Title: Plugin update removes custom templates
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Plugin update removes custom templates

 *  [dr.ubisha](https://wordpress.org/support/users/drubisha/)
 * (@drubisha)
 * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-update-removes-custom-templates/)
 * Hello,
    So far, every plugin update was removing entire plugin directory and 
   then copying files into plugin folder. This removes the templates from /templates
   dir and then of course slider stops working on the website. This should be fixed
   because it’s very annoying and it can cause a loss of data.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/cyclone-slider-2/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/cyclone-slider-2/)

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 *  Plugin Author [kosinix](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kosinix/)
 * (@kosinix)
 * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-update-removes-custom-templates/#post-7245334)
 * Hello dr.ubisha,
 * Its well documented that editing the templates directly in plugins/cyclone-slider-
   2/templates is NOT RECOMMENDED. WordPress will replace the entire plugins/cyclone-
   slider-2 directory upon update. Thats just how WordPress updates work (or any
   plugins not just Cyclone Slider 2) and there is nothing I can do about it.
 * However, there have been various methods to safely modify a template like using
   the wp-content/cycloneslider folder and as of 2.11.0, using a sub plugin. Check
   the tutorial here: [http://docs.codefleet.net/cyclone-slider-2/creating-your-own-template/](http://docs.codefleet.net/cyclone-slider-2/creating-your-own-template/)

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 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [kosinix](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kosinix/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-update-removes-custom-templates/#post-7245334)
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