[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #21931: White screen of death if theme can't be found

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#21931: White screen of death if theme can't be found
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 Reporter:  ericlewis                            |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement                          |      Status:  reopened
 Priority:  normal                               |   Milestone:  Future
Component:  Themes                               |  Release
 Severity:  normal                               |     Version:
 Keywords:  2nd-opinion dev-feedback ux-error-   |  Resolution:
  recovery                                       |     Focuses:
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Changes (by danielbachhuber):

 * milestone:  Awaiting Review => Future Release


Comment:

 +1 to showing different messages based on user capability.

 The WSOD still trips me up when I come across it. The first few times it
 happened, I remember losing an hour trying to figure out why my frontend
 didn't load.

 +100 to showing a message when the theme can't be found.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/21931#comment:24>
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