Title: Child theme not loading parent layout
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Child theme not loading parent layout

 *  [kpagcha](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kpagcha/)
 * (@kpagcha)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-not-loading-parent-layout/)
 * 0
    down vote favorite I am new to WordPress and I am just trying to help a friend
   customize his blog. I started doing this via the wp-admin Editor and CSS Editor
   until I found out this was a big no-no. So I set up a local environment and found
   out about child themes.
 * I followed the codex to create a child theme of the Smart Magazine theme. I created
   a smart-magazine-child folder under wp-content/themes and added a style.css and
   functions.php file:
 * This is how style.css is:
 *     ```
       /*
        Theme Name:   Smart Magazine Child
        Description:  Smart Magazine Child Theme
        Author:       Me
        Template:     smart-magazine
        Version:      1.0.0
        License:      GNU General Public License v2 or later
        License URI:  http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
        Tags:         white, two-columns, right-sidebar, responsive-layout, custom-header, custom-background, custom-menu, custom-colors,  threaded-comments, translation-ready, featured-images, theme-options
        Text Domain:  smart-magazine-child
       */
       ```
   
 * And this is functions.php:
 *     ```
       <?php
       add_action('wp_enqueue_scripts', 'theme_enqueue_styles');
       function theme_enqueue_styles() {
           wp_enqueue_style('parent-style', get_template_directory_uri() . '/style.css');
       }
       ?>
       ```
   
 * So it seems like both parent and child css files are being loaded as I inspect
   the source code:
 *     ```
       <link rel='stylesheet' id='parent-style-css'  href='http://sitename.dev/wp-content/themes/smart-magazine/style.css?ver=4.4.2' type='text/css' media='all' />
       <link rel='stylesheet' id='smart-magazine-style-css'  href='http://sitename.dev/wp-content/themes/smart-magazine-child/style.css?ver=4.4.2' type='text/css' media='all' />
       ```
   
 * But the layout of the site is not being loaded. What I mean is that it looks 
   like it has the default WordPress layout and the php files are not being overriden
   with the Smart Magazine (parent) php files.
 * I have followed what the codex says and I have spent quite some time googling
   but people normally just have problems when loading the styles (which seems to
   be working fine with me), but I cannot find information about templates not overriding
   the default ones.
 * I have tried making a duplicate of the theme folder and loading this copied theme
   into my local site. The result is the same: the theme is not being loaded, just
   the default php files. Maybe this misbehaviour gives a hint of why I am having
   this issue.
 * What can it be and how can I solve it?

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## Tags

 * [child](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/child/)
 * [child theme](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/child-theme/)
 * [installation](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/installation/)
 * [layout](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/layout/)
 * [local](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/local/)

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 * Last reply from: [kpagcha](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kpagcha/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-not-loading-parent-layout/)
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