WP Bakery Visual Composer with BE Theme [How to update Visual Composer plugin?]

halbertech · September 2014

The BE Theme comes bundled with WP Bakery Visual Composer and I cannot update to the latest version on my WordPress site. How do I go about implementing updates for this plugin?

Thanks!

Albert · September 2014

Updates for plugins bundled with theme for free, always comes with themes updates time to time. So you need to check after each update if plugins has been updates in "Updates & Changelog" section at http://themeforest.net/item/betheme-responsive-multipurpose-wordpress-theme/7758048

Plugins are always in /plugins/ folder in betheme.zip file so before you will be able to use them, you must unzip betheme.zip file.

halbertech · September 2014

Thank you! Your guidance did the trick!

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ax2201 · December 2014

Hi, I've just updated to 5.7, with wp 4.1. I can't update WP Bakery to 4.3.4. It says I need a licence key.

Site: www.nutrimassagem.com.br

And I can't see the update in the plugins from the version 5.7

Albert · December 2014

@ax2201 http://forum.muffingroup.com/betheme/discussion/1052/visual-composer-can-not-update-purchase-code

biznesowerewolucje · December 2014

I've just updated BeTheme to Ver 5.8 - according to changelog a new VC is part of the update, but when logged in to WP Admin/plugins it still shows I have ver. 4.3.4 of the VC and it asks to update.

QuickRon · December 2014

I also just upgraded to BeTheme 5.8 and cannot figure out how to update Visual Composer to the new 4.3.5 version. I deactivated the VC plugin and tried to install/upload the new version, but it won't install because it tells me that the Visual Composer folder already exists.

Do we need to uninstall the plugin and then re-install the new version?

If not, can you explain how to update VC to the new version?

Albert · December 2014

Guys, please take a look at https://www.google.com/search?q=how+to+update+visual+composer&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&gws_rd=cr&ei=fTOhVN2PK4fX7AbshYCADw where you have some tutorial about Visual Composer update.

You must to know that each plugin must be updated itself because plugins updates never comes with theme updates as this is not allowed and does not work like that.

Thanks for understanding!

biznesowerewolucje · December 2014

This is quite weird. I have other themes that Visual Composer is part of and there is no hustle with it whatsoever - I get updates along with theme updates. In the BeTheme changelog it is explicitly stated that there is a new version of the VC. And the support points us to google to handle the update? Something is not right here.

I'll support the BeTheme Support here and for those looking for a solution there is an easy fix:

- deactivate plugin

- delete plugin

- upload the plugin (you have to download the BeTheme update, extract it, and select the BeTheme\Plugins\js_composer.zip file to upload). Screenshots and more details -> http://forum.tagdiv.com/update-the-visual-composer-plugin-wpbakery/

Albert · December 2014

@biznesowerewolucje We do not see anything weird here. This is how VC update works. If you don't like it and in your opinion it should be update easily as Revolution Slider for example, then you should write to plugin's author because he is responsible for everything what is related with plugin.

biznesowerewolucje · December 2014

The weird part is the way you support your theme users.

Albert · December 2014

Sorry but we still don't understand. The weird is that we explain how to update plugin? Above we explained how to update VC but from unknown reasons it is not enough for you. You think that we should make those updates manually for each user? Because if this is what you mean then your thinking is completely incomprehensible for us.

ivsnetworks · January 2015

Same here can't update WPBakery Visual Composer it asks for activation. This is the latest download of themeforest for BeTheme so it should be uptodate but it doesn't seam to like doing the update.

Albert · January 2015

@ivsnetworks http://forum.muffingroup.com/betheme/discussion/1052/visual-composer-can-not-update-purchase-code

zupulido · February 2015

Hi, I don´t understand very well. What you mean is for activating the first time the Visual Composer plugin WPBakery have I to buy a separate license and I should do the same for the Revolution Slider plugin, the Force Regenerate Thumbnails, the LayerSlider WP and the Recent Tweets Widget?

Regards,

Albert · February 2015

@zupulido What you exactly don't understand? Above we explained how to update plugin so we don't understand what exactly is not clear. And of course you don't need to buy any separate licenses because those plugins are bundled into package.

zupulido · February 2015

Hi, muffingroup. You don´t need to bother because I don´t understand. I do not speak English and sometimes I do not understand clearly what you are saying in your language. I was reading more closely and I realized that those plugins can be used only once, because if I want to use them on another website I have to purchase a new license. But you should notice this disadvantage with uppercase text before purchase, because those elements are the most attractive of the offer.

Albert · February 2015

@zupulido We thought that is is clear if plugins are included into theme, then can be used with this theme only. This is how it works on Envato market and also this has been explained many times on envato forums. This is not only because of our theme but this is how it works for all products here. Plugins bundled into theme are only for theme purposes and can be used with one theme only.

Thanks for understanding!

rarch47 · April 2015

My version of Visual Composer also seems to not be updated. I have just used the Envato Toolkit plugin to update the theme within the dashboard and the Visual composer plugin version is still 4.3.5.

But on the Be Theme Changelog for the Version 7.4.1 – April 22, 2015 update it says that the latest version of the Visual Composer was included. I completely skipped this upgrade and went to the most latest one (v7.5) - is there a chance it was left out it the latest update or something or is it because I use the Envato Wordpress toolkit to update it?

Albert · April 2015

@rarch47 VC is external plugin bundled into package so can't be updated automatically. This plugin must be updated manually as it was described above.

raisintoast · May 2015

I cannot find the updated VC I only have 4.3.5 and I downloaded the latest Betheme 7.6

Can you help?

Albert · May 2015

All plugins are under betheme.zip/plugins/ folder.

raisintoast · May 2015

I only have

- envato-wordpress-toolkit

- js_composer

- layerslider

- revslider

Am I missing something?

Thanks,
jen

Albert · May 2015

You already answer on your question above. It's js_composer.

pingram3541 · May 2015

I found two ways to update.

Once the theme zip is uploaded I can deactivate and uninstall a bundled plugin and then refer back to the theme installer to reinstall the plugins and reactivate them. Once this is done they will all have the new versions.

Of course, if the site is live, this will most likely cause interruption so to overwrite each updated bundled plugin via ftp is best. Would be nice if there was a way to update from the back end without having to disable/delete.

Still better than many envato sellers that play the guessing game about bundled plugin updates.

Albert · May 2015

@pingram3541 Because it's external plugin, we can not do anything in this case. This suggestion should be sent to plugin's author.

bluepepsi20 · May 2015

i need Visual Composer License Key I need a licence key.

Albert · May 2015

@bluepepsi20 http://forum.muffingroup.com/betheme/discussion/1052/visual-composer-can-not-update-purchase-code

pingram3541 · May 2015

@muffingroup Yeah, since you use TGM and since the updated premium plugins are included in the /betheme/plugins/ folder, it would be nice if Thomas included an "update" provision in his plugin activation class. I messaged him the idea

raisintoast · May 2015

Thank you @muffingroup I did not realise it was called js_composer

creativepancakes · May 2015

Hi @muffingroup,

When I follow the tutorial on the site below, do I lose every page which is made with VC? If so, is there an other way to update? My VC-plugin was in the BeTheme and I need a license key, which I cannot find.

Hope to hear from you as soon as possible.

Thanks in advance. Regards,

Sam

WP Bakery Visual Composer with BE Theme [How to update Visual Composer plugin?]

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