{"id":3974,"date":"2021-01-23T17:45:35","date_gmt":"2021-01-23T12:15:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seoneurons.com\/blog\/?p=3974"},"modified":"2023-05-29T00:58:04","modified_gmt":"2023-05-28T19:28:04","slug":"what-is-child-theme","status":"publish","type":"wordpress","link":"https:\/\/seoneurons.com\/blog\/wordpress\/what-is-child-theme\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Child Theme in WordPress? Pros, Cons, and More."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In recent times, developers have started providing child themes along with the main theme file. So now the question is, &#8220;what is a child theme? Its uses, when to use, benefits, the pros, and cons. In this article, we&#8217;ll discuss the importance of the child theme and answer all the questions related to it?<\/p><div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">In this guide, we\u2019ll walk through:<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #494949;color:#494949\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #494949;color:#494949\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/seoneurons.com\/blog\/wordpress\/what-is-child-theme\/#what-is-the-usage-of-the-child-theme\" >What is the usage of the Child Theme?<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/seoneurons.com\/blog\/wordpress\/what-is-child-theme\/#who-should-use-it\" >Who should use it?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/seoneurons.com\/blog\/wordpress\/what-is-child-theme\/#who-shouldnt-go-with-it\" >Who shouldn&#8217;t go with it?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/seoneurons.com\/blog\/wordpress\/what-is-child-theme\/#role-of-parent-theme\" >Role of Parent Theme.<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/seoneurons.com\/blog\/wordpress\/what-is-child-theme\/#how-to-choose-a-parent-theme\" >How to choose a parent Theme?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/seoneurons.com\/blog\/wordpress\/what-is-child-theme\/#pros-and-cons-of-the-child-theme\" >Pros and Cons of the Child theme<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/seoneurons.com\/blog\/wordpress\/what-is-child-theme\/#pros-of-child-theme\" >Pros of Child Theme<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/seoneurons.com\/blog\/wordpress\/what-is-child-theme\/#cons-of-using-child-theme\" >Cons of using Child Theme.<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/seoneurons.com\/blog\/wordpress\/what-is-child-theme\/#final-words\" >Final Words<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/seoneurons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/what-is-child-theme-1024x576.png\" alt=\"What is a Child Theme\" class=\"wp-image-4182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seoneurons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/what-is-child-theme-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/seoneurons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/what-is-child-theme-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/seoneurons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/what-is-child-theme-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/seoneurons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/what-is-child-theme-390x220.png 390w, https:\/\/seoneurons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/what-is-child-theme.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>What is a Child Theme<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Child Theme allows you to customize the functionality of the parent theme without compromising the theme updates. Earlier, you couldn&#8217;t update a theme without losing its customization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So if there is a security update of the theme, then it is necessary to update it. But at the same time, you&#8217;ll lose all the changes made to the theme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In simple words, we can say that a child theme allows you to update the main theme without losing its customization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-is-the-usage-of-the-child-theme\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"what-is-the-usage-of-the-child-theme\"><\/span>What is the usage of the Child Theme?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Nowadays, almost every premium theme includes a child theme. That provides more control over the functions of the theme. There is nothing that can&#8217;t be customized in WordPress. One who has little knowledge of HTML, CSS, PHP can customize the WordPress website as per the need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can customize a child theme with the desired changes you want to the parent theme file. However, sometimes it may happen you make so many changes that lead to creating a new theme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Suppose you&#8217;re making a change in header.php of the main theme file, and somehow there is a mistake in its coding. Then the website may not work until the problem is solved. If the same thing happens with the child theme&#8217;s header.php file, its parent theme will overtake and serve the header.php(parent theme). From this, it is understood that we can make changes in the child theme file without fear of a website crash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can follow this guide to <a title=\"How to Create a Child Theme\" href=\"https:\/\/seoneurons.com\/blog\/wordpress\/how-to-create-child-theme\/\">create a child theme for WordPress<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-who-should-use-it\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"who-should-use-it\"><\/span>Who should use it?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The child theme allows you to keep adding new features, functions to WordPress if you have some CSS, PHP skills. In that case, you can go with it.<\/li><li>If you&#8217;re working on a big project and adding some extra features to the parent theme, you can use a child theme. That will allow you to add as many custom codes as needed.<\/li><li>Suppose you&#8217;re working on a small project and remove extra unused CSS, JS, or PHP code. In that case, too, you can use a child theme.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-who-shouldn-t-go-with-it\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"who-shouldnt-go-with-it\"><\/span>Who shouldn&#8217;t go with it?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If you don&#8217;t know how to add code, you&#8217;re happy with what your theme is providing. Or you&#8217;ve to add only custom CSS. Then it would be best if you didn&#8217;t go with a child theme. Usually, themes offer an option for adding a custom style. If this case is not with you, you can add CSS to the main theme style.css file.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So if you would like to make some minor changes, you shouldn&#8217;t go with this child theme. However, in case you&#8217;ve to make some significant changes, then you have to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-role-of-parent-theme\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"role-of-parent-theme\"><\/span>Role of Parent Theme.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Your parents never let you fall. You always feel safe under their shed. If you can&#8217;t perform an action in which parents are experts, they are always there. Similarly, if you made some coding mistakes in the child theme, its parent theme overtakes that file, and the website will not crash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So that you can rectify the changes, a critical role is always played by the parent theme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-how-to-choose-a-parent-theme\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"how-to-choose-a-parent-theme\"><\/span>How to choose a parent Theme?