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# Update Theme & Plugins

There are two methods to update theme as below:

Manual Update: (RECOMMENDED)

You can also update new version in traditional way:

- Step 1: Deactive current theme by going to Appearance > Themes and activate any other themes such as the default WordPress 3.8’s Twenty Fourteen.
- Step 2: Delete older version by clicking on Delete link. Confirm to delete.
- Step 3: Update and re-install new version.

All posts and settings will be saved. This is data-safe method.

Auto Update: (UNRECOMMENDED)

- Please NOTE that, we do not recommend this update method since it uses a third-party plugin and the performance is not stable in our previous check. Also, we are not responsible for its operation.
- Step 1: Go to Plugins > Add News > Upload, find and install /plugins/envato-wordpress-toolkit.zip file (in the download package)
- Step 2: To establish an Envato Marketplace API connection navigate to the Envato Toolkit page and insert your Marketplace username and secret API key in the designated input fields. To obtain your API Key, visit your “My Settings” page on any of the Envato Marketplaces
- Step 3: Once the API connection has been established you will see a list of themes that can be auto updated/installed. If you don’t see any themes and are certain you’ve done everything correct, there is a good chance the theme author has not updated their theme to be available for auto install and update. If that’s the case, please contact the theme author and ask them to update their theme’s information

NOTE:

Only theme is updated via these methods. Related plugins must be updated manually. Please check theme’s release logs to see if you need to update plugins. Updating plugin is similar to the process of manual theme update

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