I apologize for any redundancy but I always make it a point to ask prior to all WordPress updates no matter how repetitive it gets. This is based on previous experiences, some catastrophic, where such an update either broke a theme or caused other non-functionality to occur. Having said all that, a quick question on compatibility…
Does Newspaper 7.8 work okay with WordPress 4.8.2?
I appreciate your reply, thanks very much in advance.
Dan
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Hi,
There are probably users out there using that version of theme, and WordPress. Maybe some of them can share their experiences with a configuration as you mention.
The right thing would be to update the theme to the latest version as soon as possible. Each theme update will bring improvements and more features and it is also tested with the latest WordPress. We do not test all previous theme releases with newest WordPress.
Thanks
I’ve done precisely as you say in the past (update WordPress the minute a new version is released) and that is what I am talking about. That is when the theme (not yours) was broken instantly by a new WP update. The policy of always asking ahead of time came out of those types of experiences. NOTE: We could not update our Newspaper theme to NP8 when it was relesased because we had just finished creating the site with the latest version of NP7 and would have had to start over and re-stage, according to the forum here. Client deadline prevented that.
Just updating to the latest WordPress version as soon as it is released is no guarantee that a site will not be rendered unusable due to theme issues. That is why many users who have had these experiences choose not to update. Not because they don’t want to or are being negligent. You mention that you do not test previous (including the relatively recent 7.8) versions of the Newspaper theme on the newest WordPress. Although I understand what you are saying, that is also why I am not free to update WordPress right now. I would literally be rolling the dice with no assurance of the outcome. Rolling back to an earlier version of WP after a theme is broken by a WP update is a somewhat volatile process with its own risks.
By the way, this is the first time I have asked a theme developer about compatibility prior to a WP update and have not gotten a yes or a no. Unfortunately, I have to be even more cautious on that basis. Thanks for responding. I do appreciate it.