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Every theme is a parent theme but not a good framework for the child theme. You should choose one that is more customizable and near to your needs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Suppose you select a basic installed theme as the framework, as it is pretty fast. But if the theme can&#8217;t fulfill all your needs, it would not be perfect as a child theme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First, you&#8217;ll customize or change header.php, then footer.php, then single.php, and so on. Later you want to add some slides or share buttons etc. You worked a lot and consumed a lot of time. So the framework you choose must be somewhere near to your needs. That should be SEO-friendly, like <a href=\"https:\/\/seoneurons.com\/blog\/technical-seo\/html5-best-practices\/\">support HTML5<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/seoneurons.com\/blog\/technical-seo\/schema-markup\/\">schema markup<\/a>, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-pros-and-cons-of-the-child-theme\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"pros-and-cons-of-the-child-theme\"><\/span>Pros and Cons of the Child theme<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Everything comes with an advantage and disadvantage. I earn for my family, but they have to cook for me means some disadvantage of having me ;).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A child theme is no less than having me. It has its own advantages and disadvantages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-pros-of-child-theme\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"pros-of-child-theme\"><\/span>Pros of Child Theme<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Allows you to update<\/strong>: You can update the parent theme without losing the customization or tweak you made in it. You don&#8217;t have to make the changes every time for a critical security update, as every theme should be up to date for security reasons.<\/li><li><strong>Website will not break<\/strong>: When you made some mistake in coding while designing the new layout using a child theme, the parent theme always there to save it.<\/li><li><strong>Allow you to make tweaks<\/strong>: You can make the changes as much as you need. That means you can create even a new theme by modifying the framework.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-cons-of-using-child-theme\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"cons-of-using-child-theme\"><\/span>Cons of using Child Theme.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Every theme has its own coding, hook to call various functions. So before making any changes, you&#8217;ve to understand all the coding used in that. This will take a lot of time to understand all the hook etc.<\/li><li>The theme owner may abandon the project, so you&#8217;ll not get updates for the parent theme. That could be a drawback. But you can use that particular theme even after its updates are abandoned.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-final-words\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"final-words\"><\/span>Final Words<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This article discussed what is a child theme in WordPress and how we can use it. And also its advantages and disadvantages. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I hope you liked our article on Child Theme. If you&#8217;ve any doubt or queries, feel free to ask in the comment section below. Thank You.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In recent times, developers have started providing child themes along with the main theme file. So now the question is, &#8220;what is a child theme? Its uses, when to use, benefits, the pros, and cons. In this article, we&#8217;ll discuss the importance of the child theme and answer all the questions related to it? What &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4182,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"parentpage":[956],"class_list":["post-3974","wordpress","type-wordpress","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","parentpage-wordpress"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.4 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What is Child Theme in WordPress? Pros, Cons, and More. - SEO Neurons<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"What is a WordPress Child Theme. Know its uses, when to use, benefit pros, cons. Who should use this, who shouldn&#039;t. Role of Parent Theme with child theme\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/seoneurons.com\/blog\/wordpress\/what-is-child-theme\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What is Child Theme in WordPress? Pros, Cons, and More.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"What is a WordPress Child Theme. Know its uses, when to use, benefit pros, cons. Who should use this, who shouldn&#039;t. Role of Parent Theme with child theme\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/seoneurons.com\/blog\/wordpress\/what-is-child-theme\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SEO Neurons\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SEONeuronsAgency\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-05-28T19:28:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/seoneurons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/what-is-child-theme.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@SEONeurons\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/seoneurons.com\\\/blog\\\/wordpress\\\/what-is-child-theme\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/seoneurons.com\\\/blog\\\/wordpress\\\/what-is-child-theme\\\/\",\"name\":\"What is Child Theme in WordPress? Pros, Cons, and More. - SEO Neurons\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/seoneurons.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/seoneurons.com\\\/blog\\\/wordpress\\\/what-is-child-theme\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/seoneurons.com\\\/blog\\\/wordpress\\\/what-is-child-theme\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/seoneurons.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/01\\\/what-is-child-theme.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-01-23T12:15:35+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-05-28T19:28:04+00:00\",\"description\":\"What is a WordPress Child Theme. Know its uses, when to use, benefit pros, cons. Who should use this, who shouldn't. Role of Parent Theme with child theme\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/seoneurons.com\\\/blog\\\/wordpress\\\/what-is-child-theme\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/seoneurons.com\\\/blog\\\/wordpress\\\/what-is-child-theme\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/seoneurons.com\\\/blog\\\/wordpress\\\/what-is-child-theme\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/seoneurons.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/01\\\/what-is-child-theme.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/seoneurons.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/01\\\/what-is-child-theme.png\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":720,\"caption\":\"what-is-child-theme\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/seoneurons.com\\\/blog\\\/wordpress\\\/what-is-child-theme\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/seoneurons.