Theme updates

There are 2 ways to get theme updates:

MANUAL UPDATES

  1. Log in your Themeforest account;
  2. Go to the 'Downloads' section;
  3. Click on the Download button in from of the theme name;
  4. Select the "Installable WordPress file only" option from the dropdown menu and download the zip archive.
  5. Unzip 'polo.zip' archive and upload folder 'polo' via FTP to 'wp-content/themes' directory replacing the old files.
  6. Upon updating there will appear a popup in your admin dashboard recommending to update theme plugins. Click on the Begin updating plugins link or go to Appearance>Install Plugins section and update the required plugins from there. If there is no such popup and Install Plugins section in your admin dashboard, it means that all plugins are up-to-date and there are no new versions available.

 

AUTOMATIC UPDATES with Envato Market

Settings tab

The plugin settings page allows you to configure your Envato API Personal Token in order to display a list of a purchased theme from Envato Market. This API Token is generated from build.envato.com and will allow WordPress to securely receive item updates. 

Once the Envato API connection is made from the Settings page, a list of available Themes will be shown. This will list all WordPress Themes that have been purchased through the Envato Market/ThemeForest.

Help tab

The plugin Help Tab includes common problems and instructions on what to do if something doesn’t work correctly within the plugin.

Plugins and extensions updating

Once the theme is updated, you can proceed to update theme bundled plugins and Unyson extensions, as described below.

The Dashboard Update Screen provides information on available updates. The number of available updates appears as a notification bubble next to the Updates menu item.

  1. Click on the Dashboard panel
  2. Click the Check Again button to check for the latest available updates.

From this page you can update:

The WordPress updates regularly with security patches, make sure you always have the latest version of WordPress installed. You have the option to download the latest version and update your WordPress manually (this is usually done by developers and users that are familiar with WordPress. We advise you to use the regular, automatic install)

We recommend always keeping all your plugins up-to-date but one of the most important plugins that you need to keep updated is Unyson. Your theme needs this plugin in order to work properly so it's a good thing to keep it up to date.

In this section, you'll find the themes that you can update. Select the theme you want to update from the list and click the Update Themes button. We frequently release updates and bug fixes so please keep your theme up to date.

REMINDER: Note that any customization you've made to the theme files will be lost (if they were made in the parent theme folder). Please consider using the Child Theme for modifications. Read more about parent and child themes.

If you see this text: New extensions updates available press the Update Extensions button in order to update your extensions. These are very important as they are the backbone of your theme and it's important to keep them up to date.