Hello. I have newspaper theme and I’m using child theme too (apparently it helps preserve the settings?). Typically when I use child theme to update the main theme i have to switch to the main theme and then try to update, right? So I did all those things that are listed in tutorial for automatic updating (installed envato plugin, created API token…). After doinhg that it showed that the theme version was newest, but it did not install updated plugins. In tutorial it says that I can find them in some directory somewhere.. Where?
What is the best and easiest way to update this theme when using child theme? Do I need to switch from child to main for that? DO i need child theme at all?
Thank You.
You don’t really need child theme unless you are making changes to core code.
Best way to update theme and plugins is via FTP, as you download the files from Envato/Themeforest to your PC/Mac, then upload to server.
Allows you to make backup before update, in case you need to roll back, and you HAVE all the files to do the updates as both the theme folder, and the various plugins that you happen to be using with theme.
Anyway, that’s how I do it to avoid issues.
Most themes I have dealt with allow you to update right on wordpress. Why is this theme so advanced, yet doesn’t offer updates right on wordpress? How long can you go before you have to update? Do I need to update it every time a new update comes out?
Hello Meranda Devan,
I feel sorry if you have these thoughts regarding on our theme product, sorry! Notice that our theme is permanently updated when a new version of WordPress or Visual Composer has been released. If you want to have the latest version of theme, you should download it from Theme Forest, using your member account.
Thanks for your understanding!
Catalin,
Why not have the updates right on wordpress?
To download it, then upload it to our servers over and over….where a CLICK from wordpress would make a it a LOT easier. Why haven’t they done that? Do they have plans to do that?
Installing it over and over again…seems to me to be a major draw back…especially when I read in this forum that after the updates people seem to find things broken
Because for one-click in WordPress to update the updates need to be either on WordPress.org servers like the plugins hosted there are; or need to be done from the main WP panel, or a custom panel.
This doesn’t always work due to the differences in server “permissions” where sometimes the uploads folder is “owned” by the FTP user, but the WP install is owned by Apache/server — then it breaks trying to update.
MOST commercial themes on ThemeForest must be updated manually in this way. It’s not unique to this theme.
So, if you want to run a WordPress site, good to learn FTP as it’s the *ONLY* safe way to update your site. Seriously.
(I’ve been running WordPress sites for 12+ years and really – FTP is worth learning!)
