[Support request] Child theme basics

[Kevin]

I added a child theme from Adrian at WPcrafter as good practice but Im not sure how it works.

It appears to me to be identical to the parent.

Im a complete novice learning as I go and I doubt if I will do anything beyond using beaver builder and Thrive.

At the moment I have the child theme activated but Im not sure if I continue building my site on the child theme from now on, instead of the parent theme. If so, will I need to use the parent theme again?

[Leo]

Hi there,

The parent theme still needs to be installed but the child theme imports the setting for you.

Here is more info on child theme: https://docs.generatepress.com/article/using-child-theme/

[Kevin]

Ok I read it, but just to be clear, can I assume that all I need to do is use the child theme from now on and leave the parent theme alone?

[Leo]

Yes except for updates 🙂

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