Hey there, ive been reading documentation about theme and customize and so on
It says to create a new folder and copy only the files that we will replace in the custom theme
however i have a question that i dont see any anwser at all
what if i update the plugin i will lose my theme?
Or the wpforo theme folder should be in my theme folder?
If so, in this case, im using Oxygen builder and i dont use a theme, oxygen disable all the themes by default
Only thing i can use is code snippets
im thinking if there is a way to create a "child plugin?????"
Hi @hakira,
what if i update the plugin i will lose my theme?
Please don't worry nothing will be lost. As described in the THEME CUSTOMIZATION documentation, the copied file will now automatically override the wpForo default theme file. All changes in this file will not be lost on the forum update.
IMPORTANT: Do not edit these files within the core plugin itself as they are overwritten during the upgrade process and any customizations will be lost.
Hi @hakira ,
Have you tried the Forum setting which will "disable WordPress on front-end. Only forum pages and excluded post/pages will be available. wpForo will look like as a stand-alone forum."?
If not, you can test it out and try it by going to
- Forum Dashboard,
- General
- Then on the "Forum Base URL area, you will see a box Turn WordPress to wpForo
- Then scroll down to "Update Options"
- On the Front end, press Control Key + F5 to refresh the page.
More info here:
https://wpforo.com/docs/root/getting-started/forum-page/turn-wordpress-to-wpforo/
Good luck and God bless you! 🙂
Even if you say that you use the Oxygen Builder, and do not have a theme at all, however, please note if you use WordPress that means that you have a theme as well. You just need to find the WordPress theme, follow all steps described in the doc provided below, copy the certain or all files from /wpforo/wpf-themes/ directory into a folder within your current active WordPress theme named /wpforo/, keeping the same file structure.
https://wpforo.com/docs/root/forum-themes/theme-customization/
But please note if you update your WordPress theme all customization will be lost. So please keep it somewhere.