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Child Themes

White Spektrum is a parent theme. If you want to change its styles or templates, create a child theme. Your changes live in the child theme, so updating White Spektrum never overwrites them.

Create the child theme

  1. In your wp-content/themes folder, create a new folder called white-spektrum-child.
  2. Inside it, create a file called style.css.
  3. Add the following to the top of style.css:
/*!
 * Theme Name: White Spektrum Child
 * Theme URI: https://link-to-your-site.com
 * Description: Describe what your theme should be like.
 * Version: 0.1
 * Author: Your Name
 * Author URI: https://link-to-your-site.com
 * Template: white-spektrum
 */

Template must be the parent theme’s folder name, white-spektrum.

Activate it

Go to Appearance → Themes and activate White Spektrum Child. The parent theme’s styles load automatically, so your site looks exactly the same. Now add your own CSS below the header in style.css, and it will be applied on top of White Spektrum.

Keep White Spektrum installed

The child theme depends on White Spektrum, so leave White Spektrum installed, but not active, and keep it updated.

← Previous White Spektrum Settings Next → Getting Help

White Spektrum Docs

  • Overview
  • Installing White Spektrum
  • Customizing White Spektrum
  • White Spektrum Settings
  • Child Themes
  • Getting Help

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