How can I update the theme?

🚨 Before proceeding!

Perform a backup of your website's database and server files before attempting any updates. (This counts for any update! Not only for the theme, but for any update you wish to execute) You want to be able to restore your website to a working version in case something goes wrong.

For more information: https://developer.wordpress.org/advanced-administration/security/backup/

In this article

Option 1: Update through the WP admin panel - Way #1 (Automatic update)

  • Open the update section in WordPress by navigating to Dashboard → Updates, scroll down, select the Flatsome theme upgrade, and press 'Update Themes'
  • Clear all cache after installation!

The theme must be activated with a valid theme license key to view this update. If you still can't see the update, please try clicking the "Check Again" button to re-check for updates.

🚨 Before proceeding with option 2 or option 3:

Option 2: Update through the WP admin panel - Way #2 (Manual update)

  • Navigate to Appearance → Themes in the WordPress admin panel
  • Click the "Add Theme", "Upload Theme", and "Browse..." buttons in that order
  • Find the downloaded theme zip file, select it, click "Open", and finally click the "Install Now" button
  • After the file is uploaded to the file server, click the "Replace installed with uploaded" button
  • Clear all cache after installation!

Option 3: Update through FTP

  • Unzip the zip file you have downloaded
  • Delete or rename the old flatsome folder on the server and upload the new one (Make sure the folder you upload is named 'flatsome' and the old one is not)
  • Clear all cache after installation!

Theme directory: wp-content/themes/flatsome

Note: You won’t lose any of your data! The only exception is if you have made edits to the original theme files, such as header.php and footer.php, which you should not do anyway. These changes should have been made through a child theme. All of your content and theme settings are preserved.

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