Auto Update theme via Envato Market plugin

You can use the new one Envato Market plugin to install WordPress themes and plugins purchased from ThemeForest & CodeCanyon automatically. Once your themes & plugins are installed WordPress will periodically check for updates, so keeping your items up to date is as simple as a few clicks.

First, make sure that the Envato Market plugin is installed and activated (you can download it from here http://envato.github.io/wp-envato-market/) then go to Envato Market in the WP menu

There are two variations on how to setup this plugin:

  1. Global OAuth Personal Token:  you will be able to update/install all your themes you purchased on ThemeForest
  2. Single Use OAuth Personal Token:  you can setup updates for a single theme

You can add a global token to connect all your items from your account, and/or connect directly with a specific item using a singe-use token & item ID. When the global token and single-use token are set for the same item, the single-use token will be used to communicate with the API.

In this example, we will use the Global OAuth Personal Token method:

  • Step 1: You just need to click on the generate a personal token link, which will take you to the Envato page, where you will need to log in and generate the token:
  • Step 2: Then copy the generated token and paste it in the plugin settings.

  • Step 3: Once you save the token, you will see a list of all themes that you purchased on ThemeForest. If there is an update for your theme it will look like this:
  • Step 4: To update the theme just click on Update Available and the theme will update to the latest version.