Title: Error with Child Theme Last modified: August 30, 2016 --- # Error with Child Theme * Resolved [WebsitesPro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/websitespro/) * (@websitespro) * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-with-child-theme/) * Hi, i created today a child theme, and at the beginnig all was good but then i was editing functions.php and the page fall, this is the link [http://nuevo.luissomaza.com/](http://nuevo.luissomaza.com/), the template i use is Syndey from Athemes. This is the error `Fatal error: Cannot redeclare class Sydney_Latest_News in /home/luissoma/public_html/nuevo/wp-content/ themes/sydney/widgets/fp-latest-news.php on line 131` * I created the child theme because i needed to add more entries at the section latest news, i follow the insturctions for the support of the page, but then happen the error, and i have wait all the day for an anwser but they are not responding now. * The error has change a few times because i tried to fix it uploading the original archives again, but the only thing that change is the error and the line that says or the directory. * What can i do?? * Please i really need help, my boss is gonna kill me if he see the page is dawn. Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 29 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-with-child-theme/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-with-child-theme/page/2/?output_format=md) * [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/) * (@anevins) * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-with-child-theme/#post-6659079) * How did you create a Child Theme? What files were involved? * Thread Starter [WebsitesPro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/websitespro/) * (@websitespro) * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-with-child-theme/#post-6659082) * I follow this instructions than the other support sends me, i did it all but when i was in the fifth step all fall. * Here is the steps: 1. create a child theme 2. duplicate widgets/fp-latest-news. php from your parent theme to your child theme 3. open and edit fp-latest-news. php within your child theme change this line 'posts_per_page' => 3, to 'posts_per_page' => 6, 4. open and edit functions.php within your child theme then add this line: if ( function_exists('siteorigin_panels_activate') ) { require_once get_template_directory()."- child/widgets/fp-latest-news.php"; } * 5. open and edit fp-latest-news.php within your parent theme then change this line: require_once get_template_directory() . "/widgets/fp-latest-news.php"; to // require_once get_template_directory() . "/widgets/fp-latest-news.php"; * [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/) * (@anevins) * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-with-child-theme/#post-6659083) * > 2. duplicate widgets/fp-latest-news.php from your parent theme to your child > theme * Whoa that’s probably the thing that has broken your website. Can you remove this file (from your child theme)? * Thread Starter [WebsitesPro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/websitespro/) * (@websitespro) * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-with-child-theme/#post-6659084) * For the child theme i created a folder named sydney-child, i created a style. css in here that redirect from the sydney style.css, and then i choosed the child theme in the wordpress, till then all was fine * Thread Starter [WebsitesPro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/websitespro/) * (@websitespro) * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-with-child-theme/#post-6659085) * i removed but now says this: * Warning: require_once(/home/luissoma/public_html/nuevo/wp-content/themes/sydney- child/widgets/fp-latest-news.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/luissoma/public_html/nuevo/wp-content/themes/sydney-child/functions. php on line 9 * Fatal error: require_once(): Failed opening required ‘/home/luissoma/public_html/ nuevo/wp-content/themes/sydney-child/widgets/fp-latest-news.php’ (include_path =’.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php’) in /home/luissoma/public_html/nuevo/wp- content/themes/sydney-child/functions.php on line 9 * [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/) * (@anevins) * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-with-child-theme/#post-6659086) * Okay and in your Child Theme functions.php file remove these lines: * ``` if ( function_exists('siteorigin_panels_activate') ) { require_once get_template_directory() . "-child/widgets/fp-latest-news.php"; } ``` * [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/) * (@anevins) * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-with-child-theme/#post-6659087) * Can I ask, where did you find these instructions? * Thread Starter [WebsitesPro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/websitespro/) * (@websitespro) * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-with-child-theme/#post-6659088) * if i remove all the child theme the wordpress it will fixed? * Thread Starter [WebsitesPro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/websitespro/) * (@websitespro) * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-with-child-theme/#post-6659089) * the support send me that when i asked how to add more entries [http://athemes.com/forums/forum/sydney/](http://athemes.com/forums/forum/sydney/) * [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/) * (@anevins) * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-with-child-theme/#post-6659090) * You can just remove those 3 lines and your site will be fixed. * Thread Starter [WebsitesPro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/websitespro/) * (@websitespro) * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-with-child-theme/#post-6659091) * Right, i remove that lines * Now the error is * `Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '}' in /home/luissoma/public_html/nuevo/ wp-content/themes/sydney-child/functions.php on line 9` * [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/) * (@anevins) * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-with-child-theme/#post-6659092) * At least your site will be back online for the theme authors to reply * [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/) * (@anevins) * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-with-child-theme/#post-6659093) * Copy all of the code of your functions.php file (child theme) here please * Thread Starter [WebsitesPro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/websitespro/) * (@websitespro) * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-with-child-theme/#post-6659094) * this is the line 9 * > } > if ( ! function_exists( ‘sydney_setup’ ) ) : > /** * Sets up theme defaults > and registers support for various WordPress features. * * Note that this function > is hooked into the after_setup_theme hook, which * runs before the init hook. > The init hook is too late for some features, such * as indicating support for > post thumbnails. * [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/) * (@anevins) * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-with-child-theme/#post-6659095) * Sorry it’s best if we see all of the code in context. As long as it’s not like a thousand lines Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 29 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-with-child-theme/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-with-child-theme/page/2/?output_format=md) The topic ‘Error with Child Theme’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [child theme](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/child-theme/) * 29 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [WebsitesPro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/websitespro/) * Last activity: [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-with-child-theme/page/2/#post-6659127) * Status: resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics