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Update Theme

porto_admin — Mon, 15 Oct 2018 01:57:53 +0000

Before Update

We recommend you have a current backup of your site including wp-content folder, wp-config.php file and .htaccess file and a copy of wordpress database. If you are not familiar with how to do this, you can use several plugins such as UpDraft Plus and WordPress Backup Buddy. And you should backup porto theme options in Appearance > Theme Options > Import / Export.
You should completely remove all previous porto theme folder.
You shouldn’t rename porto theme folder.
You should reset browser cache, server cache and plugin cache.
You should update required and recommended plugins.

One Click Update Theme

In porto 4.6 new update method was added. This will display update notification when new version is released. You can update porto theme under Dashboard > Updates using wordpress standard update method.

– Under Dashboard > Updates

– Under Appearance > Themes

Traditional Update Theme

This method does require more steps and manual work. First you need to manually download the new theme package from your Themeforest account. Once you have the new theme package, you can choose to upload the theme via WordPress or via FTP. Please see the information below for how to download new files, and install it via WP or via FTP.

HOW TO DOWNLOAD NEW THEME FILES FROM THEMEFOREST

Step 1 – Log into your Themeforest account and navigate to your downloads tab. Find the “Porto” theme purchase.
Step 2 – Click the “download” button next to it and choose to download the “Installable WordPress Theme” which is just the WordPress file, or choose the “Main Files” which is the entire package that contains everything.
Step 3 – Then you need to decide if you want to install the update via FTP or via WordPress. Directions for both methods are below.

HOW TO UPDATE YOUR THEME VIA FTP

Step 1 – Go to “wp-content > themes” location and backup your “porto” theme folder by saving it to your computer, or you can choose to simply delete it. Your content will not be lost.
Step 2 – Retrieve the “porto.zip” file from your new Themeforest download and extract the file to get the “porto” theme folder.
Step 3 – Then simply drag and drop the new “porto” theme folder into “wp-content > themes” location. Choose to “Replace” the current one if you did not delete it.
Step 4 – Lastly, update the included plugins. You will see a notification message letting you know the plugins have a new version and need to be updated. You should update the plugins. You can see Update Plugin for more details.
Step 5 – Please go Appearance > Theme Options on admin sidebar and click again “Save Changes” button.

HOW TO UPDATE YOUR THEME VIA WORDPRESS

Step 1 – You need to deactivate the current “porto” theme in the “Appearance > Themes” section by simply activating a different theme. Once you activate a different theme, you can delete the porto theme. Don’t worry, your content will not be lost.
Step 2 – Retrieve the “porto.zip” file from your new Themeforest download. If you downloaded the “Main Files” from Themeforest, then you need to unzip the archive file you received, the porto.zip will be inside of it.
Step 3 – Then simply upload the “porto.zip” file in the “Appearance > Themes” section. Click on the “Install Themes” tab at the top and choose to upload the zip file.
Step 4 – Once it uploads, choose to activate the theme.
Step 5 – Lastly, update the included plugins. You will see a notification message letting you know the plugins have a new version and need to be updated. You should update the plugins. You can see Update Plugin for more details.
Step 6 – Please go Appearance > Theme Options on admin sidebar and click again “Save Changes” button.

Using Envato Market WordPress Plugin

The Envato Market plugin lets you view your ThemeForest purchases within the WordPress dashboard and select whether or not to receive updates.

HOW TO USE ENVATO MARKET PLUGIN

Please check this url to know how to use Envato Market plugin.

After update, please go Porto > Theme Options on admin sidebar and click again “Save Changes” button.

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Update Plugins

porto_admin — Mon, 15 Oct 2018 02:05:53 +0000

– Update Premium Plugins

Porto theme provides two premium plugins: Visual Composer Page Builder and Revolution Slider.

You can update these plugins through setup wizard or Appearance > Install Plugins page.

– Update Other Plugins

Like WordPress itself, you can update plugins with just one click. To do that, go to the ‘Updates’ section of your administration panel.

If there are some plugins that need to be updated, they will appear here. Below part shows you if a new version of WordPress is available or not.

To update your plugins, select them and click on the ‘Update Plugins’ button.

For plugins, you will be led to another page which will inform you about the progress of the update, just as it does with the WordPress update.

Note that for plugins, another section will also allow you to update in one click: the ‘Installed Plugins’ section in the Dashboard. If a plugin can be updated, a message will appear right below it, with a link to update it automatically. You can even select all of your plugins and choose bulk update at the bottom of plugins list.

Important!

We embedded visual composer, revolution slider and porto functionality plugins. If you couldn’t update these plugins, you should update manually these plugins.

Please go Plugins.
Select and deactivate these plugins.
Select and delete these plugins.
Please go Appearance > Install Plugins.
Select and install these plugins.
Select and activate these plugins.

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Points to be noted when migrating to Porto 6.10.0

porto_admin — Fri, 11 Aug 2023 01:47:58 +0000

Porto 6.10.0 released and fixed major user-friendly issues.

Porto 6.10.0 release is here, bringing exciting new features and important bug fixes. First of all, we strongly recommend backing up your database before updating. This precautionary measure will ensure the safety of your data in case any unforeseen issues arise during the update process.

Our diligent development team has detected significant user-friendly issues in the previous Porto version. We know these issues may cause some backward compatibility problems, but have to address to improve the user experience and user-friendly to build the site in the future. It is important to us that you understand our grievances.

Okay, so we introduced to solve problems, if you encounter issues after updating the theme.

1. You can see the intro section which full-width decreases the boxed.

In any case, a full-width section works as full-width and boxed as boxed.

Regarding to this, there is a issue in which sections that were previously seen as full-width appear as boxed.
I showed you how to solve it with a gif file below.

2. Header builder, especially the problem of unbalanced sizes and spacing of icons has been resolved.

Main purpose is to eliminate the disproportionate size and different spacing of the shopping cart and wishlist icons, which were previously inconvenient to customize.

For a detailed look at new version, 6.10.0 Blog in www.portotheme.com or What’s New 6.10.0.

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