Child Themes/Good or Not

  • Resolved jewelsbytrish

    (@jewelsbytrish)


    9 years, 9 months ago

    I don’t fully understand Child Themes. I know they are used so that you don’t lose styling codes when the theme has an update. Someone said child themes pose a security risk. Is this true?
    I was going to install a child theme for Mayashop so that I don’t lose my opt-in CSS coding, but now I’m worried.

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  • If you want to be able to update the real theme I highly recommend a child theme. I have not had any sites get compromised as a result of their child themes.

    Thread Starter jewelsbytrish

    (@jewelsbytrish)

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    Andrew Nevins

    (@anevins)

    WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support

    Someone said child themes pose a security risk. Is this true?

    Not really, unless your theme was doing some shady practices in the past? Otherwise there’s not much chance of a security flaw in a Template file (the files in question regarding the concern).

    Thread Starter jewelsbytrish

    (@jewelsbytrish)

    Thanks

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