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WP_Theme::parent()

WP_Theme::parent(): WP_Theme|false

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Returns reference to the parent theme.

Return

WP_Theme|false Parent theme, or false if the active theme is not a child theme.

Source

public function parent() {
	return isset( $this->parent ) ? $this->parent : false;
}

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Used byDescription
WP_Theme_JSON_Resolver::get_theme_data()wp-includes/class-wp-theme-json-resolver.php

Returns the theme’s data.

WP_Theme::get_template_directory()wp-includes/class-wp-theme.php

Returns the absolute path to the directory of a theme’s “template” files.

WP_Theme::get_template_directory_uri()wp-includes/class-wp-theme.php

Returns the URL to the directory of a theme’s “template” files.

WP_Theme::get_files()wp-includes/class-wp-theme.php

Returns files in the theme’s directory.

WP_Theme::__get()wp-includes/class-wp-theme.php

__get() magic method for properties formerly returned by current_theme_info()

WP_Theme::offsetGet()wp-includes/class-wp-theme.php
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3.4.0Introduced.

User Contributed Notes

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    Bert Van de Poel
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    Beware: this variable is untrimmed. This means that if you look through wp_get_themes() and do something like wp_get_theme()->parent() === $theme->get( 'Name' ) that it may always return FALSE because there’s untrimmed whitespace being returned by parent(). If you do trim( wp_get_theme()->parent() ) === $theme->get( 'Name' ) the result will be as expected.

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