How to add Child Theme

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  solvibe · Member · May 13, 2016 at 10:13 pm

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  Good day ~

  We are interested in the protocol of creating a Child Theme for making changes to the design of the Parent Theme. This is per this article:

  http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes

  It says that we need to ftp to create a directory and add an additional .css file.

  What are our ftp login credentials please?

  Thanks for your help.

  wa

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  chrisrudzki · Member · May 13, 2016 at 10:22 pm

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  Howdy,

  Child themes and FTP are only available on self-hosted WordPress sites hosted elsewhere. They’re not available on WordPress.com.

  However, you can customize your theme CSS with the Pro plan:
  https://wordpress.com/pricing

  This guide will show you the interface for adding your own CSS:
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/editing-css/

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  solvibe · Member · May 13, 2016 at 10:50 pm

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  Thanks so much Chris ~ that really helps!

  We have a Premium account, so I guess that doesn’t foot the bill.

  Was wondering, if we use the Custom CSS you referred to, does that have the same effect as a Child Theme, i.e., those changes would be in effect, even if the Parent theme gets updated? If so, then I can let go of the need to create a Child Theme, right?

  Thanks again so much!

  wa

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  supernovia · Staff · May 19, 2016 at 7:58 pm

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  Hi @solvibe, I hope you don’t mind me jumping in to help.

  if we use the Custom CSS you referred to, does that have the same effect as a Child Theme, i.e., those changes would be in effect, even if the Parent theme gets updated

  That’s right. Your CSS changes will stick with this theme even as we apply any patches and what not. Just note if you change your theme, the CSS will be reset (since it wouldn’t apply to the new theme anyway). And if you change back your CSS will be there. We also keep revisions.

  Actual child themes can potentially introduce unstable or even malicious code, so we don’t allow them for the sites we manage on our servers. But if you’re maintaining your own copy of the WordPress.org code at another host, you can install them there. You’d just need to fix it, too, if something went wrong. I hope that helps!