If your website is using the Sydney theme and it has crashed, manually updating the theme might help resolve the issue. Here's a step-by-step guide on how to manually update the Sydney theme:
Before making any changes to your website, it's essential to create a backup. This ensures that you can restore your site if anything goes wrong during the update process.
Visit the official Sydney theme website or the theme repository where you originally downloaded the theme. Look for the latest version of the theme and download the theme package to your computer. Usually, the theme will be in a compressed ZIP file format.
Unzip the downloaded ZIP file to extract its contents. You should now have a folder containing the theme files.
Connect to your website using an FTP client or through your hosting provider's file manager. Locate the folder where your WordPress installation is stored. This folder is usually named "public_html" or "www" on most hosting providers.
Within the WordPress installation folder, navigate to the "wp-content/themes/" directory. Here, you'll find all the installed themes, including the Sydney theme.
Locate the folder named "sydney" or "sydney-pro" (if you're using the premium version). Delete this folder to remove the old theme files. Deleting the folder won't delete any of your site's content or settings.
In the "wp-content/themes/" directory, upload the entire folder you extracted from the downloaded ZIP file. Ensure that the new folder is named "sydney" or "sydney-pro" to match the previous theme folder's name.
When prompted, choose to overwrite any existing files with the new files during the upload process. This ensures that all theme files are updated properly.
If you have caching plugins or server-side caching enabled, clear the cache to ensure that the updated theme files are served to your visitors.
Visit your website and check if the issue has been resolved. Ensure that all functionalities and design elements are working correctly.
Hi there,
To update the theme manually, please follow these steps:
1. Start by downloading the zip file.
2. Access your website files using either the File Manager or an FTP client like FileZilla.
3. Locate the wp-content/themes directory and delete the current theme folder.
4. Now, upload the recently downloaded zip file and extract its contents.
If you don’t have FTP login information, kindly reach out to your hosting provider to obtain it. I hope this information proves helpful. Please keep me posted on the progress! 😄
