Are child themes no longer required?

Hi there,

Child theme was never required.

Simple CSS is a good replacement and also the Additional CSS field in the customizer as well.

I do recommend using a child theme if you have like 500 lines of CSS though.

Let me know if this helps :)

Thanks Leo, can you explain why pls? (recommend using a child theme if you have like 500 lines of CSS though)

That's really just the general practice we recommend.

There should be very little performance difference.

David explained some more here:
https://generatepress.com/forums/topic/child-theme-for-speed-or-simple-css-and-code-snippets/#post-710090

You can always test by using SimpleCSS and then with child theme to see if you find any differences.

Thanks Leo

No problem :)