WordPress Child Theme Generator
Refined News Child Theme
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Generate a fully-working Refined News 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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About Refined News
Refined News is a free Magazine WordPress theme. It is a child theme of Refined Magazine with added features and options. It is easy to use, customize and lightweight WordPress theme. In addition to that, this theme comes with one click demo import option, 9 added custom widgets and unlimited color possibilites. Furthermore, Refined News is advertisement ready WordPress theme with SEO optimized code. Besides that, this theme support major and popular plugins. This free theme has best layout for blog column, home page advertisement area, related posts, etc. Similiarly, it has meta options, header and footer options, sidebar options, individual sidebar for single post and many more. This theme is Gutenberg ready, RTL compatible and translation ready WP theme. View Demos: https://refined.candidthemes.com/
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Why use a child theme for Refined News?
Every time Refined News 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 Refined News updates without losing your edits.
- ✓Override any Refined News 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 Refined News child theme
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Configure and generate
Open the generator (already pre-filled with Refined News 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 Refined News itself is also installed (the parent must be present).
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Generate Refined News Child ThemeFrequently asked questions
What is a Refined News child theme? +
A child theme is a separate WordPress theme that inherits all functionality, design, and templates from Refined News (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 Refined News 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 Refined News updates? +
That's exactly what a child theme is designed to prevent. Refined News 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 Refined News child themes you can generate. The zip is built on demand and downloaded directly to you.
