Title: Child theme structure question
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Child theme structure question

 *  [matthisco](https://wordpress.org/support/users/matthisco/)
 * (@matthisco)
 * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-structure-question/)
 * Hello,
 * I need to change html in the header of my theme. The header is generated by a
   number of hooks. I can only find the html in functions.php. How do I change functions.
   php, and how do I do that to make it futureproof and safe from any updates overwriting
   changes?
 * Any advice uch appreciated,.
 * Thankyou

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 *  [mar1965](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mar1965/)
 * (@mar1965)
 * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-structure-question/#post-3180891)
 * Hi,
 * If you add a functions.php file to your child theme, that ensures that it won’t
   get overwritten when future updates are made. Check out this article if you haven’t
   already seen it: [Using Functions.php](http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes#Using_functions.php).

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