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Opened 18 months ago

Last modified 15 months ago

#61790 new defect (bug)

Rewrite text about using child themes

Reported by: ramon-fincken's profile ramon fincken Owned by:
Milestone: Future Release Priority: normal
Severity: normal Version: 3.0
Component: Upgrade/Install Keywords: has-patch 2nd-opinion needs-copy-review
Focuses: ui-copy Cc:

Description

Proposition:
Rewrite:
Please Note: Any customizations you have made to theme files will be lost. Please consider using child themes for modifications.

To:
Please Note: Any customizations you have made to theme files will be lost. It is best practice to use child themes for your modifications.

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Change History (13)

This ticket was mentioned in PR #7112 on WordPress/wordpress-develop by @ramon fincken.


18 months ago
#1

  • Keywords has-patch added

#2 @SergeyBiryukov
18 months ago

  • Milestone changed from Awaiting Review to 6.7

#3 @sabernhardt
18 months ago

  • Component changed from Text Changes to Upgrade/Install
  • Focuses ui-copy added
  • Version changed from trunk to 3.0

The sentence was added in [13604] (plus a letter case change in [13963]).

Last edited 18 months ago by sabernhardt (previous) (diff)

#4 @jorbin
18 months ago

  • Keywords 2nd-opinion added

Please consider using child themes for modifications. feels more active as it's telling a user what to do in a friendly manner rather than sharing a best practice. I don't think this is a good change.

#5 @ramon fincken
18 months ago

As the WordPress community we can (and) should help others.

I am open for text suggestions as I really believe the current text is missing that last friendly nudge to improve the site codebase to use a child theme.

Not updating the main (parent) theme: possibly resulting in unpatched leaks or errors.

#6 @ramon fincken
18 months ago

What is your opinion about this one @kraftner ?

#7 @peterwilsoncc
15 months ago

  • Keywords needs-copy-review added

#8 @mikinc860
15 months ago

If you’ve made custom changes to the theme files, they will be lost. To keep everything safe and sound, we recommend using child themes for your modifications.

#9 @ramon fincken
15 months ago

Waaw, so nice. I like this one :)

#10 @peterwilsoncc
15 months ago

  • Milestone changed from 6.7 to Future Release

I've moved this off the milestone as we're currently in a soft string freeze to allow time to complete translations prior to the release.

#11 @dhrumilk
15 months ago

If you've customized the theme files, those changes may be lost during updates. To ensure your modifications are safe, we recommend using child themes for any adjustments.

Last edited 15 months ago by dhrumilk (previous) (diff)

#12 @ramon fincken
15 months ago

Even better :)

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