Title: Error creating child theme
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Error creating child theme

 *  [scott6840](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scott6840/)
 * (@scott6840)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-creating-child-theme/)
 * when I attempt to create a child theme from the Responsive theme, I get an SQL/
   PHP “Undefined variable: parent_theme_name” followed by block of error data.
 * I have a .jpg clip of the error screen but don’t know how to include it on the
   past. Any help would be welcomed.
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/one-click-child-theme/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/one-click-child-theme/)

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 * Last activity: [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-creating-child-theme/)
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