Title: Child Theme?
Last modified: February 11, 2021

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# Child Theme?

 *  Resolved [multimastery](https://wordpress.org/support/users/multimastery/)
 * (@multimastery)
 * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-320/)
 * Hello,
 * Seem I need to create a child theme or something, because oftentimes when I update,
   my site winds up changed or messed up in some way. So what is the best way to
   go about creating a child theme for this theme? Please reply ASAP with details.
   Thank you.

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 *  [adwait21](https://wordpress.org/support/users/adwait21/)
 * (@adwait21)
 * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-320/#post-14044673)
 * Hello,
 * Can you please elaborate on what changes are you making and after making those
   changes what is affected?
 * If you wish to create a child theme, then you can follow these steps –
 * 1. While parent theme is activated, install and activate this plugin – [https://wordpress.org/plugins/customizer-export-import/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/customizer-export-import/)
 * 2. Export all the customizer settings by going to Appearance->Customize -> Export/
   Import
 * 3. Follow the steps on [https://developer.wordpress.org/themes/advanced-topics/child-themes/#how-to-create-a-child-theme](https://developer.wordpress.org/themes/advanced-topics/child-themes/#how-to-create-a-child-theme)
 * 4. After activating child theme, import the earlier exported file to get all 
   the customizer settings back.
 * Regards,
    Adwait Deshpande
 *  Thread Starter [multimastery](https://wordpress.org/support/users/multimastery/)
 * (@multimastery)
 * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-320/#post-14045628)
 * Thanks Adwait, will follow your instructions. Basically, I was just noticing 
   in the past that sometimes when I updated, either my logo would disappear from
   the header or header would change in some other slight way – or my footer would
   be changed or shifted in some slight way. Nothing big, but just annoying to keep
   readjusting, which is why I feel that just using a child theme should prevent
   these issues.
 *  Theme Author [CyberChimps](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cyberchimps/)
 * (@cyberchimps)
 * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-320/#post-14050943)
 * [@multimastery](https://wordpress.org/support/users/multimastery/)
    You can override
   any template(header.php, footer.php etc.) as per your design requirements. Please
   refer to the documentation here [https://developer.wordpress.org/themes/advanced-topics/child-themes/#adding-template-files](https://developer.wordpress.org/themes/advanced-topics/child-themes/#adding-template-files)
    -  This reply was modified 5 years, 3 months ago by [CyberChimps](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cyberchimps/).

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 * Last activity: [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-320/#post-14050943)
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