在Wordpress子主题中更改类/ id

Question

I am currently changing a parent theme in wordpress by creating a child theme and I am just checking if this is considered bad form and if it will have any repercussions if/when the theme is updated.

e.g. The parent theme's header.php has an id called #menu. This has a lot of styles in the parent's style.css file. To avoid having to alter everything to do with the #menu I changed the id to #menu-child in the child theme's header.php file and added my own styles, this has made it a lot quicker but I'm unsure if it will screw the styles/theme up if/when it is updated.

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Short answer: No.

Your child theme template overwrites the main theme template and still does that after an update. So your changes will stay in place. But if the parent theme uses the #menu for stuff (styling, js...) these changes and current adjustments will not have any effect in your child theme anymore. So if you want your own changes and all functionalities and styling of the parent theme you should not remove the id, but add your own class. Of cause theme developers can sometimes mess up the structure or make changes themselves which require you to alter your child theme templates as well (like changing the whole structure).