Title: Correctly Increase Version Number
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Correctly Increase Version Number

 *  Resolved [beda69](https://wordpress.org/support/users/beda69/)
 * (@beda69)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/correctly-increase-version-number/)
 * Hello
 * This might be a stupid question, but I can’t find the correct DOC in public…
 * Are there any rules, or clean/correct ways, standards, on how / when to increase
   a theme version’s number?
 * Lets say, I started building my custom theme and gave it the version number 1.0.0
   in the CSS file.
 * Now, when do I need to increase that number? every single time i correct a typo
   in just one file?
 * Or each time I add a function?
 * Or each time a complete new feature (like, let’s say, widget support) gets added?
 * Maybe somebody can point me into the correct direction?
 * its there some codex to follow?
 * 🙂
 * tnx!!!!

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 *  Thread Starter [beda69](https://wordpress.org/support/users/beda69/)
 * (@beda69)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/correctly-increase-version-number/#post-5846928)
 * just another example:
    I just added Bootstrap (enqueue style) and before that
   my theme was only using normal css style file.
 * So now, form 1.0.0 that would be what? 1.0.1?
    or 2.0.0 ? 🙂
 *  Thread Starter [beda69](https://wordpress.org/support/users/beda69/)
 * (@beda69)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/correctly-increase-version-number/#post-5847153)
 * Ok, I answered it myself:
 * the version umber is decision up to the DEV
 * If it’s a child theme, never should be chosen a version number
 * If it’s a new theme, usually the amount of work determine the version number.
 * as example
 * version 0.0.0.1 would mean author added one single character to the code.
 * Maybe this helps other seekers 🙂
 *  [extinctsoul](https://wordpress.org/support/users/extinctsoul/)
 * (@extinctsoul)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/correctly-increase-version-number/#post-5847248)
 * I’ve just started making this blog and when I tried to download a theme, it said“
   You need to upload a version of tdPersona higher than 1.5.1. Increase the theme
   version number in style.css, then upload your zip file again.”
    Can someone help
   me figure out what this means and how to correct it?
 *  Thread Starter [beda69](https://wordpress.org/support/users/beda69/)
 * (@beda69)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/correctly-increase-version-number/#post-5847249)
 * we need more info.
    can you elaborate?
 * Is it a official theme, then no changes on your end should ever be made in the
   Themes files
 * Is it your own built theme?
 * Is it a free theme? if so, link to it?
 * thanks
 *  [jimeverden99](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jimeverden99/)
 * (@jimeverden99)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/correctly-increase-version-number/#post-5847251)
 * tried to upload two themes and both tell me to increase theme version number 
   as you guys talked about above. in style.css
 * nirvana 1.2.3.
    mantra 2.4.1.1.
 * and it’ll likely tell me the same thing for a modality theme I was looking at
   as well…
 * How in the world do you do that?
 *  [jimeverden99](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jimeverden99/)
 * (@jimeverden99)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/correctly-increase-version-number/#post-5847252)
 * PS: themes are from wordpress
 *  Anonymous User 14808221
 * (@anonymized-14808221)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/correctly-increase-version-number/#post-5847253)
 * [@extinctsoul](https://wordpress.org/support/users/extinctsoul/) if you still
   have issues, a new thread would be the correct approach.
 * [@jimeverden99](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jimeverden99/) same here.
   
   The topic might be similar but still different.
 * As a hint, when you install themes usually you are not required to edit their
   Files.
    The talk above is about developing themes, not installing them.
 * You can, if you want or need, use FTP and open style.css
    On top of the file 
   you find the Theme Version.
 * You can change that number (increase)
    But again, this is not something you should
   have to do if you just install a Theme or update it as a end user.
 * Thank you

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