I am studying programming and I feel like theme development and site building for clients might be the suitable path for me, but I’m a total noob in WP theme development. I feel like this sub has everything for me to start, but I have a question for experienced developers (probably a dumb one).
When you release your theme or make a custom site for a client, how often do you need to roll out the updates? I know that making a child theme for a good existing one is a more stable approach, but if a new theme is completely separate, does it require a lot of updating when WP introduces its own updates?
I guess I would be interested in selling themes eventually (when I am sure my themes are good), do you make them and just leave them out for good or do they still need tweakments over time?
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I have built a my own custom framework within the wordpress eco system to allow for quick “theme” generation. I have to update the core of my framework everytime wordpress does a major release.
Regarding clients , I check on my stack every couple of days to make sure everything is running properly. I do monthly updates on any 3rd party plugins , themes and builders I do maintenance for. Custom themes if paid for should generally have updates for 2-3 years.
If you have any more question feel free to DM me.
Updates are minimally as often as the core is updated to ensure compatibility. As long as your theme is well written actual major updates tend to be rare in my experience. Feature requests are also another common update reason.