If you are updating from version 1.6.0 it means your theme is over 10 years old! We strongly recommend you open a private ticket (renew support if needed) or purchase a theme update service directly from us via the support portal.
- Update WordPress: Most importantly make sure WordPress is up to date
- Backup: First make a backup of your site. You should always have backups of your site, but if you haven’t been keeping backups be sure to make one now.
- De-activate Plugins: Next, before updating your theme de-activate all plugins to prevent any conflicts.
- Update theme: Next, update the theme – http://totalwptheme.com/docs/docs-category/updates/
- The theme no longer uses the old Theme Panel method and everything has moved to the Customizer if you wish to migrate the settings over you will need to do the next step, if you rather go in and re-add your settings (sometimes it’s easier) then skip the next step.
- Migrate your Options: The theme switched from using the Redux theme panel to the WordPress customizer so your options will need to be migrated – this is a manual process or you can open a support ticket and we can send you a plugin to run.
- Update Plugins: Now go to Appearance > Install Plugins and update any plugins that needed updating – http://totalwptheme.com/docs/update-plugins/
- Activate Plugins: Now re-activate your plugins.
- Finished: Everything should be updated and migrated. If you have any issues please let us know!