Can you create a child theme AFTER the site is built? An old client of mine had someone build her site on X- which I recommended - but he didn’t use a child theme- now it seems everytime she updates her site it breaks. I’m guessing he made changes to the theme files but I have no idea what. Is there an easy way to fix this? Any recommendations- other than rebuilding the site from scratch on a child theme?
Hello @katriley,
Thanks for writing in! Yes, you can use a child theme even if the site is already been built. Download the child theme and upload it to your WordPress dashboard in Appearance > Themes like any normal theme. Please do not activate it yet and do the following:
- Go to X/Pro > Validation > Theme Options Manager and download the XCS file to your local computer.
- Go back to Appearance > Themes and then activate your newly uploaded child theme.
- Go back again to X/Pro > Validation > Theme Options Manager and import the XCS file that you have previously downloaded. This is to make sure that your child theme will have the same settings as your parent theme.
- Lastly, if you have made any file modifications, please make sure to note those files. Copy those files and place it in your child theme’s folder in the same order. And if you added any custom codes in your parent theme’s functions.php file, you will have to transfer those codes to your child theme’s functions.php file.
Hope this helps.
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