Is it essential to update the theme all the time when update release?

Hi,

Is it essential to update the theme all the time when update release?
And if yes, is there any quick, hassle free way to update it, like plugins?

Thanks & Regards
Debarup

Nope. If you have 1.6, you could wait to see if 1.71B is stable for everyone.

If you have 1.7 you should go to 1.71B.

You should update WordPress when there is update as they have been fixing security flaws with each update, some of which are fairly critical as the industry continues to become more and more aware of potential flaws in the underlying structure of all the pieces being used. Same with plugins; check them regularly. Don’t ignore updates if the patch is for a major security flaw.

HOWEVER…
always check the changelog for a theme when there is update (it’s in the “all files download zip”) — as the update log will state if the new update fixes and security and/or functional issues (like, say crashing server …). 🙂

Hi,
Thanks for your reply.
23rd April NewsMag 1.7 update to NewsMag 1.7.1 So should I go for it,
is there any quick way to update the theme like plugins ?

Yeah, I’m going to try moving to 1.71B today on one of our sites and see what happens. 🙂

If you know what you’re doing there is a quick and dirty way to upgrade, but this requires having FTP window open with the files to upload, and your filemanager on your web hosting platform open to delete the old files with one click. I call this the “in place” dirty upgrade method.

Best way to do it, for safety, is the method found in my “sticky” post top of forum on moving from one theme to another; same process.

I will update that sticky to include my “dirty” upgrade method … but this is kind of advanced in its own way and site will effectively be dead for 5-8 minutes while doing it whereas the long method nobody sees the changes just different theme temporarily.

Also, sidebar widgets “might” or might not reset one or more items, so good to take screen shot or write down anything special or unusual you did with sidebar widget placement. This last issue is inherent to WP, not the theme; although it keeps getting better.

Hope that helped!

I am not that much techie, can anyone from the support team help me for theme update?

They can’t do the update for you, but you can follow my guide from the sticky post.
Or read the theme docs “how to upgrade” — see links right side of page 🙂

They can’t do the update for you, but you can follow my guide from the sticky post.
Or read the theme docs “how to upgrade” — see links right side of page 🙂
https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-update-theme/