[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #31693: Feature Request - Child theme as standard feature

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#31693: Feature Request - Child theme as standard feature
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 Reporter:  W.P. Ginfo       |       Owner:
     Type:  feature request  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Themes           |     Version:  4.1.1
 Severity:  normal           |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  close            |     Focuses:
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Changes (by swissspidy):

 * keywords:   => close


Comment:

 I don't think this is suitable for core, as the average user doesn't
 necessarily know what a child theme is. Giving them an option to create a
 child theme on install (or even automatically create one behind the
 scenes) doesn't make that any better.

 As mentioned, parent themes behave very differently too, likely causing
 unexpected behaviour if such a change would be implemented in core.

 > A dismissable message on the theme editor in the admin that the user is
 about to edit their theme files is a better solution to me. This could
 include a link to a page on WordPress.org about using a CSS plugin or
 creating a child theme.

 +1 to that. Should be a new ticket though.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/31693#comment:11>
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