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.
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.
