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Enlighten Child Theme
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Generate a fully-working Enlighten 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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Enlighten WordPress theme preview
900+
Active installs
v1.3.6
Latest version
June 11, 2025
Last updated
4.7 / 5
30 ratings

About Enlighten

Enlighten is a responsive FREE education WordPress theme ideal for creating college, school, university and other academic/ educational websites. It is a fully Customizer based user-friendly theme which allows you to customize most of the theme settings instantly with live real time live previews. It is a clean and elegant modern WordPress theme with plenty of flexibility and features - you can use for various types of business websites as well. Enlighten is fully mobile-responsive so that your website content is sure to look great on any device. It features homepage sliders, Multiple menu options, carousel portfolio and service section, video section, client section etc. It is a fully widgetized theme with multiple widget areas. Create a beautiful education website and enlighten the world. For Demo https://demo.accesspressthemes.com/enlighten

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Why use a child theme for Enlighten?

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

  1. 1

    Configure and generate

    Open the generator (already pre-filled with Enlighten 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 Enlighten itself is also installed (the parent must be present).

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Frequently asked questions

What is a Enlighten child theme? +

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

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