Title: Using plugin for existing child theme
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Using plugin for existing child theme

 *  Resolved [John Greenwood](https://wordpress.org/support/users/john-greenwood/)
 * (@john-greenwood)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-plugin-for-existing-child-theme/)
 * Hi,
    I have started work on my site using a child theme I have created simply
   by creating a style.css and functions.php file. I haven’t altered or added any
   extra css to my child theme.
 * I’d like to know if I can set up this plugin using it on this current child theme
   I have created, or if I use the plugin to create a new child theme will it do
   it without loosing anything I have done.?
 * Thank you
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/child-theme-configurator/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/child-theme-configurator/)

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 *  Plugin Author [lilaeamedia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lilaeamedia/)
 * (@lilaeamedia)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-plugin-for-existing-child-theme/#post-6361443)
 * You can use CTC to configure your existing child theme. It will be available 
   on the “Existing Child Theme” menu.
 * When you click “Generate/Rebuild Child Theme Files,” CTC will parse the existing
   stylesheet into the internal configuration data.
 * Be aware that CTC normalizes and rewrites the child stylesheet so any comments
   will be stripped out.
 * For this reason I also recommend using the “duplicate” option when starting with
   an existing child theme. [http://www.childthemeconfigurator.com/how-to-use/#duplicating-existing-child-themes](http://www.childthemeconfigurator.com/how-to-use/#duplicating-existing-child-themes)
 *  Thread Starter [John Greenwood](https://wordpress.org/support/users/john-greenwood/)
 * (@john-greenwood)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-plugin-for-existing-child-theme/#post-6361447)
 * Thanks very much for the help and quick response
 *  Thread Starter [John Greenwood](https://wordpress.org/support/users/john-greenwood/)
 * (@john-greenwood)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-plugin-for-existing-child-theme/#post-6361625)
 * HI,
    When I try to create child theme using existing child theme I get an error.
 * It just says ‘Are you sure you want to do this? with no option to say yes.
    The
   browser tab says “WordPress Failure Notice’
 * Any ideas?
 * Thanks
 *  Plugin Author [lilaeamedia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lilaeamedia/)
 * (@lilaeamedia)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-plugin-for-existing-child-theme/#post-6361641)
 * WordPress returns “Are you sure” when the request does not validate against your
   login credentials and the nonce value.
 * Try logging out and logging back in.
 *  Thread Starter [John Greenwood](https://wordpress.org/support/users/john-greenwood/)
 * (@john-greenwood)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-plugin-for-existing-child-theme/#post-6361643)
 * Thanks, I’ll give that a go.
 * The next problem is I don’t have the option to “duplicate the existing child 
   theme” as link above. I don’t seem to have and “additional Fields” toggle, i’m
   using v1.7.5 the instructions seem to be for an older version.
 *  Thread Starter [John Greenwood](https://wordpress.org/support/users/john-greenwood/)
 * (@john-greenwood)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-plugin-for-existing-child-theme/#post-6361646)
 * Just done that for you, thanks
 *  Thread Starter [John Greenwood](https://wordpress.org/support/users/john-greenwood/)
 * (@john-greenwood)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-plugin-for-existing-child-theme/#post-6361650)
 * Thanks all sorted now!

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