Updating from 4.6.3 to version 6

Hi All,

I just realized I haven’t updated my theme in months. What’s the easiest and safest way to update from 4.6.3 to version 6 of newspaper?

Thanks in advance!

Hi

Newspaper 6 must be regarded like a new theme and before update you should consider the following aspects:

– backup your current theme/WordPress/database: https://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Backups
– empty all caches/purge files if you also use CDN host then disable any services of this type until you switch to the new theme
– setup a maintenance mode (if your site is live) and you can use a plugin for that
– disable all plugins
– install the theme then install the required plugins
– switch back the rest of the plugins and start other services

Also you can check our documentation here – https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-update-the-theme-2/ Notice that it’s important to back up your site, in case something goes wrong, you can get back at the previous theme version.
If you have any custom modification in the code or custom css will not work in version 6 of the theme.
Let me know how it goes!

Thanks!

I had 3 different developers work on this for a few months and all but one gave up. They said this was impossibly hard to work with and it was pretty much like installing a new theme. I paid $300+ use and countless hours in trying to get it done. 🙁