[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #60248: Unable to delete theme placed in subdirectory

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#60248: Unable to delete theme placed in subdirectory
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 Reporter:  wildworks     |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Themes        |    Version:
 Severity:  normal        |   Keywords:
  Focuses:                |
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 Originally reported in the Create Block Theme plugin repository:
 https://github.com/WordPress/create-block-theme/issues/500

 Themes located in the subdirectory are recognized as installed themes and
 can be activated. On the other hand, themes located in the subdirectory
 will fail to be deleted. For example, if you delete the Twenrty Twenrty-
 three theme placed in the `wp-content/test` directory, the following
 response will be returned.

 {{{
 {
     "success": false,
     "data": {
         "delete": "theme",
         "slug": "testtwentytwentythree",
         "errorMessage": "The requested theme does not exist."
     }
 }
 }}}

 On the other hand, plugins placed in the subdirectory are not displayed as
 installed plugins.

 My question is whether a theme placed in the subdirectory should be
 recognized as a valid theme in the first place.

 The Create Block Theme plugin allows you to clone a theme by specifying
 the subdirectory. Also, in the PR below, there seems to be a case where
 the theme is placed in a subfolder.

 https://github.com/WordPress/create-block-theme/pull/368

   One of the items in the "Edit" screen is now 'Theme Subfolder'. This was
 one of the primary things that I needed to add in order to work with
 themes with Revisr. When a theme is installed from a .zip file it's
 installed at the top-level of wp-content/themes. However to manage themes
 in a git repo (such as our /pub free themes) that theme needs to be in a
 subfolder. This new functionality lets a user move the theme from a top-
 level into a subfolder (or move it around into another subfolder, etc).
 This works my simply moving the folder and then re-activating the theme
 with the new location information

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