1. Update your WordPress installation.
Please go to updates in your main WP navigation menu and update WordPress.
See the screenshot below:
2. Fill in the purchase information
Please go to your admin panel - General Settings - the Purchase tab, fill in "Your Item Purchase Code" and click on "Save Changes".
Here is a guide about Where to get Your Item Purchase Code from?
3. Update the Theme
Please go to updates in your main WP navigation menu and see the new theme version. Update.
See the screenshot below:
If you still don't see any available updates, please reload the Dashboard > Updates page twice to force WP to check for updates.
4. Update the plugins, including the bundled one
After updating the theme, go to updates in your main WP navigation menu and update all plugins that need to be updated.
See the screenshot below:
If you still don't see any available updates, please reload the Dashboard> Updates page twice to force WP to check for updates.
5. Update the CSS styles
Now go back to General Settings and click the "Save changes" button to update the CSS styles.
See the screenshot below:
6. Clear the cache
Check this guide for more information: How to clear the Cache after a Theme or Plugin update
Important
The updates are essential as we fix bugs, provide new features and improvements and make the theme compatible with newer WordPress versions. You can check the theme's changelog here: https://vamtam.com/changelog/
Remember to make a backup in case anything goes wrong or you've made a mistake during the update process.
Your theme options and the content will not be affected by the update.
Any modifications to the theme files will be overwritten after an automatic update if you haven't used a child theme or the Custom CSS area in General Settings.
If it's your first time installing a theme, check this guide -
Troubleshooting
Most often, the issues you have related to the update process are due to one of the following reasons:
Incompatible WordPress version
The latest WordPress version is not always compatible with the theme because the theme update comes sometime after the WordPress update has been released.
You can check which is the compatible WordPress version on the theme's presentation page on Themeforest. If in doubt, you can ask the Support Team.
In case you've updated your WordPress, and the theme update compatible with the version you have is not yet out, you have three options:
- to wait for the theme update
- to restore your site from a backup
- to downgrade your WordPress to a version compatible with the theme
Incompatible plugins
If you are running plugins that do not come and are not supported by the theme, make sure they are compatible with the WordPress version you are about to update/install. If the updates don't fix the issue you encounter, then deactivate the plugins that don't come with the theme and test.
Old plugin version
Make sure that all plugins you are updating are compatible with the theme version and the WordPress version.
Complete point 2,4,5 of this guide.
CSS styles are not regenerated
Click on the "Save Changes" button in the theme options panel to re-generate the CSS.
Using FTP to update the theme
The bundled plugins cannot be updated using FTP. If you've chosen this, you have to switch to automatic updates to update the plugins bundled with the theme - complete points 2,4,5 of this guide.
Network Installation
If you use this theme on a network installation of WordPress (formerly called Multisite), you will need to click the "Save changes" button in each website's admin panel and the main network site. This will clear and regenerate any caches used by the theme, as such caches may be different for the sites.
Renamed theme folder
The automatic update feature will stop the function if you change the theme folder name.
style.css has been changed
The automatic update feature will stop the function if you change the information in this file. Please restore the original version and ensure the theme version number is not the latest.