Installing the child theme

A child theme inherits MyListing’s design and functionality while giving you a safe place for template, PHP, and CSS customizations.

Do you need a child theme?

Install it if you plan to edit theme templates, add PHP snippets to functions.php, or maintain other code-level customizations. When MyListing is updated, files in the child theme stay in place.

If you only change settings in Theme Tools, the Customizer, Elementor, or listing types, the child theme is optional.

It cannot recover existing edits

Installing a child theme does not automatically copy changes already made to the parent theme. Move those changes carefully before the next MyListing update.

Download and install it

The my-listing-child.zip file is included in the complete MyListing package available from your ThemeForest Downloads page.

1. Make sure the main MyListing theme is already installed. It can remain inactive while you complete the next steps.
2. Go to Appearance → Themes → Add New Theme → Upload Theme.
3. Choose my-listing-child.zip, then select Install Now.
4. Activate MyListing Child.
5. Load the front end and confirm that the site looks the same as it did with the parent theme active.

WordPress must keep both themes installed. The child theme should be active, while the parent MyListing theme supplies the files it inherits.

Where to put custom CSS

Small CSS changes can still go in Appearance → Customize → Additional CSS. Use the child theme when the customization needs files, templates, or PHP code under version control.

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