Child Theme Wizard
Creates a child theme with one click and lets you customise its options.
4.9(36 reviews)
·10K+ active installs·Updated 3 years agoAs of April 2026, Child Theme Wizard is a WordPress creator plugin with 10K+ active installations and a 4.9/5 rating from 36 reviews. It has been downloaded 161K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.4+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2014. Last updated 3 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Downloads are down 7% this week. Top alternative: PDF Thumbnail Generator.
4.9/536 reviews
10K+active installs
161K+total downloads
12 yearssince 2014
Overview
The Child Theme Wizard lets you create a new child theme without the need for additional tools, right from within the WordPress admin interface. Once activated you can find it under Tools – Child Theme Wizard.
Specify a parent theme, customise options such as title and description and click Create Child Theme. Upon success you will find your new theme under Appearance – Themes.
You have the option to include GPL License Terms if you wish. The Wizard will automatically create a thumbnail too. In future versions I may include an image uploader for this feature.
To find out more about Child Themes and why they are important please read https://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes
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Ratings & Reviews
4.936 reviews
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Recent Reviews
Outstanding. So simple and Effective. Highly recommend
by rjfnz·5 months ago
I can recommend for sure. While WordPress shows this plugin as “untested with your version of WordPress” it works perfectly. Simple and fast. Got my Child Themes set up in just a few minutes in WordPress version 6.8.3 and no complications. I would recommend the developer does an update for the compatibility statement so his plugin gets the use and credit it deserves!
- This topic was modified 5 months, 3 weeks ago by rjfnz.
It does exactly what I need it to do with minimal fuss.
by Elizabeth Beeton·10 months ago
I don’t need anything fancy. I don’t need to have bells and whistles to give it 5 stars. It just has to do what I need done, and I’m happy.
FYI: I’m not a bot. I’m leaving this same review on every plugin I use daily and that makes my life easier. I guess I can’t say this exactly same thing multiple times.
Great plugin. Simply gets the jobs done.
by globetrekker·1 year ago
Great plugin. Simply gets the jobs done and now I know how to setup a child theme. Thank you.
The wizard came through!
by bob0·2 years ago·1 reply
Two websites with wordpress 6.3 and no problems at all.. Very impressive this child theme is truly a wizard… it is responsive, all my menus were in place links, pictures, sliders and videos..
Thank you
Simple and great!
by dietschi·3 years ago
One-klick child theme generator. It just works great!
Download Trends
Today: 18Yesterday: 18This week: 80Period total: 6K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.4+ requiredTested up to 6.1.10 |
| PHP | false+ required |
Version Adoption
v1.4
97.1%
Other
2.9%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
1.4
- defined the preivously undefined variable $parent_style (thanks, Marcin!)
- updated links to WordPress Dev Docs
Contributors
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