Install, update and child themes
Installing Luxivia, updating it safely, and keeping custom code separate.
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Install
- 1Download the latest zip from the Download page. Do not unzip it.
- 2In WordPress go to Appearance → Themes → Add New → Upload Theme.
- 3Choose the Luxivia .zip file and click Install Now, then Activate.
- 4You are taken to the Luxivia dashboard. Work through the setup checklist.
Update to a new version
- 1Back up first (your host’s backup tool or a backup plugin).
- 2Upload the new .zip the same way. When WordPress says the theme is already installed, click Replace current with uploaded.
- 3Your settings, menus and content are kept: they are stored in the database, not in the theme files.
- 4Purge your page cache and, if you use a CDN, its cache too.
- 5See what changed in Appearance → Luxivia → What’s New, or on the Download page.
Important: Never edit Luxivia’s own files: updates replace them. Put custom CSS in Customize → Additional CSS, and custom PHP in a child theme.
Use a child theme (for developers)
Create a folder luxivai-child in wp-content/themes with this style.css, then activate it. Luxivia’s styles load automatically.
/* Theme Name: Luxivia Child Template: luxivai */
Note: The theme’s folder is named luxivai; that is why the child theme uses Template: luxivai.
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