Understanding child themes

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  filmiccornucopia · Member · Aug 21, 2018 at 10:52 am

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  Hiya,

  I’m going to be creating a wordpress website for a business. I’m looking for some advice please on where to start after sorting out the domain and hosting.

  Once they have an idea of which theme they want to use, it’s my understanding that i need to create a child theme for it so that i can customize it to their requirements without modifying the original theme.

  Can i choose any free theme and create a child theme for it? Are there any limitations?

  Thank you, i appreciate any advice you can give me.

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  vishalmukadam · Member · Aug 21, 2018 at 11:15 am

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  Hi there,

  In order to understand Child Themes we have a support document at our Support Site which will help you to get the answers to all your question related to Child Themes, please visit: https://en.support.wordpress.com/themes/uploading-setting-up-custom-themes/child-themes/

  In case, if you still have the questions feel free to come back here and ask.

  Hope this helps! Thanks!

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  filmiccornucopia · Member · Aug 21, 2018 at 11:25 am

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  Thanks!

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  vishalmukadam · Member · Aug 21, 2018 at 11:45 am

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  You’re welcome! Happy Blogging!

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  vishalmukadam · Member · Aug 21, 2018 at 11:50 am

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  I’m going to be creating a wordpress website for a business. I’m looking for some advice please on where to start after sorting out the domain and hosting.

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  gemmacevans · Member · Aug 21, 2018 at 3:19 pm

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  Hi filmiccornucopia,

  Can i choose any free theme and create a child theme for it?

  On WordPress.com, you can create a child theme using any of our themes with a version available for self-hosted WordPress installations (WordPress.org):

  https://cloudup.com/cC11BFSl_G3

  This option is displayed at the very bottom of theme information pages like Twenty Seventeen:

  https://wordpress.com/theme/twentyseventeen

  You also have the option to purchase a WordPress theme from elsewhere and use that to create your child theme.