Title: Child Theme Last modified: August 21, 2016 --- # Child Theme * [nsage](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nsage/) * (@nsage) * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-68/) * I am building a site and made several edits to the style.css. I then was reading how important it is to use a child theme when doing this. * I wanted to know if I should use a child theme with the Restaurateur theme? If I go to update the Restaurateur theme without using a child theme, will I lose all those changes I spent weeks doing? And finally, if I do in fact need to create a child theme to insure all changes to the style sheet stay true, will I have to start completely over now or can I move those edits to the child’s theme? * Thank you for any help! Viewing 3 replies - 1 through 3 (of 3 total) * [batharoy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/batharoy/) * (@batharoy) * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-68/#post-4569676) * All those edits will be gone if the theme is updated. You can move the edits to the child-theme. And you should definitely start one now if you haven’t already. * Thread Starter [nsage](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nsage/) * (@nsage) * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-68/#post-4569683) * Thank you batharoy, that’s what I thought. * So what would you recommend for the best way to copy the edits I made over? I don’t have a list of what I changed and it was a lot. I’m new to WP but I’m guessing the most logical way would be to: 1. Make a copy of the edited style.css and any .php pages I did right in the theme and save to computer to reference. 2. Do the update/lose those edits 3. Learn how to create/install a child’s theme( suggestions on best tutorials welcome) 4. Cross reference the updated css with my saved/edited version 5. Any code in the saved/edited version that is different from the updated themes .css I copy and paste into the child theme. That should ultimately override the code from the parent theme. * Am I understanding this correctly? * Will I also lose any edits I did just from the Appearance>Customize tab (ie background colors, uploaded logo, etc) when I update and then create a child theme? * Thank you so much for your help and patience. * [batharoy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/batharoy/) * (@batharoy) * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-68/#post-4569710) * I would do #2 at the end. 1 3 4 5 2 * That way you can compare the parent / child before any update changes, if there are any. Viewing 3 replies - 1 through 3 (of 3 total) The topic ‘Child Theme’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://i0.wp.com/themes.svn.wordpress.org/restaurateur/2.0.9/screenshot. png) * Restaurateur * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/theme/restaurateur/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/theme/restaurateur/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/theme/restaurateur/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/theme/restaurateur/reviews/) ## Tags * [child theme](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/child-theme/) * [style.css](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/style-css/) * 3 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [batharoy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/batharoy/) * Last activity: [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-68/#post-4569710) * Status: not resolved