As the child theme inherit the functionality of that parent theme which need to install first. Making a child theme is very simple, now there are two possibilities of creating a perfect child theme. Either create child theme manually or use a simple WordPress plugin to create one. In this article we will show you how to create a child theme manually?
The child theme also placed in the same directory as /wp-content/themes. It’s necessary to install the parent theme first in order make child theme work because we know that a child theme inherit the functionality of parent theme. Follow the steps below to get started with your own child theme:
1. As we’ve Twentytwelve theme as parent theme
2. To make a child theme for it create a folder in the same directory /wp-content/themes as child-twentytwelve
3. Copy the style.css file of the parent theme in the child theme folder
4. Replace the lines from top of the style.css file and paste the following code:
/* Theme Name: Twenty Twelve Child Theme URI: https://example.com/ Description: Child theme for the Twentytwelve theme Author: Your name Author URI: https://example.com/about/ Template: twentytwelve Version: 1.0 */
Remember: don’t forget to add the name of the template your want to use for the child theme i.e, Template: Twentytwelve.
