Title: Parent theme vs Child theme
Last modified: June 25, 2020

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# Parent theme vs Child theme

 *  [globsticks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/globsticks/)
 * (@globsticks)
 * [5 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parent-theme-vs-child-theme/)
 * Hello,
 * A former developer I worked with on the past made customizations on child theme,
   but some of the code was placed on functions.php parent theme, he then placed
   all his code back on child theme, now a recent parent theme update destroyed 
   all modifications from parent theme functions.php file.
 * he says it not possible to overwrite his customizations on child theme alone,
   since they are beyond styles. I read on wordpress documentation that when extensive
   customizations – beyond styles and a few theme files are made, it is a better
   option than a child theme to create a parent theme in order to avoid the kind
   of issues I am facing.
 * My question:
 * a. is it possible in your experience that a child theme cannot overwrite certain
   functionalities from parent theme and if that is the case, there is nothing to
   do about that ?
 * b.as an alternative one could write code on parent theme and risk losing it all
   when update comes around.
 * c. it´s always possible to overwrite any functionality using child theme no matter
   how extensive customizations are.
 * I would appreciate your insights,
    Thank you!
    -  This topic was modified 5 years, 10 months ago by [globsticks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/globsticks/).

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 *  [Aims Infosoft](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aimsinfosofts/)
 * (@aimsinfosofts)
 * [5 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parent-theme-vs-child-theme/#post-13032638)
 * Hello,
 * in some cases, child theme can not overwrite certain functionalities from parent
   theme,in that case we make changes in parent theme and after changes, create 
   backup of changes,so when parent theme update our code lost but we can idea what
   changes we required for particular functionality.
 * i think it will help you
 * Thanks
 *  Thread Starter [globsticks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/globsticks/)
 * (@globsticks)
 * [5 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parent-theme-vs-child-theme/#post-13037494)
 * Thank you Aims Infosoft !

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

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 * Last reply from: [globsticks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/globsticks/)
 * Last activity: [5 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parent-theme-vs-child-theme/#post-13037494)
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