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Updating The Theme

Updating Methods

There are 3 methods to update WordPress themes to the newer version. These new updates are essential if you want to have a bug free website as we give new features and improvements to the theme over time. Some of these updates might be needed in order to make the theme compatible with WordPress newer versions. There is no risk of losing your settings and pages. However if you had done modifications in parent theme files, then they will be lost.

Please note that before updating a theme, we recommend you to make a backup of your modified files. Also, we recommend to deactivate its current version and then upload the zip file with the new theme version then activate and update the theme.

Update Using FTP

  1. Login in to your Themeforest account and go to downloads (Dashboard > downloads)
  2. Download the theme into your computer
  3. Install an FTP program (Filezilla is free)
  4. Retrieve your FTP login information from your hosting admin panel and login into your hosting via FTP
  5. Unzip the item main file
  6. Locate the astute.zip file and unzip it. Make sure your unzipping software does not create an extra directory with the same name nested into each other.
  7. Drag and drop theme main folder into your FTP program with the destination: “YOUR_THEME_ROOT/wp-content/themes/”
  8. FTP program will give a warning that there is an existing with the same directory name, Delete the theme and don't reload your site.
  9. Now Upload your theme, When finished uploaded, Now go to your WP dashboard and reload it.
  10. Work Done
  11. Now Update your witr Helper Plugin. Go to your WP plugin area and delete witr Helper Plugin
  12. don't reload your site and you can get a notice of your Install witr Helper Plugin. Please Install and Active It.
  13. Plugin Install Done. you can Reload Now your site

Update Through WordPress Admin Panel

  1. Navigate to Appearance > Themes Activate another theme to deactivate the astute theme
  2. Delete the installed astute theme.
  3. Unzip the file you just downloaded from Themeforest and locate the WordPress Theme astute.zip
  4. Still within the Themes section, on the header tab, click on “Install Themes”, then on the header second tab click “Upload”.
  5. Click “Browse…” and locate the new theme file astute.zip
  6. Click “Install Now”.
  7. Click “Activate”.

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