The required style.css file

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style.css is the one and only required file in a child theme. It provides the information header by which WordPress recognizes the child theme, and it replaces the style.css of the parent.

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As with any WordPress theme, the information header must be at the top of the file, the only difference being that in a child theme the Template: line is required, so that WordPress knows which theme is the parent of the child theme.

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Here is an example information header of a child theme’s style.css:

/*
Theme Name: Twenty Twelve Child
Theme URI: http://example.com/
Description: Child theme for the Twenty Twelve theme
Author: Your name here
Author URI: http://example.com/about/
Template: twentytwelve
Version: 0.1.0
*/

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A quick explanation of each line:

Theme Name. (required) Child theme name.
Theme URI. (optional) Child theme webpage.
Description. (optional) What this theme is. E.g.: My first child theme. Hurrah!

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Author. (optional) Author name.
Author URI. (optional) Author webpage.
Template. (required) directory name of parent theme, case-sensitive.
NOTE. You have to switch to a different theme and back to the child theme when you modify this line.

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After you have created the child theme you must then enable it through the Administration Panels > Appearance > Themes. You should see your child theme as a separate theme and should bear the name you gave it in the style.css under Theme Name. Just creating a child theme will not activate it and make it visible on your website. Note that a child theme’s stylesheet replaces the stylesheet of the parent completely. (

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