Will changing the name of a child theme folder cause problems?

  • Resolved foxden vixen

    (@foxden-vixen)


    9 years, 7 months ago

    I have been working on a site that is being created using a pre-populated child theme of a purchased theme but released I forgot to change the child theme folder to a different name. I have added menus, pages, any all sorts of other things. If I go ahead and change the name of the folder, will it cause any problems?

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  • Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    Not really. It will reset the active theme back to the parent theme, but they you’ll just re-activate your child theme. You may need to re-save the menu locations, but you won’t have to re-build the menus, and you may need to re-add the widgets from the Inactive Widgets section, but you won’t have to re-do their content.

    Thread Starter foxden vixen

    (@foxden-vixen)

    Thank you. Good to know. I will go ahead and get the folder name changed. I will activate the parent theme first. Then activate the child and make the small changes.

    Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    You’re welcome!

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