Title: function.php in child themes
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# function.php in child themes

 *  [snoochy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/snoochy/)
 * (@snoochy)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/functionphp-in-child-themes/)
 * Hi
 * Complete novice here!! So apologies for dumb questions.
 * I need to change something in the functions.php file and have read lots of great
   advice on doing this in a child theme.
 * I understand that you just need to add any extra functions to the file and not
   copy and paste the whole original functions file into the child theme.???
 * But I need to replace certain code with new code and also delete one part as 
   well. How do I do this if I don’t copy and paste the original functions file 
   into the child theme?
 * I hope I am able to be understood, thank you for any help

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 *  [swaps6](https://wordpress.org/support/users/swaps6/)
 * (@swaps6)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/functionphp-in-child-themes/#post-5113134)
 * Just unhook the functionality which you don’t want to continue

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