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Hi everyone, welcome to K2 blogging and in this video I will show you how you can install
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child theme in your generate press theme. So let's check how we can do that
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And if you found this video helpful, then make sure to hit the like button
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Let's first install the main theme or the parent theme of generate press theme
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So as you can see that I have clicked the add new button and let me install the generate
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press theme here. Now after installing the generate press theme, let me just activate this and let me just
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view this side as well. And as you can see that generate press theme is installed
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Now let's check how we can install the child theme. So why you need to install a child theme
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So child theme helps you add custom function file to your theme so that if you update your
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theme, then it will not delete from the theme file. So child theme helps in that purpose, or you can use the code manager plugin as well if
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you don't want to use the child theme. So here in this tutorial, I will show you how you can install the child theme for generate press
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So after install the parent theme in your WordPress website, let's install the child theme
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So for this, you need the child theme file. So for this, I will go to the official documentation of generate press theme
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As you can see that they have shown the instruction on how to install the child theme, and they
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have given the option to download the child theme. So let's click on here
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And you can see that the generate press child theme file is downloaded to our computer
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So we just need to simply upload the file and activate this child theme
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That is how simple it is. So what I can do is I will click on add new here
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And I will click on upload theme and I will choose that generate press child theme
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So this is a blank child theme. So you will not get any styling and it will give a simple function file for you
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So let's activate it here. And now let's go to the front end and let's refresh this page
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And you can see that there is no changes in the main theme. That's because the all the stylings and functions, JavaScript and everything is inherited from
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your parent theme. But the child theme help you edit your code
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So as you can see that generate press child theme is installed here
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And if you go to the theme file editor, you will see this option generate press child theme
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So let's click on I understand. And as you can see that there is multiple options
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You can check the parent theme code here. So if you change anything, then it will break your theme site
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So make sure to use a child theme. So if you use a child theme here, then if you do any changes, then you can easily delete
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all the code from your child theme and it will not affect the parent theme of your website
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And here you will see two different options. One is style.css and one is function.php file
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So if you want to put any custom function to your website, then you can put it here
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as well in the function.php file. And if you want to put any CSS files, then you can put it on style sheet style.css
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And if you are not using any style sheets, then you can also block that from loading
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in your front end. So they have also shown how to do that. So simply just use this function.php file here and you can easily put it in the PHP
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here main function. So if you put this here, then this style sheet style.css won't be load in the front end
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So in this way, you can block that style sheet or style.css file from the front end
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And if you want to add your custom CSS file, then you can leave it like that
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So let me just update it here. And this is how you can install a child theme in your generate press theme
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So if you found this video helpful, then make sure to hit the like button. And if you have any doubt regarding this, then you can ask me in the comment section
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I will see you in the next one. Bye bye
