How to Create a WordPress Child Theme

Watch as I create a Child Theme for WordPress development so that my changes are preserved if and when the Parent Theme is updated at a later date.

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If you’d like to follow along install the Writee Theme on a testing server and review the code from the Child Theme in this video.

Watch as I create a Child Theme for WordPress development so that my changes are preserved if and when the Parent Theme is updated at a later date.

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If you’d like to follow along install the Writee Theme on a testing server and review the code from the Child Theme in this video.

Author: Joseph Dickson

Joseph Dickson is a front-end web developer with experience building higher education websites using Drupal and WordPress.