Title: Child Theme not loading
Last modified: April 1, 2019

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# Child Theme not loading

 *  [frejachristiana](https://wordpress.org/support/users/frejachristiana/)
 * (@frejachristiana)
 * [7 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-not-loading-2/)
 * I am trying to install a child theme for the theme Basic. I have managed to activate
   the child theme but it’s not loading in the head of the html, only the parent
   theme. I expect it is a problem with the functions.php since I don’t know how
   to use this code, I am just copy pasting. Please help me check I am using the
   correct identifiers.
 *     ```
       <?php
       add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'basic_child_enqueue_styles' );
       function basic_child_enqueue_styles() {
   
           $basic_style = 'basic-style'; // This is 'twentyfifteen-style' for the Twenty Fifteen theme.
   
           wp_enqueue_style( $basic_style, get_template_directory_uri() . '/style.css' );
           wp_enqueue_style( 'child-style',
               get_stylesheet_directory_uri() . '/style.css',
               array( $parent_style ),
               wp_get_theme()->get('Version')
           );
       }
       ```
   
 * Thank you in advance for your help!
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fchild-theme-not-loading-2%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  [Edward Caissie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cais/)
 * (@cais)
 * [7 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-not-loading-2/#post-11376521)
 * [@frejachristiana](https://wordpress.org/support/users/frejachristiana/) – You
   appear to be following the steps outlined here [https://developer.wordpress.org/themes/advanced-topics/child-themes/](https://developer.wordpress.org/themes/advanced-topics/child-themes/)…
   I would suggest going back to that page to make certain you have followed each
   step.
 * The code above looks fine so I would suggest looking at your child-theme’s style.
   css file to ensure it is set correctly (particularly the template reference).
 * ~ Cais.
 *  Thread Starter [frejachristiana](https://wordpress.org/support/users/frejachristiana/)
 * (@frejachristiana)
 * [7 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-not-loading-2/#post-11376529)
 * Hi Cais, thank you for the quick reply. The Basic Child style.css looks like 
   this:
 *     ```
       /*
        * Theme Name: Basic Child
        * Theme URI: http://wp-puzzle.com/basic/
        * Description: Basic is fully responsive, clean and minimal WordPress theme. It has various options in WordPress Customizer to change look of the theme - primary design color, background and header, page layout (left or right sidebar, full or centered content). Clean valid code, semantic markup, markup by Schema.org, full adaptation to mobile devices. Basic is ready to use with child themes and gives for developers simple design change with custom hooks and action. Translation Ready (English, Russian, Ukrainian, French, German, Polish, Turkish). Fully compatible with WPML, WooCommerce, bbPress.
        * Author: WP Puzzle
        * Author URI: http://wp-puzzle.com/
        * Template: basic
        * Version: 1.3.10
        * License: GNU General Public License v2 or later
        * License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
        * Tags: two-columns, one-column, left-sidebar, right-sidebar, custom-background, custom-colors, custom-header, custom-menu, editor-style, featured-images, sticky-post, threaded-comments, translation-ready, microformats
        * Text Domain: basic-child
        */
       ```
   
 * It’s copy pasted from the parent except for the extra Template line. I believe
   I have followed every step in that tutorial which is why I am not sure what I
   am doing wrong!
    -  This reply was modified 7 years ago by [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/).
 *  [JNashHawkins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jnashhawkins/)
 * (@jnashhawkins)
 * [7 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-not-loading-2/#post-11376642)
 * It’s good to learn how to do this manually but there is a plugin that makes quick
   work of creating a Child Theme. Until you learn to do it I’d recommend trying
   once manually then, if that doesn’t work, go ahead and use the plugin in the 
   name of expediency.
 * This is the one I use…
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/child-theme-generator/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/child-theme-generator/)
 * Once you’ve created the child theme you can deactivate and remove the plugin 
   if you wish.
 * Don’t let the warning message scare you. It either works or it doesn’t but I’ve
   been using it all along and it just worked for me last week.
 *  Moderator [Jose Castaneda](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jcastaneda/)
 * (@jcastaneda)
 * THEME COFFEE MONKEY
 * [7 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-not-loading-2/#post-11380748)
 * Howdy,
 * I’m going to take a quick shot in the dark and guess it is this theme: [https://wordpress.org/themes/basic/](https://wordpress.org/themes/basic/)
 * I just tried on a local installation and was able to get things to work. Are 
   there any other files besides the `functions.php` and `style.css` that you have
   created?
 *  Thread Starter [frejachristiana](https://wordpress.org/support/users/frejachristiana/)
 * (@frejachristiana)
 * [7 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-not-loading-2/#post-11399264)
 * Thanks [@jnashhawkins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jnashhawkins/) I will
   try this if I am not able to learn how to do it myself.
 * [@jcastaneda](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jcastaneda/) No other files,
   just those 2!
 *  Thread Starter [frejachristiana](https://wordpress.org/support/users/frejachristiana/)
 * (@frejachristiana)
 * [7 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-not-loading-2/#post-11399267)
 * [@jcastaneda](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jcastaneda/) Also yes that 
   is the theme I am using.
 *  Moderator [Jose Castaneda](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jcastaneda/)
 * (@jcastaneda)
 * THEME COFFEE MONKEY
 * [7 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-not-loading-2/#post-11412716)
 * That is odd.
 * Have you tried deactivating all plugins to see if that could work? Not sure why
   but it is worth a shot.

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