Title: Child Theme Wizard Author: Jay Versluis Published: މާރޗް 19, 2014 Last modified: ނޮވެމްބަރ 4, 2022 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/child-theme-wizard/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=984451) This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://ps.w.org/child-theme-wizard/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=984426) # Child Theme Wizard By [Jay Versluis](https://profiles.wordpress.org/versluis/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/child-theme-wizard.1.4.zip) * [Details](https://dv.wordpress.org/plugins/child-theme-wizard/#description) * [Reviews](https://dv.wordpress.org/plugins/child-theme-wizard/#reviews) * [Installation](https://dv.wordpress.org/plugins/child-theme-wizard/#installation) * [Development](https://dv.wordpress.org/plugins/child-theme-wizard/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/child-theme-wizard/) ## Description The Child Theme Wizard lets you create a new child theme without the need for additional tools, right from within the WordPress admin interface. Once activated you can find it under Tools – Child Theme Wizard. Specify a parent theme, customise options such as title and description and click Create Child Theme. Upon success you will find your new theme under Appearance – Themes. You have the option to include GPL License Terms if you wish. The Wizard will automatically create a thumbnail too. In future versions I may include an image uploader for this feature. To find out more about Child Themes and why they are important please read https:// codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes ## Screenshots * [[ * create a Child Theme with just one click * [[ * the wizard was successful * [[ * you also get a nice thumbnail with your new child theme ## Installation 1. Either: Upload the entire folder `child-theme-wizard` to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory. 2. Or: download the ZIP file, then head over to Plugins – Add New – Install, then browse to your file 3. Or: from Plugins – Add New, search for “child theme wizard”, to find this plugin and hit “install” 4. Then: Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress 5. You can find it under Tools – Child Theme Wizard ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d598fb19e50e37b7ed53ce7d673784edbd48a20dc8d8d4163aef1ed2a153628d? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Outstanding. So simple and Effective. Highly recommend](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/outstanding-so-simple-and-effective-highly-recommend/)󠁿 [rjfnz](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rjfnz/) އޮކްޓޯބަރ 14, 2025 I can recommend for sure. While WordPress shows this plugin as “untested with your version of WordPress” it works perfectly. Simple and fast. Got my Child Themes set up in just a few minutes in WordPress version 6.8.3 and no complications. I would recommend the developer does an update for the compatibility statement so his plugin gets the use and credit it deserves! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/353fb709187a031086449be71d2ad13045b66654166aeb81616c4a0698aebcb6? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[It does exactly what I need it to do with minimal fuss.](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/it-does-exactly-what-i-need-it-to-do-with-minimal-fuss-3/)󠁿 [Elizabeth Beeton](https://profiles.wordpress.org/esb10/) މެއި 28, 2025 I don’t need anything fancy. I don’t need to have bells and whistles to give it 5 stars. It just has to do what I need done, and I’m happy. FYI: I’m not a bot. I’m leaving this same review on every plugin I use daily and that makes my life easier. I guess I can’t say this exactly same thing multiple times. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3e055cad1e0db51d0e945bc58964ad6c55362c73b307e34c83d416565b267873? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Great plugin. Simply gets the jobs done.](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-plugin-simply-gets-the-jobs-done/)󠁿 [globetrekker](https://profiles.wordpress.org/globetrekker/) އޭޕްރިލް 20, 2024 Great plugin. Simply gets the jobs done and now I know how to setup a child theme. Thank you. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e7a216e94eaa9d7f7bf44fac61a76a31efa8b23859502c44ec986a9f83fcc9ef? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[The wizard came through!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/the-wizard-came-through/)󠁿 [bob0](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bob0/) ސެޕްޓެމްބަރ 2, 2023 1 reply Two websites with wordpress 6.3 and no problems at all.. Very impressive this child theme is truly a wizard… it is responsive, all my menus were in place links, pictures, sliders and videos.. Thank you ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/2ec93b8d3cee8e97bbcc30ea2a9e8a11449e7c7830574b5ccd32727367fcd407? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Simple and great!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/simple-and-great-205/)󠁿 [dietschi](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dietschi/) ޖެނުއަރީ 10, 2023 One-klick child theme generator. It just works great! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6e229b77c35eff460257711220922038ed5f8551600366c661745c5806865171? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Great plugin, did what I wanted](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-plugin-did-what-i-wanted/)󠁿 [LewisCowles](https://profiles.wordpress.org/lewiscowles/) ޖުލައި 5, 2021 I actually installed another plugin before this one. I wanted to check theme overrides on a VPS (Dreamhost) install. This worked, the other plugin did not! It was simple to use, although if a link to the page to generate could be placed on the plugin listing page, that’d be fantastic. One other minor comment, is that I feel all themes should be lower-case and it generated an uppercase folder… wp-content/themes/Twenty- Twenty-Child Really every theme should have this built-in, it’s a great utility and saves a lot of boilerplate generation. [ Read all 36 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/child-theme-wizard/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Child Theme Wizard” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Jay Versluis ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/versluis/) [Translate “Child Theme Wizard” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/child-theme-wizard) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/child-theme-wizard/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/child-theme-wizard/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/child-theme-wizard/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/child-theme-wizard/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.4 * defined the preivously undefined variable $parent_style (thanks, Marcin!) * updated links to WordPress Dev Docs #### 1.3 * tested compatibility with WordPress 5.1 * updated link to Codex * added version query as suggested in Codex as of 2019 #### 1.2 * corrected a spelling mistake (thanks, Cory!) #### 1.1 * the parent theme is now queued via functions.php #### 1.0 * Initial Release ## Meta * Version **1.4** * Last updated **3 years ago** * Active installations **10,000+** * WordPress version ** 3.4 or higher ** * Tested up to **6.1.10** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/child-theme-wizard/) * Tags * [child theme](https://dv.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/child-theme/)[creator](https://dv.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/creator/) [generator](https://dv.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/generator/)[one-click](https://dv.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/one-click/) [starter](https://dv.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/starter/) * [Advanced View](https://dv.wordpress.org/plugins/child-theme-wizard/advanced/) ## Ratings 4.9 out of 5 stars. * [ 35 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/child-theme-wizard/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/child-theme-wizard/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/child-theme-wizard/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/child-theme-wizard/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 1 1-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/child-theme-wizard/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/child-theme-wizard/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/child-theme-wizard/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Jay Versluis ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/versluis/) ## Support Got something to say? 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