{"id":432,"date":"2014-09-04T00:02:56","date_gmt":"2014-09-04T06:02:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/weblizar.com\/?p=432"},"modified":"2025-08-07T10:06:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T04:36:08","slug":"make-child-theme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weblizar.com\/blog\/make-child-theme\/","title":{"rendered":"Make Child Theme"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Howdy..<\/p>\n<p>Today , Everybody want their Themes should be customized according their requirements . Customization can be done either doing HARD-CODING\u00a0 with in the themes.<\/p>\n<p>But I&#8217;d suggest you all to Go with Child Theme.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is Child Theme : <em>Child Theme is a Modified Version of The Parent Theme without modifying the Parent Theme&#8217;s Code.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Why We need this : <em>As I stated above , In child we don&#8217;t edit or modify the line of code in parent theme and this help us , when we update our parent theme we do not lose the modification we have done in the child theme.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Okay Then It is time to start the making our own new Child Theme.<\/p>\n<p>Step 1.) Here I&#8217;ve named my new Child Theme with Weblizar-Child , Because It is the Child of Theme Weblizar. Here we go, Create a New Folder called &#8220;weblizar-child&#8221; [ you can chose your own name ] .<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/weblizar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/ct1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-435\" src=\"https:\/\/weblizar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/ct1.png\" alt=\"Child Theme\" width=\"714\" height=\"183\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Step 2.) Now make a new <strong>Stylesheet<\/strong> for the Child Theme, this <strong>Stylesheet<\/strong> will import the Whole CSS of the Parent Theme <strong>Weblizar\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/weblizar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/ct21.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-437\" src=\"https:\/\/weblizar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/ct21.png\" alt=\"stylesheet\" width=\"521\" height=\"227\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Step 3.) Open up above created Stylesheet -&gt; style.css, In the header of the stylesheet. Add <em>THEME NAME: ,\u00a0Template: And also Import Parent Stylesheet into Child Themes style.css<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/weblizar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/ct3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-438\" src=\"https:\/\/weblizar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/ct3.png\" alt=\"ct3\" width=\"1507\" height=\"650\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Step 4.) Add Screenshot with Resolution of 880 x 660 px for your Child Theme. That&#8217;s It, Now Go to your WordPress Admin Dashboard. You can See your new Child Theme.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/weblizar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/ct4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-439\" src=\"https:\/\/weblizar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/ct4.png\" alt=\"Activate Child Theme\" width=\"1286\" height=\"773\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This was a basic Tutorial for how to a Make Child Theme, You can modify your child theme both in code &amp; in styles.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks<\/p>\n<p>For more amazing blog posts, follow our <a href=\"https:\/\/weblizar.com\/blog\/\">blog page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Howdy.. Today , Everybody want their Themes should be customized according their requirements . Customization can be done either doing HARD-CODING\u00a0 with in the themes. But I&#8217;d suggest you all to Go with Child Theme. 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