Generates child theme based on an existing theme.

Creates a child theme folder with functions.php and style.css files.

Synopsis

wp scaffold child-theme <slug> --parent_theme=<slug> [--theme_name=<title>] [--author=<full-name>] [--author_uri=<uri>] [--theme_uri=<uri>] [--activate] [--enable-network] [--force]

Options

The slug for the new child theme.

–parent_theme= What to put in the ‘Template:’ header in ‘style.css’.

[–theme_name=<title>] What to put in the ‘Theme Name:’ header in ‘style.css’.

[–author=] What to put in the ‘Author:’ header in ‘style.css’.

[–author_uri=] What to put in the ‘Author URI:’ header in ‘style.css’.

[–theme_uri=] What to put in the ‘Theme URI:’ header in ‘style.css’.

[–activate] Activate the newly created child theme.

[–enable-network] Enable the newly created child theme for the entire network.

[–force] Overwrite files that already exist.

Examples

# Generate a 'sample-theme' child theme based on TwentySixteen
$ wp scaffold child-theme sample-theme --parent_theme=twentysixteen
Success: Created '/var/www/example.com/public_html/wp-content/themes/sample-theme'.