WordPress Child Theme Generator
Chaplin Child Theme
— free, instant, no coding
Generate a fully-working Chaplin child theme instantly — free, with no coding required. Customize the name, author, colors and CSS, then download a ready-to-install ZIP.
Generate Chaplin Child Theme →Free forever. No signup. ZIP downloads in 2 seconds.
About Chaplin
Chaplin is a feature-packed and developer friendly WordPress theme that gives you full control over the fonts and colors on your site. It is built from the ground-up with the new Block Editor in mind, and makes it easy to create good looking layouts on both posts and pages. This flexibility makes Chaplin suitable for pretty much any type of website, including business sites and portfolios. All of the fonts and colors in the theme can be easily modified within the Customizer, allowing you to create a unique look and feel for your site in less than a minute. All fonts on Google Fonts are supported, and you can choose one of the ten included color schemes or build one from scratch. Any changes you make to the fonts and colors are reflected in the editor styles for both the Block Editor and the Classic Editor, so you always have a good idea of the end result when you create your content. Chaplin also includes a cover template with a hero image (pictured in the screenshot), infinite scroll on archive pages, settings for what post meta to display on archive pages and single posts, custom logo support, two widget areas, a search overlay, full-width templates, a sticky header option, a social menu with icons, author bio, breadcrumbs, a responsive design, a lightweight construction to ensure quick load times, support for Jetpack Portfolio and CoBlocks, child theme friendly code, and much more. Demo: https://andersnoren.se/themes/chaplin/
By Anders Norén. Theme homepage ↗
Why use a child theme for Chaplin?
Every time Chaplin ships an update, any direct edits you made to its files are overwritten. A child theme isolates your changes — custom CSS, template overrides, additional functions — so the parent can update freely while your customizations stay intact.
- ✓Survive Chaplin updates without losing your edits.
- ✓Override any Chaplin template file by copying it into the child.
- ✓Add custom hooks, shortcodes, or enqueue your own scripts.
- ✓Roll back to the parent at any time by deactivating the child.
How to install your Chaplin child theme
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Configure and generate
Open the generator (already pre-filled with Chaplin as the parent), enter your child theme name and any custom CSS.
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Download the ZIP
The generator builds a ready-to-install ZIP containing
style.css,functions.php,screenshot.pngandREADME.txt. -
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Upload to WordPress
In WordPress: Appearance → Themes → Add New → Upload Theme. Choose the ZIP, click Install Now, then Activate. Make sure Chaplin itself is also installed (the parent must be present).
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Generate Chaplin Child ThemeFrequently asked questions
What is a Chaplin child theme? +
A child theme is a separate WordPress theme that inherits all functionality, design, and templates from Chaplin (its parent). You make your customizations in the child so they survive updates to the parent theme.
Do I need to know code to use this generator? +
No. The generator creates a complete, valid Chaplin child theme with style.css, functions.php, screenshot.png, and README.txt. You can customize via the form fields, and if you want to add custom CSS or PHP later you can edit the files directly.
Will the child theme break when Chaplin updates? +
That's exactly what a child theme is designed to prevent. Chaplin can be updated freely without losing your customizations, because they live in the child theme files.
Is this generator really free? +
Yes. There is no signup, no payment, and no limit on how many Chaplin child themes you can generate. The zip is built on demand and downloaded directly to you.
