WordPress Child Theme

Changes you make may be lost when updates to WordPress themes arrive. So if you sub-theme the theme you’re using, these updates won’t affect the image of your site.

You can make Child Theme very easily with the sample codes I will give below.

Step one: Create a folder for the Child theme

In the directory where your site is located (usually in the public_html folder) go to public_html> wp-content> themes folder, right click and create a new folder. Name the folder you created by typing -child after the name of the theme you use. (For example, like online-shop-child.)

Step two: Create a new style.css file

Create a file named style.css in the folder public_html> wp-content> themes> online-shop-child. Add the following codes in it.

/*
 Theme Name:   Online Shop Child
 Theme URI:    https://www.acmethemes.com/themes/online-shop
 Description:  Online Shop Child Theme
 Author:       acmethemes
 Author URI:   https://www.acmethemes.com/
 Template:     online-shop
 Version:      1.3.5
 Text Domain:  online-shop-child
 License: GNU General Public License v2 or later
 License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
*/

The place you will notice here is the Template and Text Domain lines. Template points to the main theme, Text Domain points to the child theme.

Third step: create functions.php file

This file provides advanced customization to your theme.

Create a file named functions.php in the folder public_html> wp-content> themes> online-shop-child. Add the following codes in it.

<?php
add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'my_theme_enqueue_styles' );
function my_theme_enqueue_styles() {
    wp_enqueue_style( 'parent-style', get_template_directory_uri() . '/style.css' );
 
}

Step four: Enable the Child theme

Go to the WordPress admin panel and click on Appearance> Themes. Activate your new child theme.

Updates coming to your theme can no longer affect changes you make to the theme.