What is "...-child" theme ?

[zoulhan]

every theme that I find always has a child theme
my website work fine without uploading child theme, so what is a child theme?

 

[DMD]

What Is a WordPress Child Theme? Pros, Cons, and More

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[bijay]

A child theme is like a connector to your main theme which stores the modification you have done to your theme such as widget logo etc. But after you update the main theme, all customization will be lost and you need to reconfigure it again. To avoid this issue it's always advisable to use child theme. so that you can add your custom function, Customization to your theme.

 

[zoulhan]

A child theme is like a connector to your main theme which stores the modification you have done to your theme such as widget logo etc. But after you update the main theme, all customization will be lost and you need to reconfigure it again. To avoid this issue it's always advisable to use child theme. so that you can add your custom function, Customization to your theme.

aaah ... so that's how it is. Alright, thank you for the explanation @bijay

 

[asandytanged]

A child theme is like a connector to your main theme which stores the modification you have done to your theme such as widget logo etc. But after you update the main theme, all customization will be lost and you need to reconfigure it again. To avoid this issue it's always advisable to use child theme. so that you can add your custom function, Customization to your theme.

thats right