Keeping your theme up to date ensures you receive the latest features, improvements, bug fixes, and security updates.
Important: Updating the theme will not affect your website content, including posts, pages, media, and theme settings. However, any modifications made directly to the theme files (such as PHP, CSS, JavaScript, or language files) will be overwritten during the update.
To preserve your customizations, always use a Child Theme. If you have translated the theme, make sure to back up your language files before updating.
Method 1: Update via WordPress Dashboard (Recommended)
- Download the latest installable theme ZIP file from your account.
- Log in to your WordPress Dashboard.
- Go to Appearance → Themes.
- Click Add New at the top of the page.
- Click Upload Theme.
- Select the latest theme ZIP file and click Install Now.
- When prompted, click Replace current with uploaded.
- Wait for the update to complete.
Your theme is now updated successfully.
Method 2: Update via FTP/SFTP
- Download the latest installable theme ZIP file.
- Extract the ZIP file on your computer.
- Connect to your website using an FTP or SFTP client.
- Navigate to:
wp-content/themes/ - Delete the existing theme folder (e.g., your-theme-name).
- Upload the newly extracted theme folder to the themes directory.Note: Upload the extracted theme folder, not the ZIP file.
- Once the upload is complete, refresh your website to verify that the update was successful.
Tip: Before updating, it’s always a good idea to create a full backup of your website so you can restore it if needed.