Title: What Updates?
Last modified: March 5, 2025

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# What Updates?

 *  [maltfield](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maltfield/)
 * (@maltfield)
 * [1 year, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/what-updates/)
 * Exactly what does your premium theme(s) update?
 * Your website used to promise that your website wouldn’t break if you stopped 
   paying. [It doesn’t say that anymore](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/will-my-website-break-if-i-dont-renew-my-license-key-in-2025/).
   Instead it says that the annual license fee includes “1 year of updates and support”.
   What _exactly_ does this mean?
 * The FAQ on the bottom of your pricing page reads:
 * > Q: What do updates include?
   >  A: Updates include new and improved features, performance enhancements, security
   > patches, and bug fixes.
 * What the heck does that _actually _mean?
 * Our org’s wordpress site is configured with `WP_HTTP_BLOCK_EXTERNAL` to prevent
   wordpress from being able to initiate queries to the internet (for security).
   We do all our updates manually.
 * You have a section on your documentation for “Manually updating,” but it doesn’t
   say _what_ you need to update.
    - [https://docs.generatepress.com/article/updating-gp-premium/#manually-updating](https://docs.generatepress.com/article/updating-gp-premium/#manually-updating)
 * Of course, the GeneratePress theme is open-source and available on GitHub, SVN,
   and this website (wordpress.org). So I should be able to download updates for
   the theme itself forever. Is that correct? Or do you use a distinct theme for
   premium customers?
 * What about plugins? Is there any plugins that require updating? Is it just one
   plugin? Several plugins?
 * If I purchase this theme, I want to fully understand exactly what I’ll be able
   to update forever and exactly what I won’t be able to update forever (what might
   break on the site) if we can’t pay to renew our annual license.
 * Please fully enumerate every file that needs to be downloaded when updating the
   premium versions of GeneratePress.
    -  This topic was modified 1 year, 4 months ago by [maltfield](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maltfield/).

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 *  [Alvind](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alvindcaesar/)
 * (@alvindcaesar)
 * [1 year, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/what-updates/#post-18342602)
 * Hi there,
 * The WordPress forum guidelines [prohibit](https://wordpress.org/support/guidelines/#do-not-post-about-commercial-products)
   discussing paid plugin versions, we would appreciate if you could contact us 
   via the Pre-Sale Inquiry form [here](https://generatepress.com/support/#pre-sales)
   so we can address your inquiries.
 * Thank you!

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