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What are the risks, if any, to not updating Genesis?

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  • May 21, 2021 at 11:48 am #504072
    HeatherO
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    I have a client with a 7-8 year old site. There is a message in the Admin saying "Genesis Simple Edits requires WordPress 5.0.0 and Genesis 3.1.0, or greater. Please upgrade to the latest version of Genesis to use this plugin."

    When I upgraded Genesis the whole site went wonky and it messed up some custom programming so I rolled it back.

    What are the risks, if any, to not updating Genesis?

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    May 21, 2021 at 2:28 pm #504075
    Victor Font
    Moderator

    If your site is that old, don't upgrade to Genesis 3.x. Genesis 3.x dropped support for XHTML themes. The new versions of Genesis only support HTML5 themes.

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    May 25, 2021 at 7:00 am #504116
    HeatherO
    Participant

    Thank you for your answer. I really appreciate it.

    Is there a higher risk of being hacked when using the older version of Genesis? Or any other risks I need to be aware of?

    May 25, 2021 at 7:03 am #504117
    Anita
    Keymaster

    @heathero you're using Outreach Pro. If the site went wonky it was because the update you performed wasn't done in the correct "order". There was an update when WordPress 4.6 was released. If you updated WordPress first - the site went wonky or crashed. Genesis should have been updated first. So you can still perform the update but read this first from Sal. He created a fix on how to update Genesis. If you need help, reach out to me. 🙂

    You can also keep up-to-date on changes to the Framework by periodically going the the Changelog which lists all of the changes and why.

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