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How to UPDATE WPRentals Theme & Included Plugins

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In this video, you will learn how to update the WPRentals theme and included plugins. Watch Video on Youtube

Before Updating

Before updating WPRentals, prepare the website carefully to prevent loss of files, custom code, translations, or settings.

We recommend doing the update first on a staging copy of the website. After you confirm everything works correctly, you can repeat the same steps on the live website.

Important Checklist Before Update

  • Check the latest update notes and changelog. WPRentals Change Log
  • Make a full backup of the website files and database.
  • If you made direct code changes in the parent theme, save a copy before updating.
  • If you use a child theme, check if any child theme template overrides need to be updated after the theme update.
  • If you have custom translation files, make sure they are saved in the child theme or backed up before updating plugins.
  • Temporarily disable cache and optimization plugins if they can interfere with the update process.
  • After the update, clear all cache layers: theme cache, plugin cache, server cache, CDN cache, and browser cache.
Important:
Updating the parent theme will overwrite the files inside the wprentals theme folder. If you edited parent theme files directly, those changes can be lost. Custom code should be added in a child theme. How to activate the child theme

If You Bought on wprentals.org: Updates Are Built In

If your website is registered with a wprentals.org License Key, you do not need the Envato Market plugin and you do not need to download anything. WPRentals checks for a new version on its own and offers it in the normal WordPress place.

Two things have to be true for this to work:

  • The WPRentals – Theme Core Functionality plugin is active. The update check lives in that plugin
  • The license is registered on this domain. A site that was never registered, or whose license was deactivated, receives no updates

How to register your license

Install the update

  1. Go to Dashboard > Updates.
  2. When a newer version has been released, WPRentals is listed in the Themes section of that screen.
  3. Tick WPRentals and click Update Themes.

The WordPress Updates screen, reached from Dashboard then Updates, where a new WPRentals version is offered

That is the whole update. The theme is replaced the same way WordPress replaces any other theme, and your content, theme options and child theme are not touched.

A new version is out but nothing is showing? The theme asks our servers for the current version roughly twice a day and remembers the answer in between, so a release published in the last few hours may not have reached your site yet. It will appear on its own – the Check again link on the Updates screen refreshes WordPress core and plugin checks, but it does not shorten this one. If you cannot wait, update manually with the zip instead, as described in Update via WordPress admin.
Cannot find the Envato Market plugin in the plugin list? That is expected. On a site registered with a wprentals.org License Key it is removed from the recommended plugins, because it can only deliver ThemeForest purchases. You can skip the next section entirely.

The three included plugins are updated separately, in the same way for every buyer. See Update included plugins.

Download the Latest Theme

This section, and the two update methods after it, are for ThemeForest buyers – and for anyone who prefers to update by hand.

Bought on ThemeForest: download the latest WPRentals theme package from the ThemeForest account used to purchase the theme.

Bought on wprentals.org: you normally do not need this at all – see updates are built in above. If you do want the zip, sign in at care.wpestate.org and open Licenses, where both the full package and the theme-only zip are listed next to your license.

Go to your ThemeForest buyer account and open Downloads.

For a theme update, download Installable WordPress file only.



This file contains the installable theme zip, usually named wprentals.zip.

Update With the Envato Market Plugin

You can update the theme automatically with the Envato Market plugin.

Step 1: Install the Envato Market Plugin

Install the Envato Market plugin from Envato or from the theme install plugin notice, if available.

https://envato.com/market-plugin/



Step 2: Connect the Envato Market Plugin

Go to Envato Market settings and connect the plugin with your Envato API token.



Step 3: Update the Theme

Run the theme update from the Envato Market plugin.

Important:
This process overwrites the existing parent theme files. Make sure you have a backup before updating.





Step 4: Update the Included Plugins

After the theme update, reload the page and update the included WPRentals plugins.

The WPRentals Core Functionality plugin must be updated together with the theme.



Go to Appearance > Install Plugins.



Update all required WPRentals plugins listed there.



Update via WordPress Admin

You can update the theme from WordPress admin by deleting the old theme and uploading the new theme zip.

Important:
This method keeps your website content and theme options in the database, but it deletes files from the parent theme folder. Any direct code changes made inside the parent theme folder will be lost.
  1. Access your website via FTP or hosting file manager and back up the current wprentals theme folder.
  2. Go to Appearance > Themes.
  3. Activate a different temporary theme, such as a default WordPress theme.
  4. Delete the old WPRentals theme.
  5. Go to Appearance > Themes > Add New > Upload Theme.
  6. Upload the new wprentals.zip file.
  7. Click Install Now.
  8. Activate WPRentals after the upload is complete.
  9. Update all included plugins from Appearance > Install Plugins.

If you downloaded All files and documentation from ThemeForest, unzip that package first. The installable wprentals.zip file will be inside the downloaded package.






Update Included Plugins

After every theme update, update the included WPRentals plugins as well.

To update included plugins, go to Appearance > Install Plugins.

Update all plugins that show an available update.





Update Included Plugins Only

If you need to update only the included plugins without running a theme update, you can download the full ThemeForest package and take the plugin zip files from the package.

Step 1: Download All Files and Documentation

Go to your ThemeForest buyer account and download All files and documentation.



Step 2: Unzip the Downloaded Package

After downloading the package, unzip it on your computer.

Step 3: Open the Plugins Folder

Inside the extracted package, open the plugins folder and locate the plugin zip files.

Step 4: Delete the Old Plugin Version

In WordPress admin, go to Plugins.

Deactivate and delete the old version of the plugin you want to update.

Step 5: Upload the New Plugin Version

Go to Plugins > Add New > Upload Plugin.

Upload the new plugin zip file and activate it.

Important:
If you delete a WPRentals included plugin from the Plugins screen and upload the new plugin zip, your website content and theme options are not deleted. Plugin settings stored in the database remain available unless a plugin specifically removes them on uninstall.

After Updating

After updating the theme and plugins, check the website carefully.

  • Confirm the theme is active.
  • Confirm the required plugins are active and updated.
  • Clear WPRentals theme cache.
  • Clear website cache, server cache, CDN cache, and browser cache.
  • Check the homepage.
  • Check one property page.
  • Check search results.
  • Check login and register forms.
  • Check booking and payment flow, if used.
  • Check mobile layout.

Need Help?

If you need the latest plugin package or help with an update issue, open a ticket in our private support platform.

https://care.wpestate.org/

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