February 6, 20197 yr Hi guys, So I'm white labeling my projects. I want to know how to hide the theme information and whenever a theme gets updated, not have the replaced screenshot.png(theme image) and theme author information return again. Does anyone know? I want to be able to offer steady updates to my clients at all times but not have them see a different author than myself all of a sudden, after an update. Thanks.
February 7, 20197 yr You can’t. You are not the theme author and the screenshot is the one the theme author chose. If you want your name and screenshot change the theme name. You will not get updates though. Edited February 7, 20197 yr by fisicx
February 7, 20197 yr Author 1 hour ago, fisicx said: You can’t. You are not the theme author and the screenshot is the one the theme author chose. If you want your name and screenshot change the theme name. You will not get updates though. I'm talking about GPL v3.0 licensed templates which are allowed to be re-sold/customized and have their theme author information changed.
February 7, 20197 yr Yes, but if the theme auto updates the author details, theme description and screenshot will be updated as well. The only way to fix this is rename the theme and manually update.
February 7, 20197 yr Author 32 minutes ago, fisicx said: Yes, but if the theme auto updates the author details, theme description and screenshot will be updated as well. The only way to fix this is rename the theme and manually update. So the only option is delete Theme URI so theme doesn't get updated? Is that by the way the only option to not automatically get theme update notifications or am I missing another step for that?
February 7, 20197 yr You need to change the theme name. If the theme name is the same as that in the WP repository or a theme directory then you will still get update notifications. In other words, cut off all connections to the source theme. Use a find and replace tool to change all references from the old theme name to your new theme name. This mainly means functions.php and styles.css Edited February 7, 20197 yr by fisicx
February 7, 20197 yr 11 minutes ago, Labelarot45 said: So the only option is delete Theme URI so theme doesn't get updated? Is that by the way the only option to not automatically get theme update notifications or am I missing another step for that? If you increment the theme version number to a high value it will stop getting updates, Wordpress uses this to check against, but you will have to manually patch the theme yourself.
February 8, 20197 yr Author 15 hours ago, Jack said: If you increment the theme version number to a high value it will stop getting updates, Wordpress uses this to check against, but you will have to manually patch the theme yourself. I understood the first part you said, but from this part on I couldn't understand: Wordpress uses this to check against, but you will have to manually patch the theme yourself. Could you elaborate? 15 hours ago, fisicx said: You need to change the theme name. If the theme name is the same as that in the WP repository or a theme directory then you will still get update notifications. In other words, cut off all connections to the source theme. Use a find and replace tool to change all references from the old theme name to your new theme name. This mainly means functions.php and styles.css Good advice, thank you.
February 8, 20197 yr He means you will have to manually update the customised theme with security patches and bug fixes when the source theme is updated.
February 8, 20197 yr 5 hours ago, fisicx said: He means you will have to manually update the customised theme with security patches and bug fixes when the source theme is updated. Yup, changing the version number to an unreachable version means WordPress will ignore automatic updates since you're technically always on the latest.
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