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I have just purchased a new licence key from themeforest and it was accepted where I put me themeforst username and purchase key, however it says there isn’t a more current version to update to.
My website is currently on version 4.4.1 of enfold and according to your change log 6.0.2 is the most current version. Please help me get this updated.
Here are some screenshots from the site if this is helpful: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1OyljwSZCxEgllnBZz6MIN_QTymU8Outr?usp=sharing
You should create a complete backup in any case, e.g. with the free plugin: duplicator.
If you use a child theme, you will not be able to avoid checking the child theme files for validity. e.g. header.php has changed a lot – also footer.php.
Custom Advanced Layout elements should also be updated. ( if you use child-theme pendents of them ) –
if you only have these three files (style.css, functions.php and screenshot.png) in your child-theme folder – than only a check of your child-theme functions.php is neccessary.Is your WordPress version older too?
Then you need to take precautions here too.
What php Version is in use? with php 7.x or 8 a new jQuery is implemented.With such a huge step, I would update as follows:
I would advise everyone to follow this way. You always have a rollback in the background.The advantage of this procedure is that it can be undone.
Uploading the new theme takes a little time; if all goes well, the site will only be offline for a short time (just for the moment of renaming).Update via ftp
- Download the “installable WordPress file only” file from themeforest and unzip it
- After that – you got a folder : enfold
- Rename this downloaded newest version to enfold-new
- Upload that enfold-new folder to the themes folder
- Rename the existing enfold folder to f.e. enfold-old
- Rename your uploaded enfold-new folder to enfold
- On Enfold – Performance – check mark and “Delete Old CSS And JS Files?”
- Check if your Website works to your full satisfaction.
- Yes – then stop here – Update is finished
- After a while of testing – you can delete that enfold-old folder via ftp
- No – delete or rename back the enfold folder back to enfold-new
- rename the enfold-old folder back to enfold
- check on enfold board if there are known bugs – or similar problems
Hi,
The update to 6.0.2 has to be done manually from the version you are running, 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 upload the theme as if it was new under Appearance->Themes->Add New Theme.
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.
Also please read this after you have updated: https://kriesi.at/documentation/enfold/theme-registration/Thanks @guenni007 for helping out.
Best regards,
RikardThis seems like it will remove all my theme options? Will I need to set up all my theme settings and options again?
Also, this site is using a child theme of Enfold so I assume that will be effected as well. Does this change your guidance at all?
Maybe I can export my theme setting and import them into the new theme?
A note that everything else on the site is up to date, including WordPress. I do need to move from PHP 7.4 to 8.x still.
Hi,
If you follow the steps above you should not lose any theme options.
You could create a stagging site and test the update there, so your live site is not touched until you test the update.
most cPanel webhosts have a staging site option, some in the dashboard:
Others add the option in the Softaculous WordPress Management
There may be other staging site options in different cPanel servers, these are the two that I have seen.
Another way to update is to to download the latest installable WP version from your Theme Forest account and upload it to your WordPress ▸ Appearance ▸ Themes ▸ Add Themes ▸ Add New
after you choose the zip file and click install, you will see a This theme is already installed message because you are updating, you can continue
then you will see the Theme updated successfully message.
If you want to try this on your live site, please ensure to backup your full site and database with your webserver full backup tool, if you are not sure how to use it ask your webhost support as each webhost is a little differnt.Best regards,
MikeThank you for the help everyone. I have updated the theme successfully. Since I had a child theme, the theme options weren’t affected.
I did test it this on a dev site first.
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