{"id":27466,"date":"2024-11-14T15:27:19","date_gmt":"2024-11-14T14:27:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.digitizer.rs\/news-stories\/what-is-a-child-theme-in-wordpress-and-when-is-it-used\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T15:34:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T14:34:21","slug":"what-is-a-child-theme-in-wordpress-and-when-is-it-used","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.digitizer.rs\/en\/news-stories\/what-is-a-child-theme-in-wordpress-and-when-is-it-used\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a child theme in WordPress and when to use it?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1587386989437{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1654862947669{padding-bottom: 10px !important;}&#8221;]<span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans';\">In this article, we will try to answer the questions of what is <em>a child<\/em> theme in <em>WordPress<\/em>, when and why should you create <em>a child<\/em> theme? We hope that after reading this article, you will have a clear understanding of what <em>a child<\/em> theme is and whether you should use it. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans';\"><em>The WordPress<\/em> <em>parent <\/em>theme is designed to be used as a parent theme template where all the functionality is located. For this reason, <em>parent <\/em>topics are also known as the thematic framework. This framework is actually a library of code that is used to facilitate the development of a theme. This allows for the existence of a centralized location where all functions are located.   <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">What is a child theme in WordPress?<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans';\"><em>A child <\/em>theme is a <em>WordPress <\/em>theme that inherits its functionality from another theme, the <em>parent <\/em>theme. <em>Child <\/em>themes are mostly used when you want to customize an existing <em>WordPress <\/em>theme without losing the ability to upgrade or update that theme. In the old days of WordPress, there were major problems with the way themes were developed and maintained. There was no good way to upgrade and update <em>WordPress <\/em>themes, without losing all the theme customizations that had been made up to that point. This prompted the <em>WordPress <\/em>community to correct the above problem by introducing the concept of <em>parent <\/em>and <em>child <\/em>themes.     <\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image source=&#8221;external_link&#8221; external_img_size=&#8221;600&#215;400&#8243; css_animation=&#8221;fadeIn&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; external_style=&#8221;vc_box_rounded&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1587589663387{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;}&#8221; img_hover=&#8221;fade-out&#8221; custom_src=&#8221;https:\/\/drive.google.com\/uc?id=1B15fBRECntGZYkzeE9puflAiqUuLEr-B&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1587589798272{padding-top: 15px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;}&#8221;]<span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans';\">The problem that existed before the introduction of this concept, as we have already mentioned, was that any eventual update of the theme would lead to the loss of all the adjustments that had been made to the theme until then. On the other hand, if the detected errors in the code were not corrected, the sites became easy prey for hacking and abuse. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans';\">The existence of a <em>parent <\/em>theme allows for the release of new updates, but which will not affect the <em>child <\/em>theme or any settings on it. If there is a need to fix a bug or omission, it has become very easy to release a new update without modifying anything on <em>the child <\/em>theme. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans';\"><em> <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">The Relationship Between Parent and Child<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans';\"><em>The Child <\/em>theme inherits all the functionality of the <em>parent<\/em> theme without any changes to the parent theme. This allowed users to change the style of the parent theme and add or modify features without losing the ability to update the <em>parent <\/em>theme. <\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image source=&#8221;external_link&#8221; external_img_size=&#8221;600&#215;400&#8243; css_animation=&#8221;fadeIn&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; external_style=&#8221;vc_box_rounded&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1587589693122{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;}&#8221; img_hover=&#8221;fade-out&#8221; custom_src=&#8221;https:\/\/drive.google.com\/uc?id=1b33ZEROXgZMW5G2RcISWzV6RZdUsaMUR&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1587588545257{padding-top: 10px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;}&#8221;]<span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans';\">Theoretically, every <em>WordPress <\/em>theme can have <em>a child <\/em>theme, but still not all themes are good themes for a <em>parent<\/em> theme. In many cases, however, programming knowledge is needed to determine if the theme is suitable for <em>a child <\/em>theme or if everything will work as it should. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600; font-family: 'Open Sans';\">When to use a child theme?<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans';\">The decision to use a <em>child <\/em>theme largely depends on your needs. <em>A child <\/em>theme is recommended if you are constantly adding new features to your website or frequently changing <em>the style.css on the <\/em>theme. In these cases, we strongly recommend that you use <em>a child <\/em>theme. <em>Child <\/em>themes solve this problem by allowing you to add your own customizations to them. This way, when you update the parent theme, all your changes will remain intact.  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans';\">The discomfort you may have is that using <em>a child<\/em> theme still requires some knowledge of the code. This is a necessary prerequisite if you want everything to work properly and for all the potential of <em>the child<\/em> theme to be used. <\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image source=&#8221;external_link&#8221; external_img_size=&#8221;600&#215;400&#8243; css_animation=&#8221;fadeIn&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; external_style=&#8221;vc_box_rounded&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1587589735695{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;}&#8221; img_hover=&#8221;fade-out&#8221; custom_src=&#8221;https:\/\/drive.google.com\/uc?id=1_bihwmx4iCRssJ5hoecPRRGZlPjQshB6&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1587588681016{padding-top: 10px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;}&#8221;]<span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans';\">Installing a <em>child<\/em> theme is no different from the usual <em>WordPress theme<\/em> <span style=\"color: #fd6600;\"><a style=\"color: #fd6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.digitizer.rs\/news-stories\/kako-se-instalira-wordpress-tema\/\">installation we wrote about here<\/a><\/span>. 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