If the Adament theme is updated you will lose all the customization.
Will WordPress automatically update the Adament theme for me?
I would assume that I would need to download and manually install any updates?
If so, why would I ever need to install an updated version of this custom theme?
Andrew Nevins
(@anevins)
WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support
Not unless you’ve set it to
http://codex.wordpress.org/Configuring_Automatic_Background_Updates#Plugin_.26_Theme_Updates
Also ask your hosting providers if they automatically update themes
So you’re telling me that WordPress has the power to update EVERY SINGLE CUSTOM THEME ever created automatically if that code you linked to is used?
In the past, I’ve thought maybe custom themes didn’t need a child theme, because I had trouble getting a child theme to work for any theme except the defaults.
Andrew Nevins
(@anevins)
WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support
What do you mean by “custom theme”?
Themes that were created by third parties and distributed for users like me to download, upload to the theme folder and make the default theme for my wordpress site.
Moderator
Jan Dembowski
(@jdembowski)
Forum Moderator and Brute Squad
So you’re telling me that WordPress has the power to update EVERY SINGLE CUSTOM THEME ever created automatically if that code you linked to is used?
Not exactly. If you modify a theme or plugin on your installation and use the same tags as the original unmodified plugin in the WordPress repo then yes you could lose your modifications if the original theme or plugin is updated.
Will WordPress automatically update the Adament theme for me?
I can’t find that theme in the WordPress theme repository. If it’s not there in the WordPress theme repository then WordPress will not update it.
Andrew Nevins
(@anevins)
WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support
Yes WordPress can be configured to update themes, whether you’ve been customised or not. Although I think this is referring to themes that are distributed on WordPress.org.
Oh Ok, well that makes sense. Thanks for that guys, I really appreciate the help. Could we keep this thread open in case I have trouble setting up the child theme for some reason? I’d mark it as resolved once I finished everything.
Alternatively I could just start a new thread upon any other problems if that’s the better route. It’s up to you Mod.
-FutureThinker
