WordPressers! We have short important notice for our Catch Updater plugin users regarding the plugin’s status with the new 5.5 updates.
As we all know, WordPress 5.5 shipped out last week and it brought many big changes along with it. One of the major core changes was the inbuilt “Auto Update” feature for all WordPress plugins and themes. With this change in 5.5, we’re glad that users can now enable auto-updates for the plugins directly from their dashboard. Meanwhile, we also want to announce that our Catch Updater plugin users can now deactivate or delete the plugin if they are running WP version 5.5 with the inbuilt Auto-Updating Themes and plugins functionality.
For all our Catch Updater plugin users who’re running the updated version of WordPress, i.e. v5.5 on their site, we’ve added a short message that the plugin is no longer supported. Users can just deactivate the Catch Updater Plugin or delete it completely.
The main motive behind our Catch Updater plugin was to provide an easy gateway for our users to update their plugins and themes effortlessly using the WordPress Admin Panel. And now since WordPress includes an inbuilt “Enable Auto Update” feature, you might not necessarily have to run another plugin.
According to the official WordPress Stats, only 18% of users have updated to WordPress 5.5. Therefore, we still have our Catch Updater plugin in development for those who have not updated to WordPress core 5.5. We will be removing the plugin once the number of 5.5 users increases to 80% or above.
If you have any queries regarding the notice, please feel free to drop them in the comments section below. We’ll get back to you shortly.
I recently took over the website for the school I work on. We are using the Adventurous Pro Theme, but it is woefully out of date. We are currently running version 1.2. When I have tried to update the theme from the WordPress dashboard I get a error saying Update Package Unavailable. I at at a loss for what to do and no-one else at my organization is able to help. Additionally I tried the Catch Web Tools Plugin, but found out it no longer allows for auto update on WordPress 5.5 which we are currently running. Any help is appreciated. Thank you.
Hello Paul,
For the theme, you need to contact sales team from Catch Themes at https://catchthemes.com/contact-us/. So, you need to purchase the renewal as the update is only for 1 year.
You can read the instructions at https://catchthemes.com/faq/how-do-i-upgrade-to-a-new-theme-version-if-i-have-modified-my-theme/
Regards,
Sakin
I am interested (or I was) to update Catch Evolution Pro… Seems that it is not possible. If yes, let me know how?
Hello Miomir,
Please follow the instructions in our FAQ https://catchthemes.com/frequently-asked-questions/#question-installation-how-do-i-upgrade-to-a-new-theme-version-if-i-have-modified-my-theme.
If you still have issues updating the theme please post your query in our support forum on the Catch Themes website catchthemes.com/support-forum/
Hello
I have tried updating the Catch Fullscreen Pro theme using the Catch Web Tools and the Catch Updater seems like it is not supported. I have also updated to the latest version of WordPress. I am having issues with the website and after speaking to WordPress support, they said its a bug in the theme.
Any advice?
Hi T,
You don’t need Catch Update to update the theme. If you have a license key then use click update otherwise you need to upload the latest version zip file. Please check instructions at https://catchthemes.com/faq/how-do-i-upgrade-to-a-new-theme-version-if-i-have-modified-my-theme/
Regards,
Sakin