Title: theme update
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# theme update

 *  Resolved [mgran](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mgran/)
 * (@mgran)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-update-1/)
 * Hello,
 * If a add some tags to a theme, for example to display some custom fields, what
   happens when a new theme version is released and the theme is updated? Do I lose
   all the theme customization?
 * Thanks

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-update-1/#post-1980012)
 * Yes. BFor this reason, it is recommended that you consider creating a [child theme](http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes)
   for your customisations whenever possible.
 *  Thread Starter [mgran](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mgran/)
 * (@mgran)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-update-1/#post-1980021)
 * I thought so. Thanks esmi!
 * So doing it this way you leave the parent theme “alone” and you work with the
   child version.
    And when there is an theme update what happens?
 *  [Chip Bennett](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chipbennett/)
 * (@chipbennett)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-update-1/#post-1980044)
 * > And when there is an theme update what happens?
 * The Parent Theme updates, but the Child Theme remains untouched – so any changes
   you have made via the Child Theme likewise remain untouched.
 *  Thread Starter [mgran](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mgran/)
 * (@mgran)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-update-1/#post-1980058)
 * OK, but then the child theme doesn’t “get” the improvements of the parent one,
   does it?
 *  [Chip Bennett](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chipbennett/)
 * (@chipbennett)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-update-1/#post-1980061)
 * > OK, but then the child theme doesn’t “get” the improvements of the parent one,
   > does it?
 * The Child Theme shouldn’t _need_ to incorporate any “improvements” of the Parent
   Theme; instead, it should already be _leveraging/relying on_ the functionality
   of the Parent Theme.
 * With a Child Theme, you replace _only what you need to change_. For everything
   else, WordPress knows to use the files from the Parent Theme (template files,
   style.css, functions.php, etc.).
 * _Most_ Child Themes will only ever need to be a modified stylesheet (style.css),
   that uses [@import](https://wordpress.org/support/users/import/) to pull in the
   Parent Theme’s style.css, and then modifies it.
 *  Thread Starter [mgran](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mgran/)
 * (@mgran)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-update-1/#post-1980064)
 * Clear now!!!

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