Childify Me

Create a child-theme from the Theme Customizer.

Author:Rocco Aliberti (profile at wordpress.org)
WordPress version required:3.4
WordPress version tested:5.8
Plugin version:1.2.3
Added to WordPress repository:05-01-2015
Last updated:20-07-2021
Warning! This plugin has not been updated in over 2 years. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress.
Rating, %:92
Rated by:32
Plugin URI:https://github.com/eri-trabiccolo/childify-me
Total downloads:165 662
Active installs:10 000+
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Create child themes from any non-child theme directly from the Theme Customizer panel.

Works also when previewing a theme before activation!

Multisite compatible.

Plugin Features

FTP credential requests handled in the Customizer.
Child-theme’s screenshot generated from the parent screenshot, with a ribbon dynamically added.
Child-theme’s author dynamically generated from the user Name and Last Name, if set, otherwise falls back on a generic “Administrator”.

Credits

  • Thanks to @nikeo for spurring me, testing my plugin and for his valuable advices
  • Thanks to @rdellconsulting for testing my plugin even on multisite and for his valuable advices

Translations

The plugin is translation ready.

Most of the previously bundled Childify Me translations (see the list below) have been succesfully ported to translate.wordpress.org.

Childify Me also bundles the following languages (.pot file included in childify-me/lang):

Many thanks to these generous users ????

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