Old WordPress theme database damaging new theme

  • Hello, I need assistance on a persistent issue. I am trying to install a new theme on a site. I am using a sub domain for it before transferring it to the main site. At the first try, after installation, when I restored the backup of the old site/theme the setup of the new theme got upended, with sidebars and widgets, footer removed.

    I opted to reinstall again, then transfer the backup separately. I used WordPress inbuilt export & import for the post, pages and media. and used Updraftplus to import the plugin and database from the old theme. All was fine, until I imported the database. The new theme arrangements, layers, sidebars, widgets and footer were all changed. It’s being a recurring issue, please, I need help on how I can resolve it.

    Thank you.

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  • Are you importing the site after you set up the new theme? If so, that’s the problem.

    The way to do it is to get the site set up as it was originally, and then apply the new theme and make all of the required changes. Using the process that you are now will always import the old database with all of the old information in it which will always overwrite any changes you did before you try to include any data.

    Alternatively, you can use a different tool (or that one still if it allows you to only import part of the data) to import only the relevant data for pages, posts, categories, etc instead of importing the entire database.

    Thread Starter afuz2020

    (@afuz2020)

    Thank you for the response.

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