{"id":2251,"date":"2017-01-05T13:33:53","date_gmt":"2017-01-05T13:33:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nativewptheme.net\/support\/?p=2251"},"modified":"2017-03-22T09:21:34","modified_gmt":"2017-03-22T09:21:34","slug":"native-theme-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nativewptheme.net\/support\/first-steps\/native-theme-update","title":{"rendered":"Native Theme Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We recommend you to update the theme after the updates releases to get all the brand new features in your user and to keep the compatibility with the plugins and WordPress.<br \/>\nAlso, don\u2019t be afraid of theme update. It won\u2019t hurt your site information (posts, pages, etc.) as far as it\u2019s saved in the database. After all, you may create dump base (as we\u2019ve mentioned previously) to be sure everything will be fine with your content.<\/p>\n<h3>Updating the theme<\/h3>\n<p>The theme update can be performed in two ways:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>via\u00a0Envato Market WordPress Plugin.<\/li>\n<li>via FTP.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Before the update,\u00a0we\u2019d also recommend you to Export Theme options. You may find more details in<a href=\"http:\/\/nativewptheme.net\/support\/theme-options\/import-export\" target=\"_blank\"> Import\/Export<\/a> section of the documentation.<\/p>\n<h5>Envato Market WordPress Plugin Update<\/h5>\n<p>To receive the\u00a0timely notification every time the new theme update is ready, you have to\u00a0install the\u00a0Envato Market WordPress Plugin. It allows to install WordPress themes and plugins purchased from ThemeForest &amp; CodeCanyon by connecting with the Envato Market API using a secure OAuth personal token.<\/p>\n<p>Note, in case you\u2019ve done any files modification, make sure you have their copies to upload them to the theme once again after the update and keep all the changes in the new theme.<\/p>\n<p>Check the plugin <a href=\"https:\/\/forums.envato.com\/t\/envato-market-wordpress-plugin-beta\/21639\" target=\"_blank\">official documentation<\/a> as well.<\/p>\n<h5>Installing the Envato Market plugin<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Download the envato-market.zip and unpack the archive.<\/li>\n<li>Navigate to Plugins section, click <del class=\"support-arrow-right\">Add New<\/del> <del>Upload<\/del> and install the plugin from the zip archive.<\/li>\n<li>Activate the plugin through the &#8216;Plugins&#8217; menu in WordPress.<\/li>\n<li>Click the &#8216;Envato Market&#8217; menu in WordPress and connect to the API.\u00a0You may find more information about API Key <a href=\"http:\/\/themeforest.net\/help\/api\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Update via FTP<\/h5>\n<p>You may also rename current <strong>Native<\/strong> folder via FTP to keep the old theme version during the update, and then delete it\u00a0if needed.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Navigate to WordPress admin area and switch to any of the default themes, e.g: TwnetySixteen.<\/li>\n<li>Access the server WordPress folders any convenient way (CPanel or any FTP-client).<\/li>\n<li>You\u2019ll see the list of wp-admin, wp-content, wp-includes folders and files.<\/li>\n<li>Access the <strong>wp-content\\themes\\<\/strong> folder and rename the existing <strong>native folder to e.g. native-old<\/strong>\u00a0and save changes.<\/li>\n<li>You can firstly unzip the new native.zip archive on your computer and then simply drag-n-drop the native folder to <strong>wp-content\\themes\\<\/strong> folder.<\/li>\n<li>After this access the site\u2019s Dashboard. You\u2019ll find the default WordPress themes in <del class=\"support-arrow-right\">Appearance<\/del> <del>Themes<\/del> section and activate the <strong>Native\u00a0<\/strong>theme.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In such a way you\u2019ll back up the existing theme folder and you\u2019ll be sure you won\u2019t lose any content.<\/p>\n<h3>Updating the plugins<\/h3>\n<p>To update plugins originally received with the theme (such as Visual Composer and Revolution Slider, etc.), please, first of all, make sure you&#8217;re using the latest theme version. We include the current version of the plugins archives to the theme updates.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2256 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/nativewptheme.net\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Begin-installing-plugin.jpg\" width=\"978\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nativewptheme.net\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Begin-installing-plugin.jpg 978w, https:\/\/nativewptheme.net\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Begin-installing-plugin-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nativewptheme.net\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Begin-installing-plugin-768x471.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 978px) 100vw, 978px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Navigate to <del>Plugins<\/del> select the needed outdated plugins (that were provided with the theme) click on <strong>Deactivate<\/strong> button.<\/li>\n<li>After that, click on <strong>Delete<\/strong> button and delete the deprecated plugins from your site.<\/li>\n<li>After removing, navigate to your <del>Plugins<\/del>\u00a0section, so on the top of the page, you\u2019ll see the message: <strong>This theme requires the following plugin: Revolution Slider, etc. Begin installing<\/strong> <strong>plugin<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Click on the <strong>Begin installing plugin<\/strong> button\u00a0and install the updated plugins on your site.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Note! In case you\u2019ve clicked on \u2018<strong>Dismiss this notice<\/strong>\u2019 button, the notice \u201cBegin installing plugin\u201d does not appear. In such a case, navigate to <del class=\"support-arrow-right\">Appearance<\/del> <del>Install plugins<\/del> and install the updated plugins on your site.<\/p>\n<p>In case you haven&#8217;t updated the theme but you have the latest version of the plugin you&#8217;d like to update, firstly, follow the 1st and 2nd steps above.<\/p>\n<p>After that navigate to Plugins section, click <del class=\"support-arrow-right\">Add New<\/del> <del>Upload<\/del> and install the plugin from the zip archive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We recommend you to update the theme after the updates releases to get all the brand new features in your user and to keep the compatibility with the plugins and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[37,35,34],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nativewptheme.net\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2251"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nativewptheme.net\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nativewptheme.net\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nativewptheme.net\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nativewptheme.net\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2251"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/nativewptheme.net\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2251\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12407,"href":"https:\/\/nativewptheme.net\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2251\/revisions\/12407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nativewptheme.net\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nativewptheme.net\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nativewptheme.net\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}