Child theme for custom theme freezes admin

  • Resolved lukefive

    (@lukefive)


    7 years ago

    Our client of two years has a custom WP theme that is pretty good. But I wanted to create a child theme.

    Somehow the custom theme created by another developer has a folder name in FTP that is one thing (“paul”) whereas it shows up in WP admin>themes as (“James”). The only way I could get admin to recognize my new child was to name it “paul-child” But when I try to activate I get “The site is experiencing technical difficulties. Please check your site admin email inbox for instructions.” The automated email specified the problem location as https://example.com/wp-admin/themes.php?activated=true

    The only way to unfreeze this error message was to go into FTP and rename the new child theme. Any tips about navigating this theme name problem?

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  • JNashHawkins

    (@jnashhawkins)

    7 years ago

    Keep this easy…

    Use the Child Theme Generator plugin

    https://wordpress.org/plugins/child-theme-generator/

    That thing works flawlessly for me and runs from the admin so it doesn’t give a hoot about all that FTP malarky with ‘Paul’, ‘John’, ‘George’, ‘Ringo’. Etc.

    When it’s done you’ll find the child setting there via FTP and, as long as that child then works (it should), you’ll have the child theme files and directory to guide you further.

    Thread Starter lukefive

    (@lukefive)

    7 years ago

    @jnashhawkins Very interesting! I now have a child theme that does not crash the site. I have been trying to move away from plugins for the usual reasons. But in this case a plugin worked!

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