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  • Stage 1 - Update the theme
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  1. Getting Started

How To Update Companion

Every Companion license comes alongside lifetime updates from StylemixThemes

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Last updated 2 years ago

The Companion theme update is released regularly. Each theme update includes new features, improvements to existing options, security patches, and bug fixes. To be able to use them we recommend you keep the theme installation up to date. As soon as a new update is available, you will be informed via email from ThemeForest.

You can update the theme through the WP admin panel or via an FTP account. Let's have a look both ways so that you can choose a method that is convenient for you.

Before starting to update the theme we encourage you to walk through the following points:

Best Practice

  • Always check our release notes -

  • Perform a full site and database backup. Thus you’re able to revert the working version of your website if anything unexpected happens during/after the update process.

  • Ensure that your server is configured to the minimum requirements for the theme. You can see the required minimums of the server limits on the page.

  • Reset browser and server cache after finishing the update.

  • Have a staging version of your original website? Then just run the update process first on a test website to ensure that everything is working correctly.

An important step before update!

Before the release of any update, we conduct automatic and manual testing of our theme. However, during the installation/update process, there may occur unexpected issues related to the work of other plugins or problems with the server-side. In such cases, you can contact the support department for assistance.

According to the of the Envato marketplace, technical assistance is available only during the item support period. Hence, it is recommended to check the support period before updating Companion and renew it if necessary.

Update the theme via WordPress

Follow all the steps below to get notifications and smoothly update the theme directly from the WordPress dashboard.

Stage 1 - Update the theme

The Envato Market plugin is included in the theme and it can be installed in the Appearance > Install Plugins section.

The plugin adds the Envato Market section in the dashboard menu. Go to the Envato Market > Settings to configure the plugin.

Alternatively, you can enable the required permissions listed below to get new updates:

  • View and search Envato sites

  • Download the user's purchased items

  • List purchases the user has made

Enter a name for your personal token

Put the token key to the Token field in the Envato Market plugin settings and save your changes

You will be redirected to the Themes tab where you can update the theme by clicking the Update Available link

Stage 2 - Update all plugins

When the theme update is done, you will get a notification message "There are updates available for the following plugins:...".

Navigate to Companion > Plugins and click Update Available. You'll need to update all the plugins in this section.

Update the theme via FTP (Expert)

You will be taken to a page with purchased items. Here locate your Companion purchase. Click the Download button and select the Installable WordPress file only option. Thus the theme zip archive file (companion.zip) will be downloaded to your device.

Extract the companion.zip file which will give a Companion folder. Make sure your unzipping software does not create an extra directory with the same name nested into each other.

Once you access the FTP account, navigate to the WordPress theme directory YOUR_HOSTING_ROOT/YOUR_SUBDIRECTORY/wp-content/themes and remove the companion folder.

Upload by drag and dropping the previously unzipped companion folder into YOUR_HOSTING_ROOT/YOUR_SUBDIRECTORY/wp-content/themes directory.

Congratulations, you have successfully updated the theme! Also, don’t forget to update the required plugins under the Appearance > Install Plugins section.

Is it safe to remove the theme folder?

Removing the theme folder doesn't delete your current content and settings as they are located in the database. If you made custom changes in core files, then the update will override your modifications. Therefore, you should back up those files beforehand or use a child theme.

Child Theme

The child theme doesn’t need to be updated!

SUPPORT POLICY ON CHILD THEMES

While child themes are a great way to add custom changes to the main theme, there are generally used to customize core code from the parent theme. Because of this, please be aware that customizations of this nature fall outside our scope of support and we will be unable to assist you with issues that may arise from it.

The first thing you need to do is download and install the Envato Market plugin from the official website - .

Envato Market Plugin Settings

By you can get an Envato API Personal Token with all the required permissions pre-selected. You should be logging in to your Envato account.

Accept the and generate a personal token. Copy the key from the success message and click on the Woohoo! Got It. button to complete the process.

Personal Token Key

Sign in on the that purchased the Companion theme. On the user's menu open the ‘Downloads’ section.

NOTE: Place your site in maintenance mode using a special plugin (, , etc.)

Retrieve your FTP login information from your hosting admin panel. Login to your FTP account via an FTP software ( or similar) to access your website folders.

Whenever we make major changes to a certain part of the parent theme, you’ll have to check our and compare the file from the parent theme with the modified one in your child theme. If necessary apply the customizations or modifications again. If you don’t do this, there’s a chance that your custom code (function, feature, etc.) might not work anymore.

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