A child theme in WordPress is a theme that inherits the functionality, features, and styling of another theme, called the parent theme. In this case, Listify is the parent theme.

Why Use a Child Theme?

• Safe Customization – You can make changes to your theme without affecting the original files.
• Update Protection – When the parent theme (Listify) is updated, your customizations in the child theme are preserved.
• Flexibility – Add custom CSS, modify templates, or create new PHP functions without interfering with core theme files.

How to Create a Child Theme Automatically

Listify makes it easy to generate a child theme through the included setup guide. Follow these steps:

1. Go to your WordPress dashboard and navigate to Getting Started ▸ Setup Guide.
2. Click on “Use a Child Theme”.

That’s it! You now have a fully functional child theme activated and ready to use for your Listify-based website.

Manual Installation Option

If you prefer to manually install the child theme or want a clean starting point, you can download our official child theme from GitHub:

Download Listify Child Theme

Once downloaded:

1. Navigate to Appearance ▸ Themes ▸ Add New ▸ Upload Theme.
2. Upload the ZIP file and activate the child theme.

Need to Customize Further?

Once the child theme is active, you can:

• Add custom styles in style.css
• Add or override functions in functions.php
• Copy template files from the parent theme into the child theme folder to override them

Further Reading

• WordPress Codex: Child Themes
• Using functions.php in a Child Theme