{"id":89599,"date":"2018-08-23T23:55:49","date_gmt":"2018-08-23T23:55:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/child-themes-helper\/"},"modified":"2023-09-13T20:33:44","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T20:33:44","slug":"child-themes-helper","status":"closed","type":"plugin","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/child-themes-helper\/","author":15427797,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"rating":5,"active_installs":100,"downloads":3585,"tested":"6.3.5","requires":"5.0","requires_php":"5.6.31","stable_tag":"trunk","donate_link":"https:\/\/paypal.me\/PaulSwarthout","version":"2.2.7","header_name":"Child Themes Helper","header_plugin_uri":"https:\/\/www.paulswarthout.com\/Child-Themes-Helper\/","header_author":"Paul A. Swarthout","header_author_uri":"https:\/\/www.PaulSwarthout.com","header_description":"(1) Copies files from the template theme to the child theme, perfectly duplicating the path structure. (2) Removes file from the child theme, and removes any empty folders that were made empty by the removal of the child theme file. 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Below the description will be a list of your installed themes."},{"src":"https:\/\/ps.w.org\/child-themes-helper\/assets\/screenshot-2.JPG?rev=2074973","caption":"If you don't already have a Child Theme, you can click the Create Child Theme tab at the top and create one."},{"src":"https:\/\/ps.w.org\/child-themes-helper\/assets\/screenshot-3.jpg?rev=2074973","caption":"Once you have created a child theme, the first dialog will list the installed themes plus your new child theme. Click the large radio button to select your child theme. Note: this does NOT activate your child theme."},{"src":"https:\/\/ps.w.org\/child-themes-helper\/assets\/screenshot-4.jpg?rev=2074973","caption":"If your screen is wide enough, you will see the child theme files listed on the left and the parent theme files listed on the right. If you are using a mobile device or a tablet that is not wide enough, then you will only see the child theme files list or the parent theme files list, and a button where you can switch back and forth."},{"src":"https:\/\/ps.w.org\/child-themes-helper\/assets\/screenshot-5.jpg?rev=2074973","caption":"Right click on a file in either the child theme files or the parent theme files to open a popup menu. On the child theme files list, you will see the ability to remove a file from the child theme or edit the file. On the parent theme files list, you will see the ability to copy the file to the child theme or view the contents of the file."},{"src":"https:\/\/ps.w.org\/child-themes-helper\/assets\/screenshot-6.jpg?rev=2074973","caption":"Choosing Edit Child Theme file will let you open the file in a simple editor."},{"src":"https:\/\/ps.w.org\/child-themes-helper\/assets\/screenshot-7.jpg?rev=2074973","caption":"After copying the footer.php file from the parent theme to the child theme, we have opened it in the simple editor."},{"src":"https:\/\/ps.w.org\/child-themes-helper\/assets\/screenshot-8.jpg?rev=2074973","caption":"The Screenshot tab lets you create a temporary graphic that will display on the Dashboard >> Appearance >> Themes page for your child theme. Most developers will replace this image during their child theme development, but it makes a nice placeholder in the meantime."},{"src":"https:\/\/ps.w.org\/child-themes-helper\/assets\/screenshot-9.jpg?rev=2074973","caption":"You can change the font, the text color, and the background color of your temporary graphic. You can add fonts to the plugin's ~\/assets\/fonts folder and they will be automatically available. Click the Generate Screenshot button and a window will open with a copy of your new temporary graphic. Go to the website's themes page to see it as it was intended to be used."}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin\/89599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/plugin"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89599"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wporg\/v1\/users\/paulswarthout"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}