WordPress Child Theme Generator
Gist Child Theme
— free, instant, no coding
Generate a fully-working Gist child theme instantly — free, with no coding required. Customize the name, author, colors and CSS, then download a ready-to-install ZIP.
Generate Gist Child Theme →Free forever. No signup. ZIP downloads in 2 seconds.
About Gist
Gist is best ever crafted free WordPress theme for Blog, news and Magazine. Gist is a simple, easy to use, modern and creative, user friendly WordPress theme with typography, fonts and color options. In addition Gist is responsive, cross browser compatible and child theme ready. Gist comes with added custom widgets for social, recent post and author, sticky sidebar options, footer widget, sidebar options, meta option, copyright option, social options etc. https://demo.candidthemes.com/gist/
By candidthemes. Theme homepage ↗
Why use a child theme for Gist?
Every time Gist 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 Gist updates without losing your edits.
- ✓Override any Gist 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 Gist child theme
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Configure and generate
Open the generator (already pre-filled with Gist 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 Gist itself is also installed (the parent must be present).
Ready for your Gist child theme?
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Generate Gist Child ThemeFrequently asked questions
What is a Gist child theme? +
A child theme is a separate WordPress theme that inherits all functionality, design, and templates from Gist (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 Gist 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 Gist updates? +
That's exactly what a child theme is designed to prevent. Gist 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 Gist child themes you can generate. The zip is built on demand and downloaded directly to you.
