Customise Your WordPress Theme Without Losing Changes Every Time It Updates
A WordPress child theme inherits the functionality and styling of a parent theme while letting you make changes that survive theme updates. Without a child theme, every time your parent theme updates, your custom CSS, functions, and template changes disappear. Here is how to create one — no coding experience required.
“A child theme is the difference between customising your site once and customising it every time the theme updates. Five minutes of setup saves hours of rework.”
Creating a Child Theme
Method 1: Use a plugin. Child Theme Configurator creates a child theme from any installed parent theme with one click. It analyses the parent theme and sets up the child theme with the correct files and configuration. Method 2: Manual creation. Create a folder in /wp-content/themes/ named yourtheme-child. Create a style.css file with a header comment identifying the parent theme. Create a functions.php file that enqueues the parent theme’s stylesheet. Activate the child theme in WordPress. Your site looks identical — but now any CSS, PHP, or template changes you make to the child theme will survive parent theme updates. For professional customisation, see our WordPress Services page.
“A child theme is insurance against losing your customisations. Build one before you modify anything — even if the only change you plan to make today is a single line of CSS.”
