How To Create A Child Theme For WordPress - It's SUPER EASY, with this video

Dude I love you haha! I almost never have success with the first tutorial video I find on YouTube - Thank you so much!

2020 and still a valid helpful tutorial. Thank you!

OMGosh! Thank you so much for this! I did all this work upgrading my site and didn't create a child theme. I knew nothing about this. I'm so glad to find out about this plugin. The best part is that it will save what I've already done. I was so afraid that I would have to start over from scratch since I was adding a child theme after the fact. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I have zero knowledge about web design and this was very easy to do.

Amazing! As always, Adam, fantastically clear instructions. I went step by step through your explanation with my new website open and it worked....effortlessly! I always look for your videos first because you just get down to the matter and any small detours you make tend to be pearls of wisdom. I liked the way you showed the next steps about future CSS changes. Thank you for posting. Cheers, Paul

Thanks, that makes me feel good about all the changes I made. Your videos are the best ! Thanks again.

This is brilliant! Thank you so much!

Thank you so much for this video, 2h of looking into documentation and trying different videos, and here you are! worked from the first time !

I usually have to watch like 4 videos before finding the right answer when it comes to making changes to my site. I clicked on one video (this one) for this topic and it was fast, simple, and provided the perfect amount of detail. Thank you so much!

Hi Adam. Great tutorial once again! Q: Let's say I already started my website and things are pretty customized to my likings. If I didn't do a child theme at first (didn't knew at the time about parent and child things 🤪) can I still make one now with this pluggin so that everything stays the same and I just select to work on the child (active) afterwards? Thanks in advance and keep up the good work. Dom

Adam, Love the tutorial, simplicity! I do have a question... After the child theme is created, I want to make small changes to the style sheet or just any code in general. So using the plugin, I copy the file/folder over to the child theme and make code changes. In the event that I really screw things up beyond my repair capabilities, how do I delete my changes or the file/folder that was copied over to the child theme so that things go back to normal? Thanks!!

Oh my gosh, you just changed my life!!! I have been struggling to understand what the heck a child theme is. And in less than 10 minutes, you have made it so clear. And a big bonus, you gave me the info on how to use it. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!! I'm going to be spending some time watching all of your videos in the next few days.

Thank you, I was trying to do that for days, and all these people online talk the computer jargon (and are also very rude and frustrated with us non techies). It's nice to be able to do the tasks without all the knowledge. So thanks again for cutting the deal and rudeness and get straight to the point🤓👌💻

"The theme "Primer" generated unexpected PHP debug output." I tried with Twenty Fourteen and I ended up with this same message when I select the Parent Theme (your tuto at 4:15) and click Analyse. Any idea please ?

You are the man WP Crafter. Very clear and very easy. Thank you. I have two questions - There are multiple options within this plugin that allows us to copy over many files from the parent theme into the child theme. This is a great function of this plugin and for a none techy is far easier and quicker than going down the FTP or File Manager route. The fact that this plugin can also be removed once used is a bonus. Question 1 - Which files from the parent theme do you suggest are the minimum that we should be copying over into the child theme? The Style.css and functions.php would be essential I would think but what other files are we likely to want to customise further down the line? Perhaps the Header and Footer files ? Question 2 – Would it be best just to copy over all files from the parent theme into the child theme to be safe or are there any particular files that we definitely should NOT be copying over? I am thinking of just copying over everything, regardless of ever needing to customise anything, but I am concerned that there may be some hidden instances or conflicts where this isn’t a good idea. Any guidance would be appreciated. Thanks again. Best tutorials on the web.

Thanks so much man! I had a child theme on my site forever but it just sat there blank. I never bothered to figure out how to get the header from the parent to the child, and always just ended up making changes to the parent theme. Thankfully I did it right, but stumbling on this video by accident ended up being perfect timing as I needed to not mess something up like doubly so. Haha. Now I got a child theme and was able to send the header.php over! Thanks again!

Perfect content for my needs. Can't wait to check out more of your instructional videos! I so appreciate all the time you and other contributors put into making this content available for non-programmers.

Great video, making something that I couldn't fathom simple. But you left me on the edge of the cliff! Do I copy all of the parent templates to the child theme or not? Like you say in the vid, I don't know enough to know what I might want to change in the future. But I am concerned about copying everything over as I have no idea if this has a potential downside in the future. I do know that my current theme is slow and so I am trying to make a clean, fast site. And I do know that I loaded the previous site with lots of s---- stuff. So what's the advice??

Thanks for another great tutorial. So far a few of your tutorials has helped me out a lot. I understand when updates are made in the parent theme, any customizations that I've made in the child theme will not be affected. So does this mean my child theme will only be updated with those files that I have not customized? In other words does my child theme get updated with anything? Also, I’m currently using the free sydney theme and thinking of upgrading to sydney pro. What will happen when I upgrade to the pro version? Will I have to get a child theme for the pro version? If so, what will happen to my customizations that I’ve made in the sydney child theme free version? I’m hoping I’m making sense! Sorry but I'm a newbie to this whole wordpress thing so some things are still a bit confusing. Any help you can provide would be greatly appreciated. Again, many thanks!!

I cannot tell you how many videos I have viewed, and how many posts or documents I have read regarding this topic. I had already created my website when I heard about the need of creating a child theme. Only one other video came close to your video here; but your video explained in better detail about which plugin to select for those of us who had already created our website. What you said simply gave me the reassurance that I was selecting the best/correct plugin; and that all of my hard work and time was not going to be lost when I activated the child theme. You are an excellent teacher of this topic. I am so very grateful to you!! I will definately be utilizing you as a resource as I move forward; and I will definately be recommending you to anyone I find who will benefit from your videos, etc. Thank you!

I have to say Adam, when I want to find out something here on youtube I always type "how to do... wp crafter" Thanks once more for your tutorials. Because of your videos, I was able to learn a lot and for that, me and my family are save doing the quarantine here in Brazil. Good bless you, man! You have no idea how much I owe you.