Title: Child theme without PHP
Last modified: February 20, 2017

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# Child theme without PHP

 *  [mthant](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mthant/)
 * (@mthant)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-without-php/)
 * Hello
    Is it possible to create a child theme without PHP since I do not know
   PHP?

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 *  Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/)
 * (@sterndata)
 * Volunteer Forum Moderator
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-without-php/#post-8827574)
 * The purpose of a child theme is to modify a theme — usually that means PHP. What
   are you trying to accomplish?
 *  Thread Starter [mthant](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mthant/)
 * (@mthant)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-without-php/#post-8828290)
 * I have been reading about the necessity of having a child theme in case the original
   gets corrupted or changes have been made.
    Basically, I want to understand in
   creating a child’s theme.
 *  Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/)
 * (@sterndata)
 * Volunteer Forum Moderator
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-without-php/#post-8828542)
 * From what you say, you don’t need a child theme *unless* you are modifying the
   code of your theme.
 *  Thread Starter [mthant](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mthant/)
 * (@mthant)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-without-php/#post-8831375)
 * Thank you for the advice.

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## Tags

 * [child](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/child/)
 * [php](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/php/)

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 * Last reply from: [mthant](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mthant/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-without-php/#post-8831375)
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