Will an update remove my template edits?

@elieobeid7

if oyu did your custimizations in a child theme, nothing will be overridden by an update

child theme for a plugin? how to create a child theme for a plugin?

@elieobeid7
Check the documentation here how to override the template
https://wpjobmanager.com/document/template-overrides/

simply you have to locate the overrides in this location on your server
mychildtheme/job_manager/templatename.php

• This reply was modified 4 years, 8 months ago by braehler.

@braehler I know how to override the template, but in that very article you linked to, there’s a video that says, if the plugin gets updated, my template changes are gone. Please watch the video, it’s only 1min long.

Even the article says:

“Please note, if these files are updated in the core plugin, you may need to update your custom version in the future to maintain compatibility. Therefore it is advised to only override the template files you need to customize.”

So they are hinting that my changes might be gone.

So my question is if I follow the tutorial, will my changes be gone with every update? You said that if I create a child theme, the changes will stay, so how to create a child theme then?

@elieobeid7
no, an update will usually not override your changes. Once or twice in ages, you have to switch to the newest version of the template on which you made changes.

Childtheme: just make this direction of your server, and any changes you make on the template go here. in my example the changes are made on the job-dahsboard.php
/html/wordpress/wp-content/themes/your_childtheme_name/job_manager/job-dashboard.php