For technical details, please go to the the Speed Up Your WordPress Site page.

Please refer to our page speed landing page for details.

For the full list of changes, please refer to the changelog.

To get notifications about new theme updates directly in your WP Dashboard, you need to use the Envato Market plugin. If you haven’t installed it during theme installation, you can do this now via WP Dashboard › Appearance › Install Plugins page.

For a quick guide on how to set up the plugin, please refer to the How To Automatically Update WordPress Themes with the Envato Market Plugin article.

After the theme update, please update theme plugins to the latest available versions.

Manual updates

You should always try to use automatic updates. But if something goes wrong and the automatic update fails, you can update the theme manually. Below two possible methods.

WordPress method

To update the theme using the WP Dashboard, please follow these steps:

• Download the latest Bimber theme version from your ThemeForest account
• Go to the WP Dashboard › Appearance › Themes and deactivate the Bimber theme by selecting another available theme
• Remove the Bimber theme
• Upload the new version (make sure you upload the bimber.zip file)
• Activate the Bimber theme
• Update theme plugins

FTP method

To update the theme using FTP client, please follow these steps:

• Download the latest Bimber theme version from your ThemeForest account
• Log in to your FTP account using your favorite FTP client (e.g. FileZilla) or use one of WordPress file manager plugins like e.g. File Manager
• Go to the SITE_ROOT/wp-content/themes/ directory
• Remove only the bimber folder. Don’t remove the bimber-child-theme folder
• Unzip the downloaded bimber.zip file and upload the bimber folder into the SITE_ROOT/wp-content/themes/ location
• Update theme plugins

After the theme update, you should see a notification about new plugin versions.

Even if you close the notification, you can always update plugins via WP Dashboard > Appearance > Install Plugins page.

Always keep all plugins updated to their latest version to ensure maximum compatibility with this theme.

Update Steps

Each major update requires some code rewrite. We try to keep the backward compatibility where possible, but there is no way to do that for all possible cases. That’s especially important when you made some customizations using the child theme. We can’t always assure that all PHP files or CSS classes stay untouched.

For your safety, please always follow these recommended steps:

1. Buck up your site. You can use for that plugins like UpdraftPlus
2. If you use the Bimber Child Theme, deactivate it
3. Update the theme
4. Update theme plugins
5. Activate the child theme

Most Frequent Problems

1. Custom CSS rules don’t work
   If any of your custom rules are not working anymore, you need to check if the corresponding CSS selector is still valid. CSS classes may have been changed or removed.
   
2. Overridden templates don’t load
   If any of your child theme templates are not working anymore, we recommend removing them, then copy their current versions from the main theme and try to apply changes again. This way you can quickly check if a template is still available or if its location has been changed in folders tree.
   
3. Pages don’t load due to Critical Error
   If you encounter a problem like the one below, please enable WordPress Debug Mode by setting WP_DEBUG flag to true. Then you should see (or receive via mail) a full error message.
   

Let Us Help

If you encounter a problem after making the update, please feel free to open a support ticket. We will help you solve it.

Limitations of BETA features

Please take note of the following limitations regarding beta features:

• Beta features may be incomplete
• Beta features may change in future releases, based on your feedback
• Beta features are NOT production ready

Currently Under BETA Stage Are

• Easy Social Share Buttons

• Youzer