Title: Running a child function after parent theme function
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Running a child function after parent theme function

 *  [fcb66](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fcb66/)
 * (@fcb66)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/running-a-child-function-after-parent-theme-function/)
 * Hi,
 * I am using WooThemes Simplicity theme, but I have been asked to work on a site
   that uses it, so I didn’t purchase it and so don’t have access to their documentation
   or forum.
 * Anyway, I have created a child theme in order to add a custom post type. I now
   want to add some of wootheme’s own meta boxes to it. I can do this by adding 
   the relevant code to the right file in Simplicity, but when I try to extract 
   it out to my child theme files it does not work.
 * This is because the child functions.php file is processed before the parent files
   and the parent theme blitzes my child theme’s settings as a result.
 * I have looked for an action hook that will allow me to run my function after 
   the parent finishes setting up, but so far nothing seems to work as expected.
 * Has anyone got any pointers or tips on how to get this to work?
 * Thanks.

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 *  [Daniel Bettles](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danbettles/)
 * (@danbettles)
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/running-a-child-function-after-parent-theme-function/#post-2289444)
 * Hello
 * I had a similar problem recently. In my child theme, based on Twenty Eleven, 
   I wanted to completely replace the default set of header images with my own, 
   which meant finding a way to get some code to run after the parent theme.
 * I achieved what I wanted by adding an action to the “after_setup_theme” hook 
   and — here’s the key — passing a value for `add_action`‘s 3rd, “priority” parameter.
   You may need — or want — to experiment, or trace your code somehow, to get the
   priority right, but it’s likely you’ll get away with just passing an arbitrary,
   large number.
 * Here’s the sort of think you’re looking for:
 *     ```
       add_action( 'after_setup_theme', function() {
           //Do something
       }, 42 );
       ```
   

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

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 * Last reply from: [Daniel Bettles](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danbettles/)
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