Support Themes in Unified Updater

[ryan]

Theme update support was partially added to the Unified Updater (wp-admin/update-core.php) but never finished. Let's finish it.

[jane]

We'll need to put a warning above the GUU themes section reminding people that updating a theme could overwrite any changes they've made, etc.

[Denis-de-Bernardy]

Replying to jane:

We'll need to put a warning above the GUU themes section reminding people that updating a theme could overwrite any changes they've made, etc.

It would be sweet to allow theme authors to remove that using a filter. Some themes are built in such a way that you don't need to edit the templates in order to customize them...

[jane]

Replying to Denis-de-Bernardy:

It would be sweet to allow theme authors to remove that using a filter. Some themes are built in such a way that you don't need to edit the templates in order to customize them...

True, but some people will edit those themes anyway. not everything is covered in a theme options screen.

[Denis-de-Bernardy]

Replying to jane:

Replying to Denis-de-Bernardy:

It would be sweet to allow theme authors to remove that using a filter. Some themes are built in such a way that you don't need to edit the templates in order to customize them...

True, but some people will edit those themes anyway. not everything is covered in a theme options screen.

It's not about options, it's about widgets. When your template (as in, the loop) is widget-based, there is absolutely no reason to edit the slightest file.

[nacin]

It's not about options, it's about widgets. When your template (as in, the loop) is widget-based, there is absolutely no reason to edit the slightest file.

That doesn't mean they won't.

[dd32]

We'll need to put a warning above the GUU themes section reminding people that updating a theme could overwrite any changes they've made, etc.

That should probably be displayed in the Plugin & Theme editors too, linking to a codex article about child themes for the latter.

[dd32]

(In [13604]) First pass at completing the Themes component of the GUU. See #12528

[dd32]

(In [13686]) Bulk Theme Upgrades. See #12528 See #11232 for Bulk UI

[dd32]

(In [13687]) Force Theme update check on GUU. See #12528

[dd32]

Closing as fixed.

Please report any bugs as a new ticket, unless it is better suited to either of these tickets:

#12517 - Moving Tools -> Upgrade to Dashboard -> Updates

#11232 - Bulk upgrade skin