This morning I felt like a bit of coding, and something that’s been on my to-do list for a while was to update my Child Theme Wizard plugin. It’s been making over 10.000 users happy since 2013.
The main reason for the update was to update the compatibility flag with WordPress 5.1 – it was already compatible with the latest version, it just wasn’t explicitly set. On this occasion I found a couple of other items I could improve upon:
- updated the link to the WordPress Codex about Child Themes
- verified compatibility with WordPress 5.1
- updated social media links (added YouTube and Patreon, removed Google+)
- added theme version to query, as suggested in WordPress Codex
The last item was new to me and doesn’t make a difference to how your child themes are created, however since the Codex suggests to create child themes this way, I thought I’d better follow best practices.
And one final thing I’ve streamlined was the code itself, both in the plugin and in the generated code. It’s now a bit more spaced out, improving readability and updatability (if that is in fact a word).
You can get the latest version either from GitHub, update from within WordPress, or download it from the official WordPress repository.