Title: Child theme. what is difference?
Last modified: October 24, 2020

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# Child theme. what is difference?

 *  [socialwp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/socialwp/)
 * (@socialwp)
 * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-what-is-difference/)
 * Hello,
 * I have a basic question concerning the child theme.
 * why it differs from its parent? if it has the same code.
 * why parent theme can be broken when upgrading plugin, but child theme not? if
   both have the same code.
 * could you please give me a simple example?
 * and many thanks in advance.

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 *  Moderator [Yui](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fierevere/)
 * (@fierevere)
 * 永子
 * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-what-is-difference/#post-13575768)
 * First part of this article has the answer:
    [https://developer.wordpress.org/themes/advanced-topics/child-themes/](https://developer.wordpress.org/themes/advanced-topics/child-themes/)
 *  Thread Starter [socialwp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/socialwp/)
 * (@socialwp)
 * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-what-is-difference/#post-13575785)
 * [@fierevere](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fierevere/)
 * thanks so much for the helpful reply. I will read the article

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