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title: How to Create a Child Theme?
description: "## Step 1: **Access the Plugin**: - After activation, navigate to **Appearance** > **Child Theme Gen** in your WordPress admin panel ![](https://wensolutions.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Screenshot_12-1024x513.png) ## **Step 2: Select Parent Theme:** - Choose the theme you want to create a child theme for…"
url: "https://wensolutions.com/docs/how-to-create-a-child-theme/"
updated: "2024-09-19"
category: WP Child Theme Generator
---

# How to Create a Child Theme?

## Step 1: **Access the Plugin**:

- After activation, navigate to **Appearance** > **Child Theme Gen** in your WordPress admin panel

![](https://wensolutions.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Screenshot_12-1024x513.png)

## **Step 2: Select Parent Theme:**

- Choose the theme you want to create a child theme for from the drop-down list.

![](https://wensolutions.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Screenshot_13.png)

## **Step 3: Enter the Child Theme Information:**

Fill in the required fields:

- **Child Theme Name**: The name for your child theme.
- **Author Name**: Your name or the theme author’s name.
- **Child Theme Description**: A brief description of the child theme.

**Optional Information**:

- **Theme URI**: URL to the theme's website (optional).
- **Author URI**: URL to the author's website (optional).
- **Version**: Set a version number (optional).
- **License**: License type (optional).
- **License URL**: Link to the license information (optional).
- **Tags**: Tags for theme classification (optional).

![](https://wensolutions.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Screenshot_14-1024x744.png)

## Step 4: **Create the Child Theme**:

- Once all the required and optional fields are filled out, click **Create Child Theme**.
- The plugin will generate and install the child theme automatically.

![](https://wensolutions.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Screenshot_15-1024x547.png)

## **Step 5: Activate the Child Theme:**

- After the child theme is created, go to **Appearance** > **Themes**.
- Locate your new child theme and click **Activate**.

![](https://wensolutions.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Screenshot_16-1024x586.png)

## Step 6: **Customize Your Child Theme**:

- Navigate to **Appearance** > **Theme File Editor** to add custom CSS to `style.css` or modify `functions.php` for additional functionality.

This method will help you create and activate a child theme easily, ensuring that future updates to the parent theme won’t affect your customizations.