Modifications made to theme before making a child theme?

  • I have been making some modifications to a theme i have. Now im a bit worried because i did not make a child theme at the begining.

    Could i make a child theme now and keep the modifications i have made?

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  • All of your current modifications will still be lost if you upgrade the parent theme.

    Thread Starter mikedarny

    (@mikedarny)

    I see, so its only if i update the theme? Not if i update wordpress?

    Im a little new to this so im sorry if the question is a little noobish!

    Cheers for replying

    mike

    That would depend upon which theme you have modified.

    Thread Starter mikedarny

    (@mikedarny)

    How do you mean? how could i find out if the theme i have modified would mess up if i updated wordpress in the near future?

    You could start by telling us the name of the theme…

    Thread Starter mikedarny

    (@mikedarny)

    Ok its called Codium Extend 1.0.9 by Henri Labarre.

    the site im working on is https://sanacionnatural.net

    What if i was to make a complete copy of it by ftp,ing it to my pc and then when i update wordpress in the future if things get messy i could just copy back from my ftp?

    That theme should not be touched when you upgrade WordPress. However, I would still suggest that you backup this custom version of the theme for safe keeping.

    Thread Starter mikedarny

    (@mikedarny)

    Thanks esmi for your help and advice. Im off to do just that!!

    cheers

    mike

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