How To Update WordPress Theme For Beginners
When we are New to WordPress we might spend too much time searching for the options or settings to change as we think. We just need to understand the WordPress Navigations by exploring it.
Now Let's See How We Can Update a WordPress Theme From the Dashboard.
There are two methods to update a WordPress theme
Method 1: Updating WordPress Theme By Theme Options
Step 1: From the Dashboard, Under Appearance >> Click Themes
Step 2: On the Theme Page, Click Update Now
Method 2: Updating WordPress Theme By All Updates Page
Step: 1 Under Dashboard >> Click Updates
Step 2: You will see all the plugins & themes that needs to be updated
Select the theme and Click Update Themes
Yes, that's simple it is.
This is how you can update your WordPress themes to the latest version.
Some premium themes are updated differently, and we might need to follow the documentation provided by the theme developer.
Before you update a live site: take a full backup first, and check your plugins and PHP version too. Our 2026 guide, Is It Safe to Update WordPress?, walks through the full routine we use for core, plugins and themes.
