Title: child theme
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# child theme

 *  [gugaraj](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gugaraj/)
 * (@gugaraj)
 * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-5/)
 * Hi , iam new to WP ,
    i want to know what is child theme ? in what case we are
   using that ?
 * thx in advance

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 *  [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
 * (@alchymyth)
 * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-5/#post-2573138)
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes](http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes)

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
 * Last activity: [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-5/#post-2573138)
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