Title: Theme Responsive 4.0.0
Last modified: December 17, 2019

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# Theme Responsive 4.0.0

 *  Resolved [Gunilla](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gunilla/)
 * (@gunilla)
 * [6 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-responsive-4-0-0/)
 * I have used the Responsive theme for five years, on 7 websites and a wp multisite
   with 30 subsites. I have child themes and scripts installed. I fear chaos when
   updating to the theme Responsive 4.0.0. Can I use version 3.40 in the future 
   without risking security problems?
    Why don’t you keep the structure of the theme
   and instead develop a new alternative theme so that we who are satisfied with
   the structure of version 3.40 do not have to restructure all the websites we 
   have?

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 *  Theme Author [CyberChimps](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cyberchimps/)
 * (@cyberchimps)
 * [6 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-responsive-4-0-0/#post-12246568)
 * Hi [@gunilla](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gunilla/),
 * Thank you for using Responsive for so long.
 * It’s because of users like you we feel motivated to make Responsive better.
 * To answer your questions – you can safely stay with Responsive 3.40, till you
   are ready to upgrade to Responsive 4.0.0+.
 * We have written a guide about how you can [prevent Responsive from automatically updating](https://cyberchimps.com/responsive-4/#How_to_stop_auto-upgrades_for_the_Responsive_theme).
 * In case of any security issues, you can directly contact us on our website. In
   this unlikely event, we’ll release fixes for 3.40.
 * And, here’s why we’re moving to Responsive 4.0.0:
    - Responsive 3.X.X markup is not W3C standards compliant. Eventually, we’d have
      to update the theme.
    - Responsive needs to be compatible with the WordPress block editor (Gutenberg).
      The old markup doesn’t help us become compatible with the block editor.
 *  [worldmaker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/worldmaker/)
 * (@worldmaker)
 * [6 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-responsive-4-0-0/#post-12254912)
 * We’re planning to run it only on a test site for a week or two to assess what
   needs to be done with our CSS overrides, then migrate any changes out across 
   several sites. Meanwhile rollback will be kept on-hand in case of trouble.
 *  Theme Author [CyberChimps](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cyberchimps/)
 * (@cyberchimps)
 * [6 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-responsive-4-0-0/#post-12266603)
 * Hey [@worldmaker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/worldmaker/) and [@gunilla](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gunilla/)
   we have added beta release link here:
    [https://cyberchimps.com/responsive-4/](https://cyberchimps.com/responsive-4/)
 * Please test and share your feedback.
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    -  This reply was modified 6 years, 4 months ago by [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/).

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 * Last reply from: [CyberChimps](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cyberchimps/)
 * Last activity: [6 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-responsive-4-0-0/#post-12266603)
 * Status: resolved