Can I create a child theme of a child theme?

  • I wanted to create a child theme of a child theme.
    I have a theme X which is a child theme of parent Y. I wanted to create a theme Z which is a child theme of X.
    When I tried to create the child theme of a child theme in my themes dashboard I see this error message
    The “X” theme is not a valid parent theme.

    Is it allowed in WordPress to create child theme based on a child theme of another theme?

    Do wordpesss doesn’t allow the child themes to be parent of another child theme?
    Do I need to create a new child theme by copying existing child theme files ? What should be done when child theme is updated?

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  • Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)

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    Do wordpesss doesn’t allow the child themes to be parent of another child theme?

    Nope. It would be nice, but grandchild themes just aren’t a thing.

    Thread Starter wplearnercom

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    Thank you Steve, the only option left now is to create a new child theme by copying the files of existing child theme. I’m still concerned about how updates in original child theme is reflected in copied child theme. Keep track of the changes in original child theme and copy them again ?

    Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)

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    Volunteer Forum Moderator

    I think that’s what you’ll have to do.

    Updates to child theme? The reason behind creating a child theme is so that you can customize it.

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