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WordPress Child Theme Generator

Editorial Child Theme
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Generate a fully-working Editorial child theme instantly — free, with no coding required. Customize the name, author, colors and CSS, then download a ready-to-install ZIP.

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Editorial WordPress theme preview
800+
Active installs
v1.5.3
Latest version
February 23, 2026
Last updated
5.0 / 5
33 ratings

About Editorial

Editorial is a ultimate responsive magazine style Free WordPress theme. Suitable for online magazines, newspaper, publishing, personal blogs and any kind of sites. It is completely built on Customizer which allows you to customize most of the theme settings easily with live previews. It is fully widgetized theme so as to let users manage the website using the easy to use widgets. It is a flexible and powerful theme, which provides a lot of customization possibilities to the users. Get the demo at https://demo.mysterythemes.com/editorial-demos/

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Why use a child theme for Editorial?

Every time Editorial 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 Editorial updates without losing your edits.
  • Override any Editorial 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 Editorial child theme

  1. 1

    Configure and generate

    Open the generator (already pre-filled with Editorial as the parent), enter your child theme name and any custom CSS.

  2. 2

    Download the ZIP

    The generator builds a ready-to-install ZIP containing style.css, functions.php, screenshot.png and README.txt.

  3. 3

    Upload to WordPress

    In WordPress: Appearance → Themes → Add New → Upload Theme. Choose the ZIP, click Install Now, then Activate. Make sure Editorial itself is also installed (the parent must be present).

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Frequently asked questions

What is a Editorial child theme? +

A child theme is a separate WordPress theme that inherits all functionality, design, and templates from Editorial (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 Editorial 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 Editorial updates? +

That's exactly what a child theme is designed to prevent. Editorial 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 Editorial child themes you can generate. The zip is built on demand and downloaded directly to you.