How to Update UDesign Theme
There are 3 ways to update UDesign. The first method is UDesign’s one click update
and the 2nd method is Manual updates
and the 3rd is to use Envato Market WordPress Plugin
.
Note: Before Update
After updating the theme, all of your contents such as pages, options, images and posts will never be lost or erased by doing this.
However, any customization to the theme’s core files and language files will be lost. So you need child theme to customize the theme and backup the language file if you have translated theme.
Method 1 : Update using one Click Update feature
We introduced a method to update theme whenever we release new version of theme. Using this feature, you can update UDesign theme whenever new version is released so easily.
– Under Appearance > Themes

Method 2 : Manual Update
In order to update theme manually, you need to download theme files from Themeforest. If you are not sure how to download theme files from themeforest, please read our article here.
Once you download the new version of theme, you can choose either a way using FTP and a way using WordPress.
1.) Update using FTP
- Go to
wp-content > themes
and backup your udesign theme folder. After backing up, simply delete it. - Unzip
udesign.zip
from the package you downloaded from Themeforest, and get udesign theme folder. - Drag and drop the new udesign theme folder into
wp-content > themes
location. - Don’t forget to update included plugins.
- Navigate
Appearance > Themes
on WordPress admin and click againSave Changes
button. - Finally, if you have translated theme, don’t forget to get lang folder from backed up and place it on the same directory as an old lang folder. If not, you will not have translated theme.
2.) Update using WordPress Admin
- Please deactivate the current UDesign theme in
appearance>themes
. - After deactivate the current UDesign theme, simply delete the udesign theme. Your content will be lost. joking! It will never be lost.
- Get
udesign.zip
file from the package you download from Themeforest and simply upload it. To do it, navigate toAppearance/Themes
and clickInstall Themes
and upload zip file on it. - After upload it, in
Appearance > Themes
, activate udesign theme. - Don’t forget upload plugins, too. For more details, please read our article to update plugins here.
- Please go to
Appearance > Theme Options
in admin area and clickSave Changes
again.
Method 3 : Update using Envato Market WordPress Plugin
You can update the theme automatically using Envato Market WordPress Plugin
. Envato Market plugin lets you install WordPress theme and plugins from Themeforest and CodeCanyon using Envato Market API with a secure OAuth token.
For more information, please read themeforest’s article here.