Child Theme Wizard

November 04, 2022

Child Theme Wizard Plugin

Creates a child theme with one click and lets you customise its options.

The Child Theme Wizard lets you create a new child theme without the need for additional tools, right from within the WordPress admin interface. Once activated you can find it under Tools – Child Theme Wizard.

Specify a parent theme, customise options such as title and description and click Create Child Theme. Upon success you will find your new theme under Appearance – Themes.

You have the option to include GPL License Terms if you wish. The Wizard will automatically create a thumbnail too. In future versions I may include an image uploader for this feature.

To find out more about Child Themes and why they are important please read https://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes

Installation

  1. Either: Upload the entire folder child-theme-wizard to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
  2. Or: download the ZIP file, then head over to Plugins – Add New – Install, then browse to your file
  3. Or: from Plugins – Add New, search for “child theme wizard”, to find this plugin and hit “install”
  4. Then: Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
  5. You can find it under Tools – Child Theme Wizard

Screenshots

  1. create a Child Theme with just one click

    create a Child Theme with just one click

  2. the wizard was successful

    the wizard was successful

  3. you also get a nice thumbnail with your new child theme

    you also get a nice thumbnail with your new child theme

Changelog

1.4

  • defined the preivously undefined variable $parent_style (thanks, Marcin!)
  • updated links to WordPress Dev Docs

1.3

  • tested compatibility with WordPress 5.1
  • updated link to Codex
  • added version query as suggested in Codex as of 2019

1.2

  • corrected a spelling mistake (thanks, Cory!)

1.1

  • the parent theme is now queued via functions.php

1.0

  • Initial Release

Details

  • Version: 1.4
  • Active installations: 10,000
  • WordPress Version: 3.4
  • Tested up to: 6.1.7

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