{"id":3898,"date":"2021-08-02T13:28:46","date_gmt":"2021-08-02T13:28:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/obambu.com\/guide\/?p=3898"},"modified":"2021-08-02T14:09:11","modified_gmt":"2021-08-02T14:09:11","slug":"how-to-update-wordpress-themes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/obambu.com\/guide\/how-to-update-wordpress-themes\/","title":{"rendered":"How to update WordPress themes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Knowing how to <strong>update wordpress themes<\/strong> is very important. The theme on your wordpress site is one of the most (if not the most) important aspects of your <strong>website<\/strong>. It conditions how your site looks and the first impressions people are going to have while entering your site for the first time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For that reason, it\u00b4s very important to keep your theme <strong>always updated<\/strong> to ensure it works as it\u00b4s intended to. In this article we\u00b4ll cover the main aspects of why it\u00b4s important to update and how to do it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why you should update wordpress themes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You might think <em><strong>Why should I update the theme?<\/strong> I\u00b4m not going to modify it anymore, I like how it looks.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Well, you\u00b4re missing the point. Keeping up with <strong>updates<\/strong> is extremely important. Here\u00b4s the main reasons why:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Compatibility with wordpress and plugin versions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Not updating your theme means that your site is at risk of developing <strong>compatibility<\/strong> <strong>problems <\/strong>with new WordPress or plugin versions. Normally theme developers will make tests with new WordPress versions to ensure they\u00b4re themes are <strong>compatible<\/strong> and if not, make updates that fix any compatibility issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, it\u00b4s important to have the themes up to date to avoid any problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">New features available<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Usually,<strong> theme developers<\/strong> add new features to theme updates which might be useful in the future if you want to change the appearance of your site. At the end of the day if you have more at your disposal why not make use of it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Site performance and security<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The majority of updates developers make are for adding <strong>security patches<\/strong>. WordPress has a huge number of clients that inform of any small error or <strong>security problems<\/strong> in a theme so they can fix it. The problem with this is that the same people that know about these security errors can use them to target vulnerable sites that haven\u2019t updated their theme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Keeping up with updates can also affect your site\u00b4s performance. Believe it or not updating your theme can increase your site\u00b4s speed which is key for customer satisfaction and page views.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to update a WordPress theme<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Now that you know why you have to update your wordpress theme, it\u00b4s time to show you how to do it. Before that you\u00b4ll want to do some things prior to ensure everything goes as planned:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Create a <strong>backup <\/strong>to your site (just in case)<\/li><li><strong>Test the update<\/strong> on a copy<\/li><li><strong>Wait <\/strong>a few days before installing the update<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Chances are, you\u00b4re using a theme from <a href=\"https:\/\/themeforest.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ThemeForest<\/a>. Updates on ThemeForest themes are a bit different than the default wordpress ones. Here\u00b4s how you do it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. Log in the developer\u00b4s site<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Here you can access the update file for your theme<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. Remove previous version<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>You\u00b4ll have to delete the previous version from the wp-content\/themes\/folder or rename the files from the themes folder (just make sure to have a backup file in case)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3. Upload the updated theme<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Go to appearance -&gt; Themes -&gt; Add new<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally check everything is going well and the update is downloaded. You can then finally delete the old file, and that\u00b4s it, your wordpress theme is updated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We hope this article was useful. If your interested in more tech tutorials, be sure to check out the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/obambu.com\/guide\/category\/obambu-tutorials\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tutorials segment<\/a><\/strong> on the guide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Knowing how to update wordpress themes is very important. 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