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Bhautik Andhariya
Bhautik Andhariya

Reputation: 123

About WordPress child theme

I have created wordpress child theme from parent theme "twentythirteen". My child theme name is "twentythirteen-child".It has following content.

/*
 Theme Name:   twentythirteen-child
 Theme URI:    http://www.example.com
 Description:  A Twenty Thirteen child theme 
 Author:       WPBeginner
 Author URI:   http://www.example.com
 Template:     twentythirteen
 Version:      1.0.0
*/

@import url("../twentythirteen/style.css");

Unfortunately my child theme replaces the parent theme and newly created theme is applying when i activate child theme and there is no parent theme style is applied on webpage. How can i solve this problem?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 172

Answers (1)

serraosays
serraosays

Reputation: 7849

Couple things to try:

  • Double check to make sure your template path in the header you posted actually goes to the twenty-thirteen theme. That could be why the base styles aren't appearing.
  • Your child theme needs it's own style.css - you can't import that. Read more on the WordPress Child Theme Codex Page.
  • Make sure you didn't copy over the entire directory into the child folder. That's a common beginner mistake.
  • Your child theme is supposed to override the parent theme. It supersedes any parent theme files you put into it. For example, if you put a different page.html in the root of your child theme, it would replace the page.html from the twenty-thirteen parent theme.

Upvotes: 1

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