Title: Parent – Child Theme
Last modified: November 9, 2022

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# Parent – Child Theme

 *  [bbatlle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bbatlle/)
 * (@bbatlle)
 * [3 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parent-child-theme-2/)
 * My website uses a child theme.
    I need to update the Yootheme version of my parent
   theme but the API Key must be activated.
 * Do parent and child themes share the same API Key?
    -  This topic was modified 3 years, 6 months ago by [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/).
      Reason: Moved to Fixing WordPress, this is not an Everything else WordPress
      topic
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fparent-child-theme-2%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Moderator [bcworkz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcworkz/)
 * (@bcworkz)
 * [3 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parent-child-theme-2/#post-16182635)
 * Unless you’ve explicitly done otherwise, everything is in the same namespace,
   so a parent theme’s data is available to the child. An external API cannot discern
   which code a supplied key came from, so it’s feasible to share the same key. 
   That said, there could be some mechanism in your specific theme that would prevent
   sharing. You could simply try using the same key and see if it works or not. 
   Or inquire through the theme’s dedicated support channel where its devs are in
   the best position to definitively answer your question.

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

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [bcworkz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcworkz/)
 * Last activity: [3 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parent-child-theme-2/#post-16182635)
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