WordPress Child Theme Generator
OceanWP Child Theme
— free, instant, no coding
Generate a fully-working OceanWP child theme instantly — free, with no coding required. Customize the name, author, colors and CSS, then download a ready-to-install ZIP.
Generate OceanWP Child Theme →Free forever. No signup. ZIP downloads in 2 seconds.
About OceanWP
OceanWP is the perfect theme for your project. Lightweight and highly extendable, it will enable you to create almost any type of website such a blog, portfolio, business website and WooCommerce storefront with a beautiful & professional design. Very fast, responsive, RTL & translation ready, best SEO practices, unique WooCommerce features to increase conversion and much more. You can even edit the settings on tablet & mobile so your site looks good on every device. Work with the most popular page builders as Elementor, Beaver Builder, Brizy, Visual Composer, Divi, SiteOrigin, etc... Developers will love his extensible codebase making it a joy to customize and extend. Best friend of Elementor & WooCommerce. Looking for a Multi-Purpose theme? Look no further! Check the demos to realize that it's the only theme you will ever need: https://oceanwp.org/demos/
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Why use a child theme for OceanWP?
Every time OceanWP 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 OceanWP updates without losing your edits.
- ✓Override any OceanWP 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 OceanWP child theme
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Configure and generate
Open the generator (already pre-filled with OceanWP 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 OceanWP itself is also installed (the parent must be present).
Ready for your OceanWP child theme?
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Generate OceanWP Child ThemeFrequently asked questions
What is a OceanWP child theme? +
A child theme is a separate WordPress theme that inherits all functionality, design, and templates from OceanWP (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 OceanWP 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 OceanWP updates? +
That's exactly what a child theme is designed to prevent. OceanWP 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 OceanWP child themes you can generate. The zip is built on demand and downloaded directly to you.
