Title: Parent Theme Missing
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Parent Theme Missing

 *  Resolved [scamrwordpressadmin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scamrwordpressadmin/)
 * (@scamrwordpressadmin)
 * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parent-theme-missing-3/)
 * Site: suncityanthemhikingclub.com
    Theme: Minamaze_Pro Child theme I created:
   Minamaze_Pro-child
 * Problem: It appears that the parent (Minamaze_Pro) isn’t referenced at all. I
   must have all the parent files in the child directory for it to work.
 * In testing I found that both get_template_directory_uri() and get_stylesheet_directory_uri()
   return the path to the child theme. (I have left the echos of these functions
   at the header of the site.)
 * At the moment I have copied all the parent files to the child directory to get
   it up and running. But as soon as I remove those that will stay true to the parent
   theme, it crashes.
 * I clearly have something wrong in my setup – but can’t find it. Any help appreciated.
 * CHILD STYLE.CSS HEADER:
    /* THEME NAME: Minamaze Pro child THEME URI: [http://suncityanthemhikingclub.com/Minamaze_Prochild/](http://suncityanthemhikingclub.com/Minamaze_Prochild/)
   Description: Minamaze Child Theme Author: Kathleen Prince Author URI: [http://suncityanthemhikingclub.com](http://suncityanthemhikingclub.com)
   Template: nirvana Version: 1.0.0 License: GNU General Public License v2 or later
   License URI: [http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html)
   Tags: light, dark, two-columns,right-sidebar,responsive-layout,accessibility-
   ready Text Domain: Minamaze_Pro-child */
 * CHILD FUNCTIONS.PHP ENQUEUEING THE STYLES:
 *     ```
       function theme_enqueue_styles() {
   
           $parent_style = 'parent-style';
   
           wp_enqueue_style( $parent_style, get_template_directory_uri() . '/style.css' );
           wp_enqueue_style( 'child-style',
               get_stylesheet_directory_uri() . '/style.css',
               array( $parent_style )
           );
   
       }
       add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'theme_enqueue_styles' );
       ```
   
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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parent-theme-missing-3/#post-7437684)
 * Not all themes – especially non-WPORG ones – are child theme ready.
 * I’m sorry but as you appear to be using a commercial theme, you need to seek 
   support from the theme’s developer/vendor. We do not have access to, nor do we
   support, [commercial products](http://codex.wordpress.org/Forum_Welcome#Commercial_Products)
   here.
 *  Thread Starter [scamrwordpressadmin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scamrwordpressadmin/)
 * (@scamrwordpressadmin)
 * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parent-theme-missing-3/#post-7437738)
 * Hi. I understand the support of the theme particulars itself. I just wanted to
   make sure that I had set the child theme up correctly.
 * Why both get_template_directory_uri() and get_stylesheet_directory_uri() return
   the same value seemed like a wordpress issue vs theme itself. But, I’m new at
   all of this. 🙂 So… Off to the theme developer I go….
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parent-theme-missing-3/#post-7437766)
 * I can’t see anything obviously wrong in your child’s style.css header and, in
   theory, you shouldn’t need to enqueue your child’s CSS. You just [@import](https://wordpress.org/support/users/import/)
   the parent’s stylesheet into the child. However, I don’t know how the parent 
   theme was put together and just how child-friendly it is (or isn’t). Some non-
   WPORG themes (especially commercial ones) use pretty non-standard methods and,
   as a result, can break child theme functionality in multiple places.
 *  Thread Starter [scamrwordpressadmin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scamrwordpressadmin/)
 * (@scamrwordpressadmin)
 * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parent-theme-missing-3/#post-7437961)
 * Thanks ESMI! I ended up just starting over from scratch and it works now. My 
   only guess is that something that I just couldn’t see was stuck out there. Consider
   this closed.

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 * Last activity: [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parent-theme-missing-3/#post-7437961)
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