Reply 333229 to: Do I Need The Child Theme Installed? Do I Choose The Child Theme As The Main Theme?
Awais Ahmed
Participant
September 5, 2022 at 06:04
Hello, @TFS,
A child theme in WordPress is a sub-theme that inherits all the functionality, features, and style of its parent theme. Child themes are a safe way to modify a WordPress theme without actually making any changes to the parent theme’s files.
To ensure you’re designing for the user experience, you might need to create a child theme. A child theme allows you to modify the appearance of your WordPress website without editing your theme files directly.
No need to choose the child theme as the main/parent theme. They are not always required. Remember, they are only required if need to modify theme code and/or files.
Changes in the parent theme will be lost after the update, so add your custom code in the style.css and function.php file of the child theme. You can read furthermore here: https://xstore.helpscoutdocs.com/article/32-child-theme
