Generate Child Theme

Generate Child Theme allows you to create a child theme of any WordPress theme installed on your blog. The WordPress child theme generator plugin, Generate Child Theme is absolutely free and extremely easy to use as well. The plugin will help you create child themes in just a few minutes. It allows you to quickly create child themes from any theme that you have currently installed on your site. With Generate Child Theme, you will not have to deal with coding, or any configuration while creating a child theme. You will only have to fill up few fields—such as select parent theme, child theme’s name, theme description, author, and version—to create the child theme you desire. Therefore, create your own child theme effortlessly with the new child theme WordPress plugin, Generate Child Theme, and that too, without stressing your wallet.

The easy way (via Dashboard) :

• Go to Plugins > Add New
• Type in the Generate Child Theme in Search Plugins box
• Click Install Now to install the plugin
• After Installation click activate to start using the Generate Child Theme
• Go to Generate Child Theme from Dashboard menu

Not so easy way (via FTP) :

• Download the Generate Child Theme
• Unarchive Generate Child Theme plugin
• Copy folder with generate-child-theme.zip
• Open the ftp \wp-content\plugins\
• Paste the plug-ins folder in the folder
• Go to admin panel => open item “Plugins” => activate Generate Child Theme
• Go to Generate Child Theme from Dashboard menu

2.1.1 (Released: May 13, 2025)

• Compatibility check up to version 6.8

2.1 (Released: April 10, 2024)

• Compatibility check up to version 6.5

2.0.1 (Released: February 21, 2024)

• Bug Fixed: CSRF vulnerability while generating child theme (Reported by: Darius Sveikauskas https://patchstack.com)

2.0 (Released: November 15, 2023)

• Compatibility check up to version 6.4

1.9 (Released: January 30, 2023)

• Bug Fixed: Issue when child theme name starts from integer

1.8 (Released: November 19, 2022)

• Compatibility check up to version 6.1

1.7 (Released: February 24, 2022)

• Compatibility check up to version 5.9

1.6 (Released: September 18, 2021)

• Bug Fixed: Security issue on ajax calls

1.5.3 (Released: August 05, 2021)

• Compatibility check up to version 5.8

1.5.2 (Released: March 07, 2021)

• Compatibility check up to version 5.7

1.5.1 (Released: Aug 19, 2020)

• Bug Fixed: Issue in add new theme page

1.5 (Released: March 17, 2020)

• Compatibility check up to version 5.4

1.4 (Released: November 12, 2019)

• Compatibility check up to version 5.3

1.3 (Released: August 20, 2019)

• Added: Option to turn off Catch Themes and Catch Plugins tabs
• Compatibility check up to version 5.2
• Updated: Catch Themes and Catch Plugins tabs displaying code

1.2 (Released: February 21, 2019)

• Compatibility check up to version 5.1

1.1 (Released: December 12, 2018)

• Added: Catch Themes and Catch Plugins tabs in Add themes and Add plugins page respectively
• Added: Themes by Catch Themes section under Themes panel in customizer
• Compatibility check up to version 5.0

1.0.1 (Released: May 07, 2018)

• Compatibility check up to version 4.9.5
• Update: Moved domain from catchplugins.com to catchplugins.com

1.0.0

• Initial Release