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WordPress How to Make a Website with WordPress Customizing WordPress Themes How to Make Child Themes

Lisbeth van Lintel
Lisbeth van Lintel
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Posted by Lisbeth van Lintel
Lisbeth van Lintel
4,041 Points

Why not use the wordpress admin function to make a child theme?

When a theme is installed, you can click on the button to make a childtheme. So much easier! Or what am I missing? I should add that I have the plugin 'Child themify' installed.

2 Answers

Jonathan Grieve
MOD
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 Points
Jonathan Grieve
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 Points

That's an interesting thought.

I'm not sure how advanced that plugin is. I think the idea behind child themes is that you make very specific and custom changes to a theme, which is by it's very nature a custom and deliberate designed web layout.

Lisbeth van Lintel
Lisbeth van Lintel
4,041 Points
Lisbeth van Lintel
Lisbeth van Lintel
4,041 Points

I suppose you're right, the plugin helps to safeguard a site from developer's changes. But I don't know if the child theme files created by this plugin can be altered.