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  • April 7, 2020 at 11:57 am #1201559
    premedia

    Hello,
    I currently have the following running.

    Enfold version:- 4.4
    Enfold Child Version:- 1.0
    WP version:- 4.9.13 

    I have chosen not to update WP beyond 4.X.X in the past because of the reported issues I read with Enfold around the time WP 5.0 was released. For the same reason, I have kept with Enfold version 4.4.

    Q1. Is there any benefit to my updating Enfold to the latest version also WP to the latest version?

    Q2. If I choose to upgrade both Enfold and WP – which is it better to do first? i.e. Should I update WP to latest version THEN update Enfold to latest version? OR should I update Enfold to the latest version with my WP4.9.13 and THEN update WP to the latest version? Which method is likely to cause the least amount of problems?

    Thanks for any advice you can offer.

    Pete

    April 8, 2020 at 7:31 am #1201804
    Rikard

    Hey Pete,

    You are missing the new features in the theme, but if you don’t have a need for them then I don’t see any reason as to why you shouldn’t be able to run your current setup for at least a few months more. You can read the changelog here: https://kriesi.at/documentation/enfold/changelog/

    If you do decide to update then it has to be done manually, please refer to my replies in this thread: https://kriesi.at/support/topic/enfold-4-5-theme-update-update-failed-download-failed-a-valid-url-was-not-pro/#post-1021541

    You can either update manually via FTP: https://kriesi.at/documentation/enfold/how-to-install-enfold-theme/#theme-update, or use a plugin to upload the theme zip file: https://wordpress.org/plugins/update-theme-and-plugins-from-zip-file/

    If that doesn’t work then please try to delete the whole theme folder, then replace it with the new version. Make sure that you have backups of the site before starting updating.

    After you have updated then try to activate the Classic Editor in the main page of the theme options.

    Also please read this after you have updated: https://kriesi.at/documentation/enfold/theme-registration/

    Best regards,
    Rikard

    April 8, 2020 at 2:22 pm #1201916
    premedia

    Hi Rikard
    Thanks so much for a clear and thorough reply.
    I will hold off updating my Enfold theme for now.

    I am still considering updating WP though, to version 5.XX onwards.

    What issues am I likely to encounter with my current Enfold 4.4 installation when I update to the WP 5.XX with the Gutenberg Block-Based Editor.
    Note that I am still happy to continue editing with the Enfold editor so I don’t expect to use the WP block editor.

    Look forward to any advice or links you can offer.

    Thanks and best regards,
    Pete

    April 9, 2020 at 8:22 am #1202160
    Rikard

    Hi Pete,

    If you decide to update WordPress then the Block Editor will be the default editor, you can disable it using this in your functions.php file though:

    // disable for posts
add_filter('use_block_editor_for_post', '__return_false', 10);

// disable for post types
add_filter('use_block_editor_for_post_type', '__return_false', 10);

    Best regards,
    Rikard

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