Child theme is yet another theme which inherits/uses the properties of parent theme which we were assigned to. In this case Carity is parent theme. You can create theme with any name with line of declaration to act as a child of Cartify. To make the things easier, Cartify includes sample child theme along with parent theme inside theme package.
Important aspect of child theme is to allow you to keep your changes & modifications separate from parent theme functions, to preserve it from theme updates.
Prerequisite: Make sure that you’ve downloaded and extracted the theme package(All files & documentation) from https://themeforest.net/downloads at themeforest.
Install Child theme via WordPress dashboard
- Login to your WordPress Dashboard and go to Appearance -> Themes.
- Click Add New and then Upload theme.
- Click Choose file and locate cartify-child.zip from the extracted .zip.
- Click Install Now. Once theme installed successfully, you can activate the theme.
Useful Links:
- Create your own child theme – https://developer.wordpress.org/themes/advanced-topics/child-themes/#how-to-create-a-child-theme