{"id":21219,"date":"2023-08-14T10:30:37","date_gmt":"2023-08-14T08:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpbeveiligen.nl\/?p=21219"},"modified":"2023-07-06T10:31:36","modified_gmt":"2023-07-06T08:31:36","slug":"have-a-default-theme-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpbeveiligen.nl\/en\/have-a-default-theme-available\/","title":{"rendered":"Have a default theme available"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I understand your concerns about having a default fallback theme available as a &#8220;fallback&#8221; option in WordPress.<\/p>\n<p>Having a default theme, especially a WordPress Twenty- series theme, is something you may prefer not to have on your server. It goes against the logic of another diagnostic point we mentioned: <a href=\"https:\/\/wpbeveiligen.nl\/je-zou-inactieve-themas-moeten-verwijderen\/\">you should remove inactive themes<\/a>, where we explain that inactive themes can be potential entry points for hackers and scripts.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Yes, a fallback theme ensures that your website is still accessible in case of an error.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>However, you may not want to see how your website looks with a default theme, and the potential risks associated with using an outdated default theme. In such cases, it may be preferable to see a blank page or an error message that you can address and resolve as quickly as possible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I understand your concerns about having a default fallback theme available as a &#8220;fallback&#8221; option in WordPress. Having a default theme, especially a WordPress Twenty- series theme, is something you may prefer not to have on your server. It goes against the logic of another diagnostic point we mentioned: you should remove inactive themes, where [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":15973,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[202],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpbeveiligen.nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21219"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpbeveiligen.nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpbeveiligen.nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpbeveiligen.nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpbeveiligen.nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21219"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wpbeveiligen.nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21219\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpbeveiligen.nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpbeveiligen.nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpbeveiligen.nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpbeveiligen.nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}