WordPress Minimal Child Theme

A minimal WordPress child theme template that can be used as a base for any parent theme.

Features

• Simple and minimal structure
• Proper enqueuing of parent theme styles
• Ready-to-use commented examples for customization
• Easy to understand and extend

Getting Started

1. Update the Template value in style.css to match your parent theme's directory name
2. Activate the child theme in WordPress admin
3. Uncomment and modify the included examples as needed

Directory Structure

base-child-theme/
├── style.css                 # Theme information and basic styles
├── functions.php             # Main functions file with minimal setup
├── assets/                   # Theme assets (optional)
│   ├── css/                  # Optional CSS files
│   │   └── child-theme.css   # Example stylesheet
│   ├── js/                   # Optional JavaScript files
│   │   ├── child-theme.js    # Example script file
│   │   └── customizer.js     # Example customizer scripts
│   └── img/                  # Images directory
├── inc/                      # Include files (optional)
│   ├── custom-functions.php  # Example custom functions
│   └── customizer.php        # Example customizer settings
└── template-parts/           # Template parts directory (optional)

Customization

This child theme is designed to be minimal and easily customizable:

Adding Custom Styles

Add your custom styles directly to style.css or uncomment the example in functions.php to use /assets/css/child-theme.css

Adding Custom Scripts

Uncomment the example in functions.php to use /assets/js/child-theme.js

Adding Custom Functions

Uncomment the include lines in functions.php to use /inc/custom-functions.php

Development by Imagewize

This child theme was developed by Imagewize as a minimal base for WordPress child themes.

License

This theme is licensed under the GPL v2 or later.