WordPress Child Theme Generator
Rufous Child Theme
— free, instant, no coding
Generate a fully-working Rufous child theme instantly — free, with no coding required. Customize the name, author, colors and CSS, then download a ready-to-install ZIP.
Generate Rufous Child Theme →Free forever. No signup. ZIP downloads in 2 seconds.
About Rufous
Rufous is an innovative, easily customizable, multi-purpose theme, focused on empowering users to build astonishing WordPress websites. Rufous is mainly designed for small businesses, startups, or personal portfolio websites and works perfectly with Kubio Page Builder which enriches the WordPress block editor with a variety of new blocks and advanced styling options to give you full design freedom.
By Extend Themes.
Why use a child theme for Rufous?
Every time Rufous 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 Rufous updates without losing your edits.
- ✓Override any Rufous 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 Rufous child theme
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Configure and generate
Open the generator (already pre-filled with Rufous 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 Rufous itself is also installed (the parent must be present).
Ready for your Rufous child theme?
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Generate Rufous Child ThemeFrequently asked questions
What is a Rufous child theme? +
A child theme is a separate WordPress theme that inherits all functionality, design, and templates from Rufous (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 Rufous 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 Rufous updates? +
That's exactly what a child theme is designed to prevent. Rufous 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 Rufous child themes you can generate. The zip is built on demand and downloaded directly to you.
