Title: I thought we already allowed child theme…
Author: Peter Westwood
Published: March 11, 2011
Last modified: March 16, 2012

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 [  ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/westi/) [Peter Westwood](https://profiles.wordpress.org/westi/)
12:16 pm _on_ March 11, 2011     
Tags: buddypress, [Child-Themes ( 3 )](https://make.wordpress.org/themes/tags/child-themes/)

# I thought we already allowed child theme…

I thought we already allowed child themes for BuddyPress as an exception to the 
rule?

This ticket https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/2996 was an update for https://
wordpress.org/extend/themes/buddypress-widget-theme and was just rejected for being
a child theme – I would have re-opened the trac ticket and commented there but I
don’t have the rights to do that on the Theme Review trac.

[#buddypress](https://make.wordpress.org/themes/tags/buddypress/), [#child-themes](https://make.wordpress.org/themes/tags/child-themes/)

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 1.  ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7d256f7b605361e4dc402138e2896ff727d2a13d669f1420a8644d12a90bb7af?
     s=32&d=mm&r=g)
 2.   [Chip Bennett](https://profiles.wordpress.org/chipbennett/)  1:02 pm _on_ March
     11, 2011
 3.  Reopened
 4.   * ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/34368b9c92a4bfa3bd2a84a222147375526d5ccfbbb3afe32abfbd1bc37f5b58?
        s=32&d=mm&r=g)
      *  [Peter Westwood](https://profiles.wordpress.org/westi/)  1:11 pm _on_ March
        11, 2011
      * Thank you!
 5.  ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/8e4ce80a4094e63e2966ef5eb11982baba5aa128b22c3c88df5a71be71112dec?
     s=32&d=mm&r=g)
 6.   [modemlooper](https://profiles.wordpress.org/modemlooper/)  5:29 pm _on_ March
     11, 2011
 7.  Thanks, this has been an ongoing issue and the result is the BuddyPress theme 
     developers have not updated child themes and the majority of them are now outdated
     and broken on current version of WordPress and BuddyPress.
 8.  There really should be a BuddyPress theme developer reviewing BuddyPress themes
     there are many things a BP in the repo should include besides WP functionality.
     If some creates a child themeChild theme A Child Theme is a customized theme based
     upon a Parent Theme. It’s considered best practice to create a child theme if 
     you want to modify the CSS of your theme. [https://developer.wordpress.org/themes/advanced-topics/child-themes/](https://developer.wordpress.org/themes/advanced-topics/child-themes/)
     and it breaks a default BP component this needs to be addressed. Currently it 
     seems the reviews are only checking for WP requirements. BP tacks on many other
     functions that should be included.
 9.   * ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/40a68e4a59a5940fba1f32425af26da08cd699a7c907ba095c30e35898d02c95?
        s=32&d=mm&r=g)
      *  [Edward Caissie](https://profiles.wordpress.org/cais/)  2:30 am _on_ March
        12, 2011
      * We’ll be happy to have more community involvement with the Theme Review process,
        especially the BuddyPress Themes as they tend to be few and far between currently.
 10. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/cafa882d26933e7c0d5bc9d498a593fbf9bb1765e9b9e1356082646a41e69de1?
     s=32&d=mm&r=g)
 11.  [Emil](http://themeid.com)  1:09 am _on_ March 12, 2011
 12. That was a mistake from my end and I apologize for that. Ticket reopened by Chip
     and approved by me early this morning.
 13. Thanks,
      Emil
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        s=32&d=mm&r=g)
      *  [Peter Westwood](https://profiles.wordpress.org/westi/)  10:51 pm _on_ March
        12, 2011
      * No worries – this is a learning process for every one of us 🙂

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