Thanks for all the help which pointed me in the right direction. In the end I used the following: $style_parent_theme = wp_get_theme(get_template()); $style_parent_theme_author = $style_parent_theme->get( ‘Author’ ); I use get_template() to recover the folder name of the parent theme. wp_get_theme then get’s the theme object. Once we have that we can manipulate the object to … Read more
OK, check out the theme developer handbook. $wp_customize->add_control( ‘reblog_number_control’, array( ‘label’ => __( ‘Number of Reblogs’, ‘tesseract-child’ ), ‘section’ => ‘tesseract_footer_options’, ‘settings’ => ‘number_of_reblogs’, ‘type’ => ‘text’, ‘priority’ => 10 ) ); Since you are in the child theme ‘title’ => __( ‘Reblog Options’, ‘tesseract’ ), shoudl be ‘title’ => __( ‘Reblog Options’, ‘tesseract-child’ ), … Read more
Handle all the class loading in your parent theme on a predictable action (point in time) and hook in later in your child theme. Example: add_action( ‘wp_loaded’, ‘parent_prefix_load_classes’, 10 ); function parent_prefix_load_classes() { $classes = [ ‘Extra_Comment_Walker’, ‘Extra_Nav_Menu_Walker’ ]; foreach ( $classes as $class ) { locate_template( “php/class.$class.php”, TRUE, TRUE ); } } Create instances … Read more
Kind of – the template_directory is the directory of your parent theme. The stylesheet_directory is the directory containing the primary stylesheet in use (which, if you have a child template will be the in the child directory, otherwise it will be in the template directory). See the Codex here: ‘stylesheet_url’ – Returns the primary CSS … Read more
There is already an answer about this question with explicable examples How do I get a parent theme modification from a child theme?. You can also check about get_theme_mod here https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_theme_mod/
Child Themes are useful for users who mainly want to make style changes to their Theme, but don’t want – or know how – to maintain the underlying code. Grokking PHP/WordPress Theme Development is an entirely different thing than grokking CSS. Child Themes are also useful for users who want to implement minor functional changes … Read more
There’s no need for more code in your functions.php file to enqueue the parent themes css from your child theme. The problem is that by adding that code, you’re enqueueing the parent theme’s CSS a second time, but it’s now loading after the child theme. This means that all the changes you made in the … Read more
There are three things to check: Is your parent theme complete and what is the exact spelling of the parent theme’s name in its style.css. Uppercase and lowercase are important. Is the child theme directory named parentname-child. It should be in the themes directory, not in a subdirectory of the parent theme. Does the child … Read more
QUESTION 1 Is it safe to include the assumption that parent themes properly enqueue the child theme styles, from the standpoint of child theme standards? General rule of thumb, yes. But, you should never assume. Most disasters and failures in live are due to assumptions or facts based on an assumption FACTS WITHOUT ASSUMPTIONS A … Read more
You can use get_stylesheet_directory() to refer to your child theme, then you can point to your file. require_once( get_stylesheet_directory() . ‘/includes/theme-styles.php’ ); It will load your file and replace the parent theme file.