Title: Create Child Theme Last modified: August 22, 2016 --- # Create Child Theme * [GottiRhg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gottirhg/) * (@gottirhg) * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/create-child-theme-2/) * Hello, i use the flat theme for my blog. Now i want to create a child theme. Which files need to be imported in the child folder? * Thanks! Viewing 7 replies - 1 through 7 (of 7 total) * [Luke Stacey](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daftduke/) * (@daftduke) * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/create-child-theme-2/#post-5404914) * Hi there! * You can read about child themes at the WordPress Codex [here](http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes). * You don’t necessarily have to copy any files, it depends on what you are trying to achieve. For basic CSS customizations you don’t need to copy any thing, just create two new ones: * 1. style.css * Paste in this code (modify as necessary): * ``` /* Theme Name: Flat Theme URI: http://example.com/flat/ Description: Flat Child Theme Author: John Doe Author URI: http://example.com Template: flat Version: 1.0.0 Tags: flat Text Domain: flat-child */ /* =Theme customization starts here -------------------------------------------------------------- */ ``` * 2. functions.php * Paste in this code: * ``` Themes and activate your new child theme. You can paste any CSS into your style.css file. * I hope that helps! * Luke the Daft Duke * [AtillaBoz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/atillaboz/) * (@atillaboz) * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/create-child-theme-2/#post-5404968) * Hello Luke, * thanks for your post. It came just in time 🙂 I just did what you said and it worked well. I made a new folder called “flat-child” and added those 2 files you mentions and a few changes like this in the style.css file: * ``` /* Theme Name: Flat Theme URI: http://example.com/flat/ Description: Flat Child Theme Author: John Doe Author URI: http://example.com Template: flat Version: 1.0.0 Tags: flat Text Domain: flat-child */ /* =Theme customization starts here -------------------------------------------------------------- */ /* Header - Untertitel - Schriftfarbe */ #masthead .site-description, .hentry .entry-meta { color: #fff; } /* Widget - Überschriften - Textfarbe */ #secondary .widget-title { color: #fff; } /* Widget - Linkbox - Textfarbe */ #site-navigation .current-menu-item > a, #site-navigation .current-menu-parent > a, #site-navigation .current-menu-ancestor > a, #site-navigation .current_page_item > a, #site-navigation .current_page_parent > a, #site-navigation .current_page_ancestor > a { color: #fff; } /* Footer - Seitenzahlen - Hintergrundfarbe */ .paging-navigation .page-numbers { background-color: #ff7e00; border-color: #000; } /* Footer - Seitenzahlen - Hintergrundfarbe, HOVER */ .paging-navigation .page-numbers:hover { background-color: #2c486f; border-color: #fff; } ``` * I just wonder why it was so easy 😀 I mean how did the child theme found out which one is the parent theme? And why is the child theme also named “Flat” and not “Flat Child” * I could not see anything in the functions.php that defines which parent theme to chose. * And how do I add a thumbnail to the child theme. I often make websites for customers and it`s always a pain if there`s a design update… * Thanks again for everything, Atilla * [stephencottontail](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stephencottontail/) * (@stephencottontail) * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/create-child-theme-2/#post-5404969) * That’s determined by the comments at the start of the file: “Theme Name:” determines the name of theme as displayed by WordPress. “Template:” tells WordPress what the parent theme is. To display a thumbnail, make a file named `screenshot.png` and put it in the child theme’s folder. * Thread Starter [GottiRhg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gottirhg/) * (@gottirhg) * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/create-child-theme-2/#post-5404977) * Thanks for your answers. I hadn’t edit the functions.php like this yet. Now it works fine! * [robtbm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robtbm/) * (@robtbm) * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/create-child-theme-2/#post-5405153) * Hi, I seem to have a problem with the child them css loading twice. I have added the code mentioned above to the childs functions.php * ``` ``` * [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/) * (@anevins) * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/create-child-theme-2/#post-5405154) * Probably best to create a new thread [https://wordpress.org/support/theme/flat#postform](https://wordpress.org/support/theme/flat#postform) * [YoArts](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yoarts/) * (@yoarts) * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/create-child-theme-2/#post-5405155) * I have loaded main stylesheet again on the Flat 1.5.7. Now you just need to create a `style.css` file on the child theme. And it will automation loaded on the site. * Regards, Thanh Luu Viewing 7 replies - 1 through 7 (of 7 total) The topic ‘Create Child Theme’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://i0.wp.com/themes.svn.wordpress.org/flat/1.7.11/screenshot.png) * Flat * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/theme/flat/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/theme/flat/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/theme/flat/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/theme/flat/reviews/) ## Tags * [child](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/child/) * 7 replies * 7 participants * Last reply from: [YoArts](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yoarts/) * Last activity: [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/create-child-theme-2/#post-5405155) * Status: not resolved