{"id":3982,"date":"2026-07-23T09:38:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T09:38:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disoh.com\/support\/how-to-create-a-child-theme-in-wordpress\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T09:38:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T09:38:20","password":"","slug":"how-to-create-a-child-theme-in-wordpress","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/disoh.com\/de\/support\/how-to-create-a-child-theme-in-wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"So erstellen Sie ein Child-Theme in WordPress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you want to customise your theme&#8217;s code safely, a child theme is the right way to do it. It lets you make changes that survive theme updates, so you never lose your work. This guide explains what a child theme is and how to create one.<\/p>\n<h2>Why use a child theme<\/h2>\n<p>If you edit your theme&#8217;s files directly, the next theme update overwrites your changes. A child theme inherits everything from the parent theme but holds your customisations separately, so updates to the parent do not erase them.<\/p>\n<h2>What a child theme needs<\/h2>\n<p>At minimum, a child theme is a folder containing two files:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A <strong>style.css<\/strong> file with a header that names the parent theme.<\/li>\n<li>A <strong>functions.php<\/strong> file that loads the parent theme&#8217;s styles.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>How to create one<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>In your site&#8217;s <em>wp-content\/themes<\/em> folder, create a new folder (for example, <em>yourtheme-child<\/em>).<\/li>\n<li>Add a <strong>style.css<\/strong> with a header specifying the Template (the parent theme&#8217;s folder name).<\/li>\n<li>Add a <strong>functions.php<\/strong> that enqueues the parent stylesheet.<\/li>\n<li>Gehe zu <strong>Appearance &gt; Themes<\/strong> and activate the child theme.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>If you prefer not to create the files by hand, a child theme generator plugin can do it for you.<\/p>\n<h2>Making customisations<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Add custom CSS to the child&#8217;s style.css.<\/li>\n<li>Copy a parent template file into the child folder to override it.<\/li>\n<li>Add custom functions to the child&#8217;s functions.php.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Fehlerbehebung<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Site looks unstyled after activating:<\/strong> the parent stylesheet is not loading; check functions.php.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Changes not appearing:<\/strong> confirm you edited the child theme and clear caches.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Brauchen Sie Hilfe?<\/h2>\n<p>Child themes involve a little code. 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