[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #46603: Identical theme names - problem with update

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#46603: Identical theme names - problem with update
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 Reporter:  juliarrr      |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  General       |    Version:
 Severity:  normal        |   Keywords:
  Focuses:                |
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 Hi,

 At the moment there is a problem with updating the themes via WordPress. I
 use the theme Salinger by cmsmasters that was created on 5 May 2016:
 https://themeforest.net/item/salinger-personal-blog-portfolio-wordpress-
 theme/15410788?s_rank=1. But it appeared that now there is one more theme
 with the same name Salinger by GalussoThemes:
 https://wordpress.org/themes/salinger/

 As this theme has higher version, the WordPress offers to update my theme
 to this one: https://www.screencast.com/t/InXjh9Zso
 https://www.screencast.com/t/7n5ybUwKP9 And update crashes the website, of
 course.

 Could you please change the update algorithm so that not only the theme
 name will be checked when the new version is available, but also the theme
 author? It will resolve such issues with the themes that have the
 identical names.

 Thank you!

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