Installing Child Theme on another WordPress Website

  • I created a Child Theme using Customizr on my WordPress website for my brother’s business. In the interim, I created a simple business website using Twenty-sixteen theme on his WordPress website.
    I’ve downloaded and saved the Customizr parent & child themes to my computer and now want to install them on his website.
    Will the changes made to his Twenty-sixteen theme conflict with the Customizr themes when I install them? If so, should I delete the Twenty-sixteen theme or at least download it and save it on my computer?
    Also, do I need to install all the plugins manually that I used with Customizr or will they carry over?

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  • Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    Will the changes made to his Twenty-sixteen theme conflict with the Customizr themes when I install them?

    No, only the active theme is used. Once you enable Customizr or its child theme, Twenty Sixteen will still be installed, but it won’t be used in any way.

    I recommend keeping Twenty Sixteen around, there’s no reason to remove it, and it will be there in case you need it.

    Also, do I need to install all the plugins manually that I used with Customizr or will they carry over?

    The theme is only the theme, so you will need to install all of those plugins on the other site.

    Thread Starter pprasatik

    (@pprasatik)

    Thank you James for your reply! I installed the Customizr Parent & Child Themes but all of my changes and customizations are missing. I manually installed the plugins used on the other domain. The site just looks like the Customizr demo site. Yikes! I do not look forward to building it all over again! ??

    Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    Make sure that you activate the Child theme, not the Parent theme. ??

    Thread Starter pprasatik

    (@pprasatik)

    The menu I created, the pages, media, etc… are not there either.

    Thread Starter pprasatik

    (@pprasatik)

    The Parent theme is installed but not activated. The Child theme is activated.

    Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    None of that is part of the theme, that’s all part of the site itself, stored in the database. The theme is basically just the clothes your site wears, nothing else.

    What you’re looking for is something more like https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/duplicator/

    Thread Starter pprasatik

    (@pprasatik)

    This is the domain & the site where you can view its creation: https://www.atimeforallthings.com/

    This is the domain where I uploaded & installed it:
    https://www.kmtcarpetcleaning.com/

    Thread Starter pprasatik

    (@pprasatik)

    Ah-ha! Geewiz… and I spent so much time researching and watching videos when there was a plugin! I will read the documentation, look at the video, and try it. May be posting later if I run into a snag. Thanks!

    Thread Starter pprasatik

    (@pprasatik)

    James ~ I’m using the Duplicator Plugin. Should I delete the Customizr Parent & Child themes I installed on the domain I uploaded them to?

    Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    I believe Duplicator produces an entire archive of the duplicated site, themes and all. You’ll be replacing whatever is at the new location with a copy of what’s at the old location.

    In this case though, I recommend asking at https://www.ads-software.com/support/plugin/duplicator so the plugin’s developers and support community can help you with this.

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