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Posted by Lucas Fileti
Lucas Fileti
2,951 Points

Hey, guys. I have a client with a theme for wordpress, Can I make updateds just like wordpress do on their themes?thanks

Updated automallicaty when I want without ask for his password

how can I do the same as wordpress does ? when a theme and a plugin needs to be updated on wordpress and we update it clicking on the button. I would like to do the same to my client, how can I do that ? pay atention on my example.

If I sell a theme for 10 people that use the wordpress as manager of their content, how can I send a update on their dashboard wordpress that they use to updated this theme or plugins ?

sean shea
sean shea
22,104 Points
sean shea
sean shea
22,104 Points

Depends, did you do any custom work to their theme? If you did any custom work make sure the changes are within a child theme. Also, always make sure to make a backup of the files and database before updating. Below are some help links if you don't know what a child theme is.

https://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes https://teamtreehouse.com/library/how-to-make-child-themes-2

Lucas Fileti
Lucas Fileti
2,951 Points

Do you see some updated on wordpress's dashboard when some plugin or theme needs to be updated ? so I wanna do the same, my theme appears there to my client`s update it. Thanks for your time and how can I do that ?