Update Theme and Plugins

UPDATE THEME

There are two methods to update theme as below:

Manual Update: (RECOMMENDED)

You can also update new version in the traditional way:

Via WordPress:

  • Step 1:  Deactivate current theme by going to Appearance > Themes and activate any another theme such as the default WordPress theme.
  • Step 2:  Delete older version by clicking on Delete link. Confirm to delete.
  • Step 3: Upload and reinstall the new version.

Via FTP:

  • Step 1: Unzip the “installable theme” file to get the new theme folder
  • Step 2: Use your FTP software to browse to “wp-content/themes” folder
  • Step 3: Upload the new theme folder to override the current theme folder

All posts and settings will be saved. There are data-safe methods.

Auto Update:

After the old Envato Toolkit plugin was deprecated, you can use the new one Envato Market plugin to update WordPress themes and plugins purchased from ThemeForest & CodeCanyon automatically. Once your themes & plugins are installed WordPress will periodically check for updates, so keeping your items up to date is as simple as a few clicks. First, make sure that the Envato Market plugin is installed and activated (you can download it from here http://envato.github.io/wp-envato-market/) then go to Envato Market in the WP menu then follow this guide to set up the plugin:

UPDATE PLUGINS

Via WordPress: (AUTOMATIC)

After activating the new version of theme, there is a notification to remind updating plugin, you just to choose “Begin Updating plugins” button and select the plugins to update automatically

NOTE: Currently, Visual Composer plugin requires to manually update but we will update to make it can be updated automatically soon. Now, you can get the installable file of the plugin in Theme Package/Installation Files/Plugins

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Via FTP:

  • Unzip the .zip files of the plugins you want to update.
  • Login to your FTP account and navigate to your WordPress Installation directory
  • Navigate to the folder /wp-content/plugins
  • Override the folders of these plugins

NOTE

  • After Updating: you should clear your Site & Browser Cache