Current Theme not displayed as Activated in Theme Chooser

  • I recently upgraded a users WordPress installation, and used their previous database.

    wp_options was showing TwentyEleven as:
    template
    stylesheet
    current_theme

    But it was not appearing as the Current Theme in the Theme Chooser. And I could not activate the other themes.

    I overwrote the above 3 database entries, and now can activate different themes (and use the corresponding options/widgets/etc), however the themes do not appear as Current.

    This is screengrab of what I see currently:

    Any ideas of what I need to change to get this back to normal?

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  • The theme may not be compatible with WP 3.2.1. Try switching to the Twenty Eleven theme by renaming your current theme’s folder in wp-content/themes and adding “-old” to the end of the folder name using FTP or whatever file management application your host provides.

    Thread Starter bahia0019

    (@bahia0019)

    Hey Esmi,
    Thanks, but the theme is compatible with 3.2.1. And I get the same situation with TwentyEleven when I have it activated as well.

    Have you tried:

    – deactivating all plugins to see if this resolves the problem. If this works, re-activate the plugins one by one until you find the problematic plugin(s).

    – resetting the plugins folder by FTP or PhpMyAdmin. Sometimes, an apparently inactive plugin can still cause problems.

    – re-uploading the wp-admin and wp-includes folders from a fresh download of WordPress.

    Thread Starter bahia0019

    (@bahia0019)

    Plugins are usually my first thing to check. This ain’t it though.
    I did replace the wp-admin and includes folders, but that didn’t do it either.

    I still think this is a database issue, but I don’t know which table to edit for this…

    Have you downloaded the patch for your theme yet?

    Thread Starter bahia0019

    (@bahia0019)

    That’s not an issue, it’s a small patch for the Media Uploader.

    This problem is Theme Agnostic. It happens when Twenty Eleven is activated as well.

    But themes can, and sometimes, do affect the back end of a site. Since the patch is needed to ensure compatibility with 3.2.1, I suggest you try it.

    Thread Starter bahia0019

    (@bahia0019)

    No dice. Upgraded. Same issue.

    Did you reset the plugin’s folder using Phpmyadmin? Or just deactivate the individual plugins? Sometimes you need to carry out the former.

    What happens if you rename the ProPhoto folder in wp-content/themes?

    Thread Starter bahia0019

    (@bahia0019)

    I really appreciate your efforts in trying to pinpoint this issue, but I think you’re heading in the wrong direction.

    It’s not a plugin or theme files issue, I’m fairly certain it’s a database issue.

    Just replying since I found this in Google and I have the solution.

    bahia0019 was correct, it is a database issue and it happens when your current database doesn’t allow DELETE permissions.

    If you allow your DB user to DELETE from the database, then all will be well.

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