[theme-reviewers] How do the theme updates work?

Ulrich Pogson grapplerulrich at gmail.com
Sat Oct 19 20:14:43 UTC 2013


Hi Rohit,

I think this post should help with your issue.

http://ulrich.pogson.ch/load-theme-plugin-translations


On 19 October 2013 19:13, Otto <otto at ottodestruct.com> wrote:

> On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 11:40 AM, Edward Caissie
> <edward.caissie at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 7:53 PM, Otto <otto at ottodestruct.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> I'm not 100% certain, but I'm pretty sure that's wrong.
> >
> > It's easy to test. Add a random file to a theme folder; change the theme
> > version to a lower number than the current version; process the theme
> update
> > as usual. The "random" file remains.
>
> As it turns out, it was extremely easy to test, and I was right. The
> random file (I made an aaa.txt file) was removed when I updated the
> theme.
>
> No bugs here. It works the way I thought it did. Upgrading themes
> removes the whole theme directory before unpacking the new theme.
> Files added to a theme will be removed too.
>
> -Otto
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