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WordPress

Posted by rossace23
rossace23
3,819 Points

Wordpress Theme Editor

I am just curious if when editing the CSS of a Wordpress theme in the Appearance -> Theme Editor tab, if I should be creating a child theme to do this in. If I make any changes through this method, and update my theme, will be changes be gone?

Similarly, if I use a plugin to make CSS changes (like the Simple CSS plugin for example), will these changes also be overridden if I update my theme??

Any help would be great!

Ross

1 Answer

Jonathan Grieve
MOD
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 Points
Jonathan Grieve
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 Points

Yes you could do this in a child theme.

I'm not sure of the specifics of how to do this but search the codex which has a well documented page on setting up a child theme.

https://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes