rhaft22

I discovered the problem with my installation. The MySQL user that was specified in the wp-config file to access the WP db did not have the “DELETE” privilege which is required to change the theme. The code tries to delete the “current_theme” option from the wp_options table – when the op fails due to an access denied error the code falls back to using the default theme. I changed the MySQL user privileges and the Current Theme now updates as different themes were selected.

The problem was easily solved after I took a look at the Apache server’s log file and saw the error msg generated by WP when the MySQL error occurred.

I just installed a clean copy of 2.7 and then a theme (essence) from iThemes. I have the same problem with the Current Theme stuck on WordPress Default 1.6 even after a different theme is selected. While the correct theme displays to the user, when I create pages the available page templates are the defaults found in the Default 1.6 theme. Any resolution for this issue? It is very problematic given that theme page templates can not be properly selected for themes other than the Default 1.6.