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Ashley
Ashley

Reputation: 19

How to create a child theme in WordPress?

I am trying to create a child theme so I can customize the parent theme but it is not working what-so-ever. I did everything I can think of:

  1. created a folder for my child theme under wp-content/themes

  2. created a style.css stylesheet and saved it in the child theme folder:

    /*
Theme Name:   Twenty Thirteen Child Theme
Description:  Twenty Thirteen Child Theme
Author:       Ashley
Template:     twentythirteen
Version:      1.0.0
*/

  3. and I went to Appearance > Themes in WordPress but no child theme showed up. I have tried it multiple times and don't know what to do.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1490

Answers (2)

Rashid Iqbal
Rashid Iqbal

Reputation: 1261

here is a simple article

  • create child theme directory
  • create styles.css
  • create functions.php

Upvotes: 0

cyrotello
cyrotello

Reputation: 747

Pretty good tutorial here: https://www.elegantthemes.com/blog/resources/wordpress-child-theme-tutorial. I've taken a snippet from it for the style.css file, and substituted bits with your info: 

/*
 Theme Name:   Twenty Thirteen Child Theme
 Description:  Twenty Thirteen Child Theme
 Author:       Ashley
 Template:     twentythirteen
 Version:      1.0.0
*/

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

/* =Theme customization starts here
------------------------------------------------------- */

Be sure to link properly to the TwentyThirteen theme's style.css file (via @import); make sure you're using the right path. Then you can proceed as normal by visiting "Appearance > Themes".

Upvotes: 1

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