Title: Automatic Themes
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Automatic Themes

 *  [playing2012](https://wordpress.org/support/users/playing2012/)
 * (@playing2012)
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatic-themes/)
 * Can all Automatic WP Themes have custom.css file embedded in the template/themes
   so that people can change the css using this file without affecting the core 
   themses and package.
 * I have just found that to have custom.css file in coraline theme, the only way
   is to create a child theme and sometimes this can complicate the issues.
 * It would be a good idea to have a blank custom.css file with the theme package
   for users to change as they wish. Obviously this file should always load last
   to over-ride the standard style.css file.
 * Thanks.

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 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatic-themes/#post-2720572)
 * We suggest you make child themes instead
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes](http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes)
 *  [michael.mariart](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelmariart/)
 * (@michaelmariart)
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatic-themes/#post-2720590)
 * Incudling a blank custom.css file gives you the same issues that you get modifying
   any other core file. As soon as you od an update, your custom.css file is overwriten
   with the new blank custom.css file so you still loose everything anyway.
 * Child themes are pretty easy when you spend about half an hour looking inot them,
   and they ensure that there’s nothing lost when you do upgrades.

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 * In: [Requests and Feedback](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/requests-and-feedback/)
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 * Last reply from: [michael.mariart](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelmariart/)
 * Last activity: [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatic-themes/#post-2720590)
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