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  • This topic has 7 replies, 6 voices, and was last updated 3 years, 3 months ago by Anita.
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  • September 15, 2018 at 3:47 pm #223223
    fiddles5
    Member

    Hi -I'm having an odd problem I've never had before. The WP dashboard won't allow me to update Genesis the normal way. I tried uploading the .zip for the latest version, and it also failed.

    What do I do? Some of the plugins won't update because Genesis needs to be updated.

    thanks,
    Grace

    http://mywholelifehealthcare.com
    September 15, 2018 at 3:48 pm #223224
    fiddles5
    Member

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    September 16, 2018 at 7:31 am #223233
    andrenellin
    Member

    1. Backup your site.
    2. Deactivate Genesis plugin.
    3. Delete Genesis plugin using wp dashboard.
    4. Upload latest version of Genesis.
    5. Install latest version of Genesis.
    6. Activate latest version of Genesis.

    September 16, 2018 at 5:32 pm #223239
    fiddles5
    Member

    Thanks. But you mean the Genesis theme, not "plugin" -- correct? Everything else in your instructions stays the same except for that, yes? Just want to make sure!
    thank you!

    September 16, 2018 at 8:01 pm #223240
    Nimble_Witch
    Participant

    He meant theme...

    October 14, 2019 at 4:45 pm #494002
    lcwoodward
    Participant

    I'm having the same problem. Did this work? AND KEEP all the settings?
    Thanks

    October 14, 2019 at 10:01 pm #494003
    Victor Font
    Moderator

    Your theme is an old XHTML theme. XHTML themes are no longer supported in Genesis. That's why Genesis won''t update. Your theme is too old. If you update manually, you will break your site.


    Regards,

    Victor
    https://victorfont.com/
    Call us toll free: 844-VIC-FONT (842-3668)
    Have you requested your free website audit yet?

    October 15, 2019 at 1:44 pm #494029
    Anita
    Keymaster

    On the Genesis Changelog for 3.0 Release of June 19, 2019 under "Removed", you will see that they "Removed support for all non-html5 output". As such, if you are using an XHTML theme, you will no longer receive Genesis Framework updates. Your version will remain pre-3.0.

    This was also noted in their blog of May 30, 2019 - https://studiopress.blog/genesis-3-0-beta/.

    If you haven't signed up for the newsletter, you may want to do that.


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