Title: Using Child Theme
Last modified: September 1, 2016

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# Using Child Theme

 *  [lambrite](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lambrite/)
 * (@lambrite)
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-child-theme-3/)
 * Hi, I apologize that my question is so elementary. I want to use a child theme
   to override some of the css settings. I have set up, I think, correctly – the
   css file for the child theme does load in the page, but is overridden by the 
   theme’s main css page. How do I reorder these, to respect the child styles?
    
   [http://www.santoshaspacenc.com](http://www.santoshaspacenc.com)
 * Thank you!
    Sarah

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 *  [jitendraamishra](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mishrajitu/)
 * (@mishrajitu)
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-child-theme-3/#post-7612032)
 * Hello,
 * You need to add !important to your styles present in the Child Theme’s style.
   css to override the parent styles.
 * For example, if you have added this and it is not working:
 *     ```
       body {
           color: #000;
       }
       ```
   
 * replace that with this:
 *     ```
       body {
           color: #000 !important;
       }
       ```
   
 * Hope that helps.
 * Thank you.
 *  Thread Starter [lambrite](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lambrite/)
 * (@lambrite)
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-child-theme-3/#post-7612087)
 * Thanks, Surya, I want to do some extensive css work, is there no other way than
   to add that tag to every single line?
 *  Thread Starter [lambrite](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lambrite/)
 * (@lambrite)
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-child-theme-3/#post-7612193)
 * This page has the answer, but it will not work with this theme, since this theme
   has a different stylesheet. I’ll use a different theme.
 * [https://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes](https://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes)
 * Thanks for the input.
 *  [jitendraamishra](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mishrajitu/)
 * (@mishrajitu)
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-child-theme-3/#post-7612197)
 * Hello,
 * I have tested your site and it seems you have added 2 codes in your Child Theme’s
   style.css and they are working fine.
 * The padding is working fine, and the font family is not working because the theme
   do not have that font included. You need to upload that font to your site first
   to make the code working.
 * Hope that helps.
 * Thank you.
 *  [RossMitchell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rossmitchell/)
 * (@rossmitchell)
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-child-theme-3/#post-7612199)
 * Another option is ti use one of the custom CSS options.
    Some themes support 
   this, otherwise install one of the plugins, these CSS codes will be loaded AFTER
   your theme CSS. If customising CSS is the only reason you are using a child theme(
   no functions.php code), then it may be that you no longer need to use a child
   theme at all.

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