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# Using the Child Theme

Child theme is the recommended and only safe way to modify the theme.

### Why do I need it?

You will probably want to modify this theme somehow. The child theme is the recommended and only only safe way to do that. When you have the child theme activated and a new update is available, you can update the parent theme and be sure that you will not lose your modifications.

### How to install the child theme?

You don't have to create your own child theme. Our theme is delivered with it. Look inside the package downloaded from ThemeForest (unzip it first of course) and you will find the bimber-child-theme.zip file. Install it in the same way as you did for the main theme (bimber.zip).

### Does the child theme slow down my site?

No, the child theme WILL NOT affect your site's speed.