Title: Messed with parent theme
Last modified: August 21, 2024

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# Messed with parent theme

 *  [waldektroc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/waldektroc/)
 * (@waldektroc)
 * [1 year, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/messed-with-parent-theme/)
 * Dear community, as a WordPress newbie I went to fast with my first site setup
   and before learning on themes’ parent/children setup I made a lot of changes 
   and – well, mess, to parent theme. Now I am scared that either I will never be
   able to update or switch the theme or have to reapply all changes to new theme(
   child theme).
 * My setup: WordPress 6.6.1, Woocommerce 9.1.4. This is Multisite installation.
 * My theme: I have chosen TwentyTwenty-Four as my theme with the intention to customize
   it. I really do not remember why and how but at the moment my theme is named:
   Twenty Twenty-Four/twentytwentyfourcustom Version: 1.2
 * It is a parent theme, not child theme. Its style.css says: /* Theme Name: Twenty
   Twenty-Four but WP backoffice Appearance/Themes screen says it is Twenty Twenty-
   Four/twentytwentyfourcustom Version: 1.2.
 * Is it possible to:
 * Convert or transfer current theme and its customization to a clean Parent Theme(
   2024) / its Child theme setup so I can make further modification to the Child
   and have possibility to update 2024 theme in the future?
    -  This topic was modified 1 year, 8 months ago by [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/).
      Reason: redundant link removed
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fmessed-with-parent-theme%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  [Sohan Chowdhury](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sohan7/)
 * (@sohan7)
 * [1 year, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/messed-with-parent-theme/#post-17967197)
 * Would you provide a screenshot of your issue. I have seen that your website is
   loading finely, no issue there.
 * Did you know what is child theme? You can know about it from here: [https://developer.wordpress.org/themes/advanced-topics/child-themes/](https://developer.wordpress.org/themes/advanced-topics/child-themes/)
 *  Thread Starter [waldektroc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/waldektroc/)
 * (@waldektroc)
 * [1 year, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/messed-with-parent-theme/#post-17967563)
 * [@sohan7](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sohan7/) Thank you for the reply.
   Yes, I know what is a child theme. Now. I did not know 1 week ago.
 * Yes, the site loads fine. This is the issue: when I switch to TwentyTwentyFour
   theme it looks completely different. But actually my current theme is TwentyTwentyFour,
   onlu customized.
 * The question is again: Can I revert to TwentyTwentyFour theme and move all modifications,
   customizations to a child theme?

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## Tags

 * [child](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/child/)
 * [customization](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/customization/)
 * [parent](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/parent/)

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 * Last reply from: [waldektroc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/waldektroc/)
 * Last activity: [1 year, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/messed-with-parent-theme/#post-17967563)
 * Status: not resolved

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