Update Enfold Theme

Hey Wouterkloosterman,
version 4.2 used the API but Theme Forest now uses the Token, you will need to update via ftp.
The easiest and safest way to do this is to download the newest version from Theme Forest and rename your current theme folder to “enfold-old” via ftp then upload the new “enfold” folder and check that your site is working correctly.
Once you are happy you can delete the “enfold-old” folder via ftp, (not the WP theme page)
Should for some reason you wish to roll-back to the old version, it’s easy to do, simply rename the new “enfold” folder to “enfold-new” via ftp and then rename “enfold-old” to “enfold” then refresh your page.
Please don’t try to overwrite the theme folder, as this will leave old files behind and cause errors.

Best regards,
Mike

Hi,

@jr-music thanks for the login, you wrote:

Once I renamed the folder everything was white and nothing was working so I had to revert

so did you do this via FTP? You would rename your old theme “enfold-old” and your new theme “enfold” via FTP whichever theme folder is named “enfold” is the one that will be active.
The only customization I saw in your functions.php was:

/**
 * Remove the generated product schema markup from Product Category and Shop pages.
 */
function wc_remove_product_schema_product_archive() {
	remove_action( 'woocommerce_shop_loop', array( WC()->structured_data, 'generate_product_data' ), 10, 0 );
}
add_action( 'woocommerce_init', 'wc_remove_product_schema_product_archive' );

so you will want to add this to your new functions.php after renaming the theme folders, do you think there are other files that have been edited?
If you still have an issue then please include ftp access and we can help.

Best regards,
Mike

Hi,
Thank you for the ftp login, I also got the white screen when I renamed the themes, that was unexpected, I guess it has to do with your version of WordPress 4.9.13, I also understand why you want to wait to update WordPress.
Please check your webhost to see if you have the one-click staging site option, this is an option in most cPanels to create a staging clone of your site so you can test on it and your live site will stay up and running untouched.
Here are some screenshots of what it would look like:


If you can set up the staging clone then you can try updating WordPress first on it and then rename the themes to update, and then you can test the site well to ensure everything works well, and if something needs to be corrected we can work on the clone, that way you will be prepared for when you try this for your live site.
Should the stanging clone crash when you update WordPress still try renaming the themes to update because it could just be the Enfold v4.4.1 having a hard time with WordPress v5.3.2
If it’s a total loss you can always delete the staging clone and create a new one and we will try something else.
I also recommend using your webhosting backup tool to create a full backup, it’s good practice to do so.

Best regards,
Mike

Hi,
Glad to hear, we will leave this open to hear back from you.

Best regards,
Mike

Hi,
That sounds like a good idea, glad to hear you have backups.

Best regards,
Mike