WordPress - This theme is broken. The parent theme is missing. Please install the "THEME" parent theme

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In my WordPress website, I have created a child theme based on theme Divi, the child theme works perfectly and it has never had a problem, it doesn't display any PHP error message on the screen and the design is fully responsive as I expected.

I normally push the child theme folder and child theme files through GIThub.

Today I have realized that the Appearence->Editor on the admin area in WordPress displays the message:

This theme is broken. The parent theme is missing. Please install the "divi" parent theme.

I can't figure out why that error message come out only now. Can you please guys advise?

WordPress Version 4.5.13

Child Theme CSS header:

/*
 Theme Name:   Divi Child
 Theme URI:    https://webmarcello.co.uk/
 Description:  Divi Child Theme
 Author:       Marcello Perri
 Author URI:   https://webmarcello.co.uk/
 Template:     divi
 Version:      1.0.0
 License:      GNU General Public License v2 or later
 License URI:  https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
 Tags:         light, dark, two-columns, right-sidebar, responsive-layout, accessibility-ready
 Text Domain:  divichild
*/

Thanks

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phpcsswordpress
Is the main Divi theme still installed and not-corrupted? Try re-installing it to make sure. Also, that WordPress version is… uh, less than ideal. It's almost 3 years out of date by now. I doubt that's part of the problem, but it certainly doesn't help. – Xhynk
WordPress Version 4.5.13 Time to update WordPress – j08691
I understand that the version of WordPress is old, but is it related to the error message that I get? – Marcello Perri
@Xhynk how can I check if the main theme is corrupted? – Marcello Perri
You can try switching to the main Divi theme. Or without doing that, you could rename the folder divi to like divi-x via FTP, and then upload a new copy of the divi theme. – Xhynk

2 Answers

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You're currently using WordPress-Version 4.5.13 - The latest WordPress-Version is 5.5.1!

You should update WordPress immediatly!

You can get the latest WordPress-Version here or update it right in your admin-dashboard.

After you've updated WordPress, check the parent theme for updates. Maybe this fixes your problem.

Note: Old WordPress-Versions are a high security-risk - bugs and security holes are fixed in newer versions.

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I fixed this problem, the problem was the attribute Template: divi in the header of my child theme CSS file, the word divi (which is the parent theme) must have capital D.

Here is the CSS header correct:

/*
 Theme Name:   Divi Child
 Theme URI:    https://webmarcello.co.uk/
 Description:  Divi Child Theme
 Author:       Marcello Perri
 Author URI:   https://webmarcello.co.uk/
 Template:     Divi
 Version:      1.0.0
 License:      GNU General Public License v2 or later
 License URI:  https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
 Tags:         light, dark, two-columns, right-sidebar, responsive-layout, accessibility-ready
 Text Domain:  divichild
*/

Thanks for the help anyway.