Title: Remove Function from Parent Theme
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Remove Function from Parent Theme

 *  Resolved [psiweb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/psiweb/)
 * (@psiweb)
 * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-function-from-parent-theme/)
 * Hi Everyone,
    I am trying to remove a function from a parent theme and insert
   my own from the functions.php in my child theme. Actually I just want to update
   one little piece of the code everything else I can control via css. I am using
   Sandbox as my parent theme and I would like to change the function:
 * sandbox_widgets_init
 * I can not figure out how to do this, I have been trying to research it and maybe
   I am just missing something as I am fairly new to wordpress development, any 
   suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-function-from-parent-theme/#post-2486069)
 * You will need to create your own version of the sandbox_widgets_init() function
   in your child theme’s functions.php file.
 *  Thread Starter [psiweb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/psiweb/)
 * (@psiweb)
 * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-function-from-parent-theme/#post-2486073)
 * Thanks for the reply. I had tried to do this and it gives me an error:
    Fatal
   error: Cannot redeclare sandbox_widgets_init() (previously declared…
 *  Thread Starter [psiweb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/psiweb/)
 * (@psiweb)
 * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-function-from-parent-theme/#post-2486084)
 * As usual, I think I tried to over complicate this, I was able to get my function
   to work by removing the action and adding my action to it simply by adding the
   code below:
 *     ```
       remove_action( 'init', 'sandbox_widgets_init' );
   
       add_action( 'init', 'mysandbox_widgets_init' );
       ```
   
 * Thanks for the quick reply.
 *  [Port Elizabeth](https://wordpress.org/support/users/port-elizabeth/)
 * (@port-elizabeth)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-function-from-parent-theme/#post-2486575)
 * Did you ever figure this out as i’m looking to do the same?
 * I have looked everywhere and tried most of what is on the internet but cant get
   this resolved!
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-function-from-parent-theme/#post-2486576)
 * Please post your own topic.

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