A child theme is a theme that inherits the functionality and styling of another theme, known as the parent theme. Child themes allow you to modify or add to the functionality of the parent theme without directly editing its files. This ensures that your customizations are preserved when the parent theme is updated.
- Safe Updates: Keep your customizations intact when updating the parent theme.
- Organized Customizations: Maintain a clean separation between your code and the parent theme's code.
- Selective Overrides: Override only the templates or functions you need to change.