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Is Creating a Child Theme Still Important

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Lery
10 years ago · Last reply by Andrew Misplon 10 years ago

I’m almost certain that I should be creating a child theme, and customizing that. That way, when you all release an update, it doesn’t overwrite any of my customization. Is this still recommended?

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  1. Greg Priday Staff 10 years, 10 months ago

    Hi Lery

    It’s still highly recommended, but if all you want to do is make minor tweaks, then using Vantage Premium’s custom CSS editor might be good enough. What sort of customizations are you planning on doing?

  2. Lery 10 years, 10 months ago

    Hi Greg. I’m never sure. Most of what I have done so far is straight forward changes. Nothing fancy. I do try out different plug-ins from time to time and I read that is a good reason itself to use child themes? What would be an example when you should use a child theme?

  3. Andrew Misplon Staff 10 years, 10 months ago

    Hi Lery

    There is a very clear line on when you need a child theme. If at any point you edit code in any of the theme files contained in the “vantage” theme folder, then you need a child theme. However, if all you need to do is change Custom CSS, you can use Appearance > Custom CSS and a child theme isn’t required.

    Hope that helps clear things up a little.

  4. Andrew Misplon Staff 10 years, 10 months ago

    For everything else including posts, pages, theme settings, Customizer settings, core WordPress settings, plugins, plugin content; none of that requires a child theme.

  5. Lery 10 years, 10 months ago

    Excellent, thank you very much Andrew. Your answer really helped clear this up.

  6. Andrew Misplon Staff 10 years, 10 months ago

    Super, glad we could help out :)

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