Customizing your WordPress theme using Child Themes

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1. CUSTOMIZING YOUR WORDPRESS THEME USING CHILD THEMES Tunbosun Ayinla August 2017, Lagos WordPress Meetup
2. Tunbosun Ayinla GoDaddy Amateur Gamer WordPress Developer Lagos WordPress Meetup Group Co-organizer ABOUT ME
3. ‣ What is a child theme ‣ Creating a child theme ‣ Child theme plugins ‣ Questions AGENDA
4. WHAT IS A CHILD THEME?
5. WHAT IS A CHILD THEME? ‣ A child theme is a theme that inherits the functionality and styling of another theme, called the parent theme. ‣ Child themes are the recommended way of modifying an existing theme. https://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes
6. CREATING A CHILD THEME
7. A child theme consist of main files: ❖ style.css ❖ functions.php
8. style.css
9. functions.php
10. CHILD THEME PLUGINS
11. A child theme plugin allows you to create a child theme from your WordPress admin. Child Theme Configurator https://wordpress.org/plugins/child-theme-configurator/ Child Theme Creator by Orbisius https://wordpress.org/plugins/orbisius-child-theme-creator/
12. QUESTIONS?
13. https://bosun.me @tubiz