{"id":16,"date":"2016-03-13T03:18:16","date_gmt":"2016-03-13T03:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wplook.com\/docs\/?p=16"},"modified":"2026-03-14T13:55:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T13:55:25","slug":"child-theme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wplook.com\/docs\/wordpress-basics\/getting-started-wordpress-basics\/child-theme\/","title":{"rendered":"Child Theme"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"what-is-a-child-theme\">What is a Child Theme?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A child theme is a theme that inherits the functionality and styling of another theme, called the parent theme. It allows you to modify or extend the parent theme without editing its files directly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the recommended way to customize any WPlook theme. 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