Description
A child theme is a WordPress template that inherits all features and characteristics of another theme, called the parent theme.
Creating a child theme, it allows you to edit or add functionality to your template without having to overwrite any of the parent theme files, risking making mistakes or losing your job when you make updates.
This plugin will generate a child theme in few steps, quickly and safely, it will not slow down your website or spam your database.
Child Theme Generator is available in:
- English
- Italian
- Danish (thanks to Finn Sommer Jensen)
Credits
- Based on WordPress Plugin Boilerplate, (C) Devin Vinson, GPLv2 or later
Screenshots
Go to Settings, then click onChild-Theme Gen
Select a parent-theme from drop-down menu, then fill out the form (all fields are optional): 
Finally, check on Activate child theme(optional) if you wish activate immediately, then click onFinishedbutton to complete.
Installation
From your WordPress dashboard:
- Visit
Plugins > Add New - Search for
Child Theme Generator - Activate Child Theme Generator from your Plugins page.
From WordPress.org
- Download
child-theme-generator.zip - Upload the
child-theme-generatordirectory to your/wp-content/plugins/directory, using your favourite method (ftp, sftp, scp, etc…) - Activate
Child Theme Generatorfrom your Plugins page.
FAQ
- Can I change Child theme screenshot?
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Only via ftp.
- How to use this plugin?
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Install the plugin and activate it. Then go to Admin > Settings > Child-Theme Gen. Then select on a parent theme, fill out the fileds (optional) and the plugin will create a child theme for you.
- My child theme is created, can I remove the plugin safely?
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Yes, you can.
Reviews
Contributors & Developers
“Child Theme Generator” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
Contributors
“Child Theme Generator” has been translated into 4 locales. Thank you to the translators for their contributions.
Translate “Child Theme Generator” into your language.
Interested in development?
Browse the code, check out the SVN repository, or subscribe to the development log by RSS.
Changelog
2.2.4
Field $new_child_theme[‘title’] fixed, cannot start with numbers
2.2.4
Fixed add_submenu_page
2.1.2.1
Fixed pot file, added translation to plugin description
2.1.2
Danish language added
2.1.1
Fixed bugs some typos
2.1
Fixed bugs related to directory-name child-theme-generator
2.0.1
Updated screenshot-1.png, screenshot-2.png, screenshot-3.png
Added ‘Credits’ section in README.txt
2.0
Graphic layout improved, internationalization support added.
1.0
First version