How to Create an Inspiro Premium Child Theme

This article refers to Inspiro Premium

A Child Theme is a safe and recommended way to make changes to your WordPress theme without directly editing the original (parent) theme files. Inspiro Premium includes a built-in option to easily create and manage a child theme from the WPZOOM Theme Options panel.

Why Use a Child Theme?

A child theme allows you to make code-level customizations, such as editing template files or adding custom functions, without losing your changes during theme updates.

With a child theme, you can:

Edit files like header.php or footer.php
Add or override functions via functions.php
Create custom page templates
Override specific layout or structural elements from the parent theme

Important:
If you’re only making minor changes, like adding CSS or inserting a few custom functions, a full child theme may not be necessary. You can:

Use Appearance → Customize → Additional CSS for styling tweaks
Use the WPCode plugin for safe PHP snippets

How to Create a Child Theme in Inspiro Premium

You can create a child theme directly from your dashboard in WPZOOM → Theme Options → Child Theme → Install Child Theme, where you’ll see the following options:

1. Automatically activate Child Theme?

If checked, the child theme will be activated immediately after installation
If unchecked, you can preview and activate it later via Appearance → Themes

2. Copy existing Widgets, Menus and Customizer options to Child Theme?

This copies settings from the parent theme (e.g. Customizer styles, menus, widgets) into the new child theme
Enable this option only when installing the child theme for the first time

After checking the above settings, click the Install Child Theme button.

If you left the Automatically activate Child Theme? option unchecked, you can activate the child theme later in Appearance → Themes by activating the Inspiro Child Theme.

Alternative Method During Demo Import

If you’re importing a Starter Site, you can also choose to install the child theme at the same time. In the Advanced Settings tab of the demo importing process, enable the Install Child Theme checkbox or the Activate Child Theme checkbox, or both.

See also:
How to Import a Starter Site

How to Delete a Child Theme

To remove the child theme from your site:

1. Go to Appearance → Themes

2. Activate a different theme (e.g. Inspiro Premium or a default WordPress theme)

3. Hover over the Inspiro Child Theme, click on it, then select Delete

⚠️ Warning: This will permanently delete the child theme and all customizations made within its files. Make sure to back up any modified code before deleting the theme.

Last updated on June 10, 2025