Use Child Theme: Add child theme support to any WordPress theme

What problem does this solve?

If you make changes to a theme, those changes will be lost when the theme is updated. With a child theme, your changes are kept separate, so the parent theme can be safely updated.

How it works

• If a child theme is not active, the user will see a WP notice with an "Activate" link on the Theme Editor screen
• When clicked, a child theme is created (if needed) and enabled

Setup

If you're a theme developer, include use-child-theme.php in your theme, then add this code into functions.php:

require_once( trailingslashit( get_template_directory() ) . 'use-child-theme.php' );

Changelog

0.4

• Added uct_dismiss_timeout filter

0.3

• Code cleanup

0.2

• Create a child theme (if needed) only when user clicks "Activate"
• Hide notice for 24 hours when dismissed
• Support .gif and .jpeg screenshots

0.1

• Initial release