A framework for WordPress theme modification. Customise a WordPress theme with a child theme. 14,074 child themes.
//History
Launched by Ben founder of slibdesign.com – WordPress Developer London maker of Fruitty - HTML 1st WordPress theme (for WordPress developers to build from) and wordpressdeveloperlondon.com - custom WordPress plugin website in 2019 as wpchildtheme which had 654,061 international visitors and 642,447 child theme downloads. In 2025 we’re back online as the identity of wordpresschildtheme.com, the 1st place to go and grab a copy of a WordPress child theme for your parent WordPress themes downloaded from www.wordpress.org, www.themeforest.net and www.elegantthemes.com. Browse child themes by category: WordPress, Theme Forest and Elegant Themes. Our WordPress child themes are supplied in transportable .zip files e.g. wordpress-child.zip and loaded with 1x screenshot png, 1x style sheet, 1x functions.php file, 1x JavaScript file and a readme.txt file. The style.css file has been configured to specifically run with specific paired parent themes. It’s important you search for the correct parent theme to use our opensource code.
//style.css code snippet example:
/*
Theme Name: WordPress Child
Template: wordpress
Theme URI: https://www.wordpresschildtheme.com/wordpress/
Author: wordpresschildtheme
Author URI: https://www.wordpresschildtheme.com
Version: 1.0.1
License: GPLv3
License URI: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt
Tags: wordpresschildtheme, child theme, wordpress-child
Text Domain: wordpresschild
*/
All 4 files are integrated with the functions.php file but don’t contain any code (ready to be customised).
//Functions.php code snippet example:
function wp_child_theme()
{
wp_enqueue_style("parent-stylesheet", get_template_directory_uri()."/style.css");
wp_enqueue_style("child-stylesheet", get_stylesheet_uri());
wp_enqueue_script("child-scripts", get_stylesheet_directory_uri() . "/js/scripts.js", array("jquery"), "6.1.1", true);
}
add_action("wp_enqueue_scripts", "wp_child_theme");
...
//We help you build
We make it easy to change WordPress themes by gifting WordPress developers (“the makers”) with code capable of transforming WordPress websites. They do this by uploading our code to their self-hosted WordPress website and customising it their way.
//You see the reward
In 2019 I decided to build the largest WordPress child theme library in the World and due to heavy demand we keep our website up and running. Keep building!
//How to say thank you
If you like the code we’ve gifted you with don’t Tick to disable the thank you link in the footer in your child theme options and link to wordpresschildtheme.com or wordpressdeveloperlondon.com. Every link counts.
Thanks
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