What is the recommended way to create a child theme
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Hi
Which scenario is more recommended and why? Or if something more streamlined, please advise.
Scenario A
1. Install a WordPress theme
2. Style it with CSS
3. Realize you need a child theme
4. Install Child Theme Configurator
5. Create a child theme and copy pagesResult: You began styling the original theme then decided to install a child theme and make all your changes on it. Is this a ‘lack of planning’? Should I have created a child theme immediately after I installed my WordPress theme and made changes on it?
Scenario B
1. Install a WordPress theme
2. Install Child Theme Configurator
3. Create a child theme and copy pagesResult: You planned ahead and knew you would need a child theme so you created one immediately after installing your WordPress theme. Is this a better idea because your effort is streamlined?
Cheers
BJ
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It depends on the nature of the customization.
As a developer I would always choose Scenario B because I consider a child theme to be “subclass” of the parent theme, inheriting its methods and properties and replacing with or adding its own. I do not consider it an extra step, but a requirement.
However, for the vast majority of users, the tweaks afforded by the Customizer are more than enough to satisfy their style preferences.
As I wrote in the short description of this plugin, “When the customizer is not enough…”
-jf
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