Title: Elementor child theme php-css
Last modified: December 15, 2016

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# Elementor child theme php-css

 *  [Albert_o_ne](https://wordpress.org/support/users/albertocaruso/)
 * (@albertocaruso)
 * [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/elementor-child-theme-php-css/)
 * The necessary files in a child theme folder are _style.css_ to specify the theme-
   name and the template and optionally the _function.php_
 * “Creating a functions.php file is optional. It is only needed if you intend to
   add additional PHP code to your theme.”
    “Unless you intend to completely change
   the style of your theme, it’s recommend that you inherit all of the rules of 
   the parent theme’s style.css file. Inheriting the parent theme’s styles cuts 
   down on development time if you’re only intending to make minor visual changes.
   Not inheriting the parent theme’s styles will allow you to use the template markup
   in the parent theme’s templates while rewriting the CSS from the ground-up.”
 * When is it really necessary to add the _function.php_ files?
    Using Elementor
   page builder to customize the child theme (also using page-template), do I have
   to inherit the parent’s theme style.css rules through .php?

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 *  [WPDevHQ](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpdevhq/)
 * (@wpdevhq)
 * [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/elementor-child-theme-php-css/#post-8558330)
 * As the excerpt states “If you intend to add additional functionality” that is
   when you need to include a functions.php
 * Elementor only builds the “content” of your page hence the name “Page Builder”–
   it does not however, style your header, menu, footer, sidebar and other areas
   not built with it.
 * Hope that helps.

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