Child Themify
Create child themes with the click of a button.
4.2(42 reviews)
·7.0K+ active installs·Updated 8 years agoAs of April 2026, Child Themify is a WordPress child plugin with 7.0K+ active installations and a 4.2/5 rating from 42 reviews. It has been downloaded 246K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.7.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2012. Last updated 8 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Download volume is stable this week. Top alternative: Child Theme Configurator.
4.2/542 reviews
7.0K+active installs
246K+total downloads
14 yearssince 2012
Overview
Create child themes from any non-child theme with the click of a button.
This plugin is multisite compatible; if used on a multisite network, controls for creating child themes will be in the network admin instead of the regular site admin. Pick the parent theme from the dropdown and name name your new child theme. You can also change the author name and select files you want to copy from the parent to the new theme.
Click the button and you’re all set!
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Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
lightweight, fast, perfect
by Jesko Bendmann·3 years ago
does exactly what it should. lovit.
Nice!
by Metromas·4 years ago
it works very well. and fast.
Perfect
by nitromax30·7 years ago
Es excelente, hace lo que necesito rapidamente, me ayuda cuando no tengo acceso al ftp por alguna razon para crear el child theme
Broke my site
by Matt·8 years ago·3 replies
All I did was activate this nightmare, and my entire site shut down. I had to have my hosting company disable all my plugins to regain access.
Don’t touch it with a barge pole.
Top Class
by gf·8 years ago
Works brilliantly and easy to use. Love the new feature of creating child files from parent. Top class!
Download Trends
Today: 5Yesterday: 9This week: 52Period total: 3K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 4.7.0+ requiredTested up to 4.8.28 |
| PHP | false+ required |
Version Adoption
v2.0
93.8%
Other
6.2%
Top Alternatives to Child Themify
Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
2.0.0
- Released: 2017-10-04
- Completely rebuilt the interface
- Added controls to modify the Theme Author value
- Added controls to select theme files that should get copied into the new theme
Contributors
Plugin data sourced from WordPress.org. Analysis and metrics by PluginSift.