WordPress Child Theme

Saroz BhandariWordPress Developer /Saroz.Bhandari @sarozMe /in/sarozme

WordPress Child Theme

A WordPress Child Theme is a theme that inherits the functionality of other theme. i.e. Parent ….

Why Use a Child Theme ?

Safe : Make changes to themes without having changes overwritten.

Quick : Speeds up a developmental time – functionality has already been written.

Easy : If you are new to development, this is a great way to learn.

“Child themes look same as the parent theme ! “

“Child theme cannot exist without its parent theme ! “

To modify the existing theme better to use child theme !

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Pros of Child theme

You can update your parent theme without losing the changes you have made. It speeds up your development time , no need to code from scratch. Modify the site the way you want. Best way to learn for the beginners. You can avoid irreversibly damaging your site by using WordPress Child

theme.

Cons of Child Theme

The main disadvantage of using Child theme is you have to understand each and every step of code used in Parent Theme.

It would be time consuming to understand the whole code. Can increase complexity if the parent theme is complex. It can effect on performance because 2 theme is loading instead of one.

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