how to update hardcoded Redux ?

Just install the Redux plugin and it will take priority over your embedded version. ??

ok, but that would add a new plugin to my site, whereas I have Redux under mytheme/framework/vendors/ReduxFramework. So I should remove that, which I don’t like. Isn’t there a way to update Redux from my backend, or via FTP?

The code in your theme will stop running because the code in the plugin will take over. Then you can just update the Redux plugin when a new update comes out.

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I’m sorry but I don’t trust that. My theme has already shown how sensitive it is to making updates for hardcoded stuff. I believe you should put an “update” tab within the dashboard inside WordPress. As a matter of fact I don’t even understand if you are the same developers of Redux or have created your own plugin. ??

You have things confused. WE are the developers of Redux, or we wouldn’t be marked as such. Your theme/plugin developer embedded it in their product.

We built Redux to be overridden when the Redux Plugin is loaded, despite what a user might do.

Rest assured, if you install the Redux plugin, it will override the embedded version of Redux.

?? I understand, but I would be left with a vendor/redux folder in my theme and I will have dependencies to update, wouldn’t I? Also, since my theme is discontinued I would have to rebuild the dashboard I have now, with who knows what outcomes (especially styles). If it’s not a problem to keep using an outdated version, I’ll stick to it until I get a developer to do the hack. Or am I getting it all wrong?

No, you would not. All the dependencies would be within the Redux plugin. You couldn’t remove the Redux folder unless you removed the include found within your code, but it would be entirely inoperable. Everything would depend on the code in the Redux plugin.

Do whatever you like, but if you do decide to install the plugin, all will work. We’re intense about making sure everything is backwards compatible.

Dovy, one last clarification please, I don’t mean to ask you for debugging my site, but I need to understand how my theme has included Redux.
In my theme there’s also a mandatory plugin wp-content/themes/mytheme/framework/ext/plugins/mytheme-helper.zip that I believe runs on Redux. I mean, in my backend I have a menu “theme” that opens the Redux dashboard, but if I uninstall that plugin the Redux doesn’t appear. This is why I believe the two are connected and I cannot just ignore the hardcoded vendor/Redux folder.

Ok, well I’d leave the folder there. Just install the Redux Plugin and see if the version increases. ??