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How To Disable New Default WordPress Themes



In this quick tutorial, I will show you how to permanently prevent the new default WordPress theme from installing on your Divi website.

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Stop It, WordPress!
Whenever we create a fresh installation of WordPress, we get a few default themes that all of us usually delete when we install the Divi theme. But every year during a major WordPress update, we get the next default theme installed automatically, and it is very annoying to delete them all every year on every site. I’m not sure who thought it was a good idea, but I consider it bloatware. So let’s put a stop to it! In this quick tutorial, I will show you how to permanently prevent the new default WordPress theme from installing on your website.

Place The Code To Disable New Default WordPress Themes From Appearing
Now you are ready to do this! Here are the steps to take. Be sure to follow along with the video, it will help!

Browse to the root folder of the site, usually the “public_html” folder.
Open/edit the wp-config.php file.
Locate the line that says “/* That’s all, stop editing! Happy publishing. */”
Place the code given below ABOVE that line.
define(‘CORE_UPGRADE_SKIP_NEW_BUNDLED’, true);

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Written by:
Abdul Wahid
Published on:
December 22, 2022

Categories: VideosTags: Disable core upgrade new theme, Disable new themes Divi, Disable twenty, Disable twenty theme, Disable wordpress core bundle, Disable WordPress default theme, Prevent new themes WordPress, Prevent WordPress default theme, skip bundled WordPress themes, turn off wordpress themes, Wordpress default themes, wordpress themes

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  1. Trish Meyer

    December 22, 2022 at 10:45 pm

    Thanks! Great tip. I have over a dozen DIVI sites I'm maintaining and agree it's very annoying to have unnecessary themes added automatically. If you add up all those themes, that's hundreds if not thousands of files that my VPS is managing and backing up etc. I know what I'll be doing for the next half hour…

  2. Visualmodo

    December 22, 2022 at 10:45 pm

    Very good job!

  3. jr downunder

    December 22, 2022 at 10:45 pm

    Hello Nelson,

    I would like to thank you for your work, I have subscribed to your channel and regularly check out your helpful tips & tricks.

    I like your videos because they are always kept very compact, very well explained and documented on your blog.

    Keep it up

    Many greetings

    Jürgen

  4. thegrahams100

    December 22, 2022 at 10:45 pm

    thanks for this, super relaxed presentation style makes watching and listening SO easy

  5. Mathieu Yuill

    December 22, 2022 at 10:45 pm

    Simple process for those who want to stop WP from auto loading these and then being forced to update them.

  6. Greg Dombowsky

    December 22, 2022 at 10:45 pm

    I am not sure if I am missing something here but 1) I don't think that the theme hurts anything and 2) removing it is super easy. I only watched the beginning of the video but he doesn't explain why it is necessary to go through this procedure.

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