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Blog\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/seoneurons.com\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"What is Child Theme in WordPress? Pros, Cons, and More.\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/seoneurons.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/seoneurons.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"SEO Neurons\",\"description\":\"Create, Optimize Website and Drive More Organic Traffic\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/seoneurons.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"alternateName\":\"SEO Neurons\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/seoneurons.com\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/seoneurons.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"SEO Neurons\",\"alternateName\":\"SEO Neurons\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/seoneurons.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/seoneurons.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/seoneurons.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/06\\\/seoneurons-logo.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/seoneurons.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/06\\\/seoneurons-logo.svg\",\"width\":1,\"height\":1,\"caption\":\"SEO Neurons\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/seoneurons.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/SEONeuronsAgency\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/SEONeurons\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/seoneurons\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/c\\\/SEONeurons\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/seo_neurons\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/t.me\\\/SEONeurons\"],\"legalName\":\"SEO Neurons\",\"foundingDate\":\"2021-01-21\",\"numberOfEmployees\":{\"@type\":\"QuantitativeValue\",\"minValue\":\"1\",\"maxValue\":\"10\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"What is Child Theme in WordPress? Pros, Cons, and More. - SEO Neurons","description":"What is a WordPress Child Theme. Know its uses, when to use, benefit pros, cons. Who should use this, who shouldn't. Role of Parent Theme with child theme","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/seoneurons.com\/blog\/wordpress\/what-is-child-theme\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"What is Child Theme in WordPress? Pros, Cons, and More.","og_description":"What is a WordPress Child Theme. Know its uses, when to use, benefit pros, cons. Who should use this, who shouldn't. Role of Parent Theme with child theme","og_url":"https:\/\/seoneurons.com\/blog\/wordpress\/what-is-child-theme\/","og_site_name":"SEO Neurons","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SEONeuronsAgency\/","article_modified_time":"2023-05-28T19:28:04+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":720,"url":"https:\/\/seoneurons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/what-is-child-theme.png","type":"image\/png"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@SEONeurons","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/seoneurons.com\/blog\/wordpress\/what-is-child-theme\/","url":"https:\/\/seoneurons.com\/blog\/wordpress\/what-is-child-theme\/","name":"What is Child Theme in WordPress? Pros, Cons, and More. - SEO Neurons","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/seoneurons.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/seoneurons.com\/blog\/wordpress\/what-is-child-theme\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/seoneurons.com\/blog\/wordpress\/what-is-child-theme\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/seoneurons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/what-is-child-theme.png","datePublished":"2021-01-23T12:15:35+00:00","dateModified":"2023-05-28T19:28:04+00:00","description":"What is a WordPress Child Theme. Know its uses, when to use, benefit pros, cons. Who should use this, who shouldn't. Role of Parent Theme with child theme","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/seoneurons.com\/blog\/wordpress\/what-is-child-theme\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/seoneurons.com\/blog\/wordpress\/what-is-child-theme\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/seoneurons.com\/blog\/wordpress\/what-is-child-theme\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/seoneurons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/what-is-child-theme.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/seoneurons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/what-is-child-theme.png","width":1280,"height":720,"caption":"what-is-child-theme"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/seoneurons.com\/blog\/wordpress\/what-is-child-theme\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/seoneurons.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Blog","item":"https:\/\/seoneurons.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"What is Child Theme in WordPress? Pros, Cons, and More."}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/seoneurons.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/seoneurons.com\/blog\/","name":"SEO Neurons","description":"Create, Optimize Website and Drive More Organic Traffic","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/seoneurons.com\/blog\/#organization"},"alternateName":"SEO Neurons","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/seoneurons.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/seoneurons.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"SEO Neurons","alternateName":"SEO Neurons","url":"https:\/\/seoneurons.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/seoneurons.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/seoneurons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/seoneurons-logo.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/seoneurons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/seoneurons-logo.svg","width":1,"height":1,"caption":"SEO Neurons"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/seoneurons.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SEONeuronsAgency\/","https:\/\/x.com\/SEONeurons","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/seoneurons","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/SEONeurons","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/seo_neurons\/","https:\/\/t.me\/SEONeurons"],"legalName":"SEO Neurons","foundingDate":"2021-01-21","numberOfEmployees":{"@type":"QuantitativeValue","minValue":"1","maxValue":"10"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/seoneurons.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wordpress\/3974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/seoneurons.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wordpress"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/seoneurons.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/wordpress"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seoneurons.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seoneurons.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3974"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/seoneurons.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wordpress\/3974\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seoneurons.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/seoneurons.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"parentpage","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seoneurons.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/parentpage?post=3974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}