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WordPress How to Make a Website with WordPress Customizing WordPress Themes How to Make Child Themes

Adam Slaker
Adam Slaker
9,995 Points
Posted by Adam Slaker
Adam Slaker
9,995 Points

How do you properly create a child theme? Wordpress says that the one I have created is missing a template.

During the video that describes how to create a child theme, I think that I am doing something wrong after opening up the style.css file for the twentythirteen theme. I was wondering if someone could clarify how you would go about properly creating a child theme.

3 Answers

James Gill
James Gill
Courses Plus Student 34,936 Points

Adam,

That's a large topic, but the most basic steps are:

  1. create a directory for your new theme in wp-content/themes (so, wp-content/themes/your-new-theme).
  2. Create a file named "style.css" in that new directory, and customize it as you wish. That style.css must contain some specific text--you can find it here: http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes

That's the absolute minimum you need to create a child theme.

Adam Slaker
Adam Slaker
9,995 Points
Adam Slaker
Adam Slaker
9,995 Points

Awesome! Thanks James, I will give that a shot! Thanks for the quick response.

Adam Slaker
Adam Slaker
9,995 Points
Adam Slaker
Adam Slaker
9,995 Points

Tried out your link and it worked just fine. Thanks again James!