Title: Child from Parent Theme
Last modified: September 12, 2016

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# Child from Parent Theme

 *  [delhaize](https://wordpress.org/support/users/delhaize/)
 * (@delhaize)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-from-parent-theme/)
 * I am a little bit new in the world of websites. I have build my own website using
   Worpress 4.6.1. I found a nice and free theme (BDLR) and adapted it to my needs.
   Now I am hearing that I am in a lot of risk because when the theme is adjusted,
   so will my website… Hmmm…. So now I have to change my current website into a 
   child version. But how??? When I select the theme I am using there is a “child-
   tab” but I am afraid that when I press this button the change immedtiately takes
   place and my website is lost. I have made a copy of my website using FileZilla,
   but then again I am not sure if this copy is really a good copy… Get it?? 😉 
   So, who can help my with some simple instructions to get the job done?

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 *  [riotxoa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/riotxoa/)
 * (@riotxoa)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-from-parent-theme/#post-8173717)
 * The best way to build a child theme and to customize WordPress look or behaviour
   is learning to code. It’s really easy an adicting.
 * A nice start point to child themes: [https://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes](https://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes)
 * Before you make any change it’s a good idea to do a full backup of your whole
   site. That means you need to copy the file system (the way you have done using
   FileZilla), and the database. It’s also a good idea to use a backup plugin to
   do this, like BackWPUp or another like that.
 * Be sure to understand and know restoring that backups, for recover the website
   if something goes wrong.
 * Another good idea is to do all this tests (and to develop in general) in a development
   environment. You can build your own local development environment and do all 
   that tests and more stuff without taking too much risks.
 * Bye!

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 * Last reply from: [riotxoa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/riotxoa/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-from-parent-theme/#post-8173717)
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