Take the tour ×    Why I'm not yet using starter themes:  I'm
reluctant to use starter themes (e.g. _s, Bones etc.) because,
as I understand it, I'll need to screen for code changes with
every version update and then manually apply them to my custom
theme. I'd rather  My question:  Is my understanding of the
process of updating starter themes correct and if so, is it not
less work to simply reverse engineer a parent theme once and
have automated version updates rather than repeatedly manually
(and perhaps tediously) having to update my custom starter
theme?  share|improve this question add comment  2 Answers  up
vote 3 down vote accepted  You can enable child themes for any
theme:   If you want your parent theme based off another parent
theme, for example you want a theme based off of Twitter
bootstrap and apply any changes they make to your framework,
without over-riding your changes, use revision control.
share|improve this answer I didn't realize that I could
effectively use a starter theme as a parent t