{"id":249803,"date":"2016-11-03T16:25:42","date_gmt":"2016-11-03T16:25:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/optimizerwp.com\/?p=249803"},"modified":"2017-04-23T01:46:55","modified_gmt":"2017-04-23T01:46:55","slug":"wordpress-child-theme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/optimizerwp.com\/wordpress-child-theme\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Create a WordPress Child Theme"},"content":{"rendered":"

Using WordPress<\/a> child theme to customize your WordPress theme is the safest route possible. Because your customization will be saved in a different folder and it won\u2019t get lost when you update the parent theme.<\/p>\n

What is Child Theme?<\/h2>\n

Child theme is the mirror reflection of a\u00a0theme. Whatever changes you make to the reflection will not affect the original or parent theme. But if the parent theme makes any changes it will be visible in your child theme.<\/p>\n

Why You Should Be Using Child Themes<\/h2>\n

Using WordPress child themes to modify the theme is one of the safest and recommended way. Your changes will not be deleted if your parent theme gets updated. Another benefit of using child theme is if your child theme modification creates issue you can always deactivate the child and revert back to parent theme.<\/p>\n

How To set Up\u00a0a WordPress Child Theme<\/h2>\n
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  1. Creating a Child Theme Manually<\/li>\n
  2. Creating a Child Theme Using Plugin<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Requirements:<\/h4>\n

    Make sure your parent theme is present in the Appearance -> Themes page, otherwise it will not work.<\/p>\n

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    Creating a Child Theme Manually<\/h2>\n

    Step 1:<\/strong> Create a folder and name it anything you like. Ex: optimizer-child
    \nStep 2:<\/strong> Create a file titled style.css
    \nStep 3:<\/strong> Open the style.css and write below information
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