Title: why update theme?
Last modified: August 24, 2016

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# why update theme?

 *  [tuftyone](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tuftyone/)
 * (@tuftyone)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-update-theme/)
 * Hi, my colleague systematically updates all our client’s sites as soon as a new
   version of the theme we’ve bought and used is released. I see no reason to do
   this if the site is up and running nicely and we’re doing no further development
   on it. Can I have your thoughts please? When is it sensible to update a theme?
 * Thank you!

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 *  [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/)
 * (@anevins)
 * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-update-theme/#post-6103978)
 * Ask your theme’s vendors/ authors for a release log. Then you can judge whether
   the updates are necessary
 *  Thread Starter [tuftyone](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tuftyone/)
 * (@tuftyone)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-update-theme/#post-6104048)
 * I guess this is only necessary if a security weakness has been resolved?
 *  [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/)
 * (@anevins)
 * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-update-theme/#post-6104055)
 * It’s too ambiguous to answer
 *  Thread Starter [tuftyone](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tuftyone/)
 * (@tuftyone)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-update-theme/#post-6104056)
 * OK fair point, but I see no reason to update a theme if the site has been launched,
   the client is happy and there are no apparent issues. We’re talking mainly brochure
   sites here
 * Thanks

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