Theme update and Child theme

  • Flunkert

    (@karl-heinz-1)


    9 years, 8 months ago

    Sorry if this isn´t the right place to post a dubt. I am still a newbie with WordPress. I installed a Theme and even trying to follow the step by step tutorial to create a Child Theme, I wans´t able to do it. So, I downloaded a Child theme plugin and created a Child theme of the installed theme. After that I activated the child them and made some modifications of the theme.
    But now, the theme received a major update but I don´t know if the Child theme really works. I didn´t make any changes in the Child theme folder. Just modified some things.
    And now, the developers said that the best way is to delete the theme, or rename the theme to *****.bak.
    And if I remove the theme, how will the Child Theme keep all the settings?

    Please can someone help me with this doubt?
    Thanks in advance

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  • Anne Dorko

    (@annedorko)

    9 years, 8 months ago

    Try this:

    1. Rename the old parent theme to .bak
    2. Install the new parent theme update
    3. Test to see if your child theme is still working with the changes

    If all is well, you’re good to go. If not, delete the update and restore the old parent theme by removing .bak from the theme name.

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