Child theme
A child theme is installed as a plugin and serves as a template for the programmer. It is installed in the admin area in addition to the parent theme.
What is a child theme
A child theme is a theme that inherits the templates of another theme, the so-called parent theme. This is the safest and, so far, the most elegant way to make individual changes to the parent theme.
Use a child theme to make update-safe changes to your theme's code, e.g.
on the structure of the templates
to functions of the theme
on CSS or SCSS code
to javascript files
make the compatibility between two extensions
Download child themes:
I don't want to change anything, why is a child theme recommended anyway?
Even if you don't want to make any deep changes to the store at the moment, with a child theme you invest in the future with just a few clicks. You can't know today if you will never want to make adjustments or if you will have to make them.
Sometimes a child theme is needed to create compatibility between two extensions.
If a change is necessary and no child theme is installed yet, all configuration of the theme for the child theme has to be done again. It is therefore easier to use a child theme from the beginning!
Create child theme via Plugin
theme version 4.4.0 or higher | pro version
Since theme version 4.4.0, you have the option to generate a personalized child theme using our free child theme generator plugin and then customize it to your needs.
Update of a child theme (optional)
Occasionally, we may provide a new version of our child themes in addition to the main theme provided in the store.
Before updating any of our child themes, please be sure to read our update-guide.
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