💥 TRENDING: Reference/classes/wp theme/parent

Returns reference to the parent theme.

Return

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

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

Used by	Description
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`

Version	Description
3.4.0	Introduced.