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Posted by Thijs Smeets
Thijs Smeets
323 Points

Child theme setup within one/click install

Is it possible to set up a child theme if you work in wordpress via one-click install. I don`t have a ftp database now, so how do i set up a child theme install?

3 Answers

Marko Zelic
Marko Zelic
727 Points
Marko Zelic
Marko Zelic
727 Points

This could be a short term solution http://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-filemanager/ but i don't know how you plan to do any development without ftp access.

As to the one click approach, i don't think there is a plugin regardless of theme. There are some starter themes that include already set up child themes.

Thijs Smeets
Thijs Smeets
323 Points

Thanks Marko, i`ll look into it!

Matt Campbell
Matt Campbell
9,767 Points
Matt Campbell
Matt Campbell
9,767 Points

The point of a child theme is to make custom alterations to the parent theme so how would a one click install work when everybody who uses a child theme is doing so for different reasons? Theme installation is one click already but child theme install can't be.

Without FTP access, you're going to find it very cumbersome developing. Why don't you have FTP and hosting access?

Thijs Smeets
Thijs Smeets
323 Points
Thijs Smeets
Thijs Smeets
323 Points

Hi Matthew, thanks for your reply. To be true, i don`t know. I just clicked the "one-click-install" button in my controlpanel from my webhosting account. So Wordpress was installed automatically and i can now work on the site via the domain.com/wp-admin area. I will have to go check on it as you say to get the FTP acces in the database, i am sure there must be a way, now i know what to look for, thanks!