If my site is hosted on my own existing host provider, and I switch to wordpress theme, do I have to transfer every file?

Question

I have a site with about 15 pages of content, and some 50 pages of php scripts. They are all hosted on my existing hosting which I had for a long time.

What I want to do is use a wordpress template. What will happen to the files on my current hosting? Can they stay as they are? And is the wordpress template essentially just css and some images?

Thanks!

Answer 1

Best is to convert the existing site to a working Wordpress theme .

Existing pages can be made into Page Templates .

If you are using custom functions, etc, you can include them into Functions.php.

Once you have a working theme, install Wordpress on the site's root directory and activate the theme.