Title: Problem creating child theme
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Problem creating child theme

 *  [whitephantom](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whitephantom/)
 * (@whitephantom)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-creating-child-theme-2/)
 * Hi,
 * I’m trying to create a child theme for the twentythirteen theme, and am doing
   something wrong but I can’t see what.
 * I have created a folder in wp-content called twentythirteen-child. In that folder
   I have two files: style.css and functions.php.
 * styles.css contains the following code:
 *     ```
       /*
       Theme Name: Twenty Thirteen Child
       Theme URI: https://wordpress.org/themes/twentythirteen/
       Author: the WordPress team
       Author URI: https://wordpress.org/
       Description: The 2013 theme for WordPress takes us back to the blog, featuring a full range of post formats, each displayed beautifully in their own unique way. Design details abound, starting with a vibrant color scheme and matching header images, beautiful typography and icons, and a flexible layout that looks great on any device, big or small.
       Version: 1.6
       License: GNU General Public License v2 or later
       License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
       Tags: black, brown, orange, tan, white, yellow, light, one-column, two-columns, right-sidebar, fluid-layout, responsive-layout, custom-header, custom-menu, editor-style, featured-images, microformats, post-formats, rtl-language-support, sticky-post, translation-ready, accessibility-ready
       Template: twentythirteen
       Text Domain: twentythirteen-child
   
       This theme, like WordPress, is licensed under the GPL.
       Use it to make something cool, have fun, and share what you've learned with others.
       */
       ```
   
 * And functions.php contains the following:
 *     ```
       add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'theme_enqueue_styles' );
       function theme_enqueue_styles() {
       wp_enqueue_style( 'twentythirteen-css', get_template_directory_uri() . '/style.css' );
       }
       ```
   
 * Everything I’ve read seems to indicate that this is what I should do, and when
   I view my themes in the Dashboard the Twenty Thirteen Child is showing up, but
   without any styling. If I do a ‘Live Preview’, it displays with no styling at
   all – it’s not picking up the stylesheet from its parent.
 * I’ve gone over and over this, and checked various websites with instructions 
   on how to do this, and I can’t see what’s gone wrong.
 * (I also tried doing it with the Child Theme Wizard plugin – that works, but it
   uses [@import](https://wordpress.org/support/users/import/) to bring in the parent
   styles, which I’ve read is no longer used, so I’m trying to stay away from that).
 * Any help very much appreciated!
 * WP.

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