Trouble translating a Child Theme

1. How do you translate a child theme?
2. Can you make a child theme of a child theme?
3. How do I override the parent theme function in a child theme?
4. How do I activate a child theme?
5. What is the purpose of a child theme?
6. How do I make a child theme for OceanWP?
7. How do I override plugins in child theme?
8. How do you override a plugin function?
9. How do I override a WordPress theme?
10. Should I activate the child theme?
11. When should I install a child theme?
12. Should I activate child theme?

How do you translate a child theme?

How do I translate my theme from a child theme?

1. Use Poedit (or similar tool) to create translation files. Find the needed . pot file in the /languages directory, which is located in the root of the parent theme folder. Use that . ...
2. Edit child theme functions. php file. Depending on your child theme, you may or may not have a functions. ...
3. Add your translation files.

Can you make a child theme of a child theme?

You can't really create a "grandchild" theme in the normal sense - i.e make it the child theme of a child theme.

How do I override the parent theme function in a child theme?

Functions in your child theme will be loaded before the functions in the parent theme. This means that if your parent and child themes both have functions called my_function() which do a similar job, the one in the parent theme will load last, meaning it will override the one in the child theme.

How do I activate a child theme?

Activate Your New Child Theme

To use your child theme, return to your WordPress dashboard and go to the Appearance > Themes tab. Inside, there should be one theme without a featured image — your child theme. Click on the Activate button next to the theme's name and open your website as you normally would.

What is the purpose of a child theme?

A child theme, as defined by the WordPress Codex, is a theme that “inherits the functionality and styling of another theme, called the parent theme.” Child themes are recommended to modify existing themes while still maintaining their design and code.

How do I make a child theme for OceanWP?

Go to Theme Panel > Import/Export and export your settings in a . dat file and save on your computer. 2. Install and activate the OceanWP Child Theme.

How do I override plugins in child theme?

You can't overwrite a custom plugin, the only way is to duplicate his content creating a new plugin, and customize this new plugin made by yourself..

How do you override a plugin function?

You can't really "override" a function. If a function is defined, you can't redefine or change it. Your best option is to create a copy of the plugin and change the function directly. Of course you will have to repeat this everytime the plugin is updated.

How do I override a WordPress theme?

How to Include or Override WordPress Templates

1. User visit a single post.
2. WordPress looks for a template in the theme for that custom post type.
3. If there is no specific custom post type template defined it will use a general single post template.
4. If there is no single page template defined it will use the index. php.

Should I activate the child theme?

For users we recommend child themes only if you find yourself constantly adding new functions to your theme's functions. php file and/or constantly adding/modifying the style. css file of your theme. In these cases, we highly recommend that you use a child theme.

When should I install a child theme?

Before making changes to the theme code, we recommend that you install a child theme. This ensures that your changes won't be lost when updating to a new version of Make.

Should I activate child theme?

Installing WordPress Parent Theme

Here is how you will install your parent theme. First go to your parent theme's website and download the theme zip file. ... Note: Keep in mind that you don't need to activate the parent theme in order to use the child theme.