Title: Help with Simone theme
Last modified: April 12, 2019

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# Help with Simone theme

 *  [moosefactory](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moosefactory/)
 * (@moosefactory)
 * [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-simone-theme/)
 * I created a site in Simone since its creator is a reputable wp professional. 
   However I cannot find from the theme support page whether it is compatible with
   5.1. It has not been updated since 2017. I am not a developer so testing my site
   in a sandbox environment is very difficult for me. I chose WP because it seemed
   reliable and now I find my site is vulnerable. There must be thousands of small
   businesses in this situation. 1. How do I find out if Simone theme is ok with
   5.1 or not?
    Thanks tmf

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 *  [Joy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joyously/)
 * (@joyously)
 * [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-simone-theme/#post-11421856)
 * There shouldn’t be very much in a theme that makes it incompatible from one WP
   version to the next.
    It doesn’t hurt your site to use the Customizer to preview
   the theme, if you are already on 5.1. If you’re not on 5.1, then ask yourself
   if your WP version is more important than your theme. When you upgrade, you can
   see if there are any problems (unlikely), and if there are, switch themes or 
   report the problems to get them fixed.
 * WordPress mostly tries to maintain backward compatibility. The biggest break 
   with that tradition was with 5.0 and the new editor. That threw a lot of things
   out the window…
 *  Thread Starter [moosefactory](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moosefactory/)
 * (@moosefactory)
 * [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-simone-theme/#post-11422177)
 * Hi Joy,
    Thanks for taking the time to reply. I haven’t upgraded to 5.0 yet, 
   since I can’t risk my site being broken just now. I am looking into changing 
   to a different theme but it’s a nuisance for small businesses to have to spend
   time doing that rather than doing business. I do think it’s irresponsible for
   WP trainers to recommend their themes and then not provide up to date info about
   them. I understand they may not want to update them but they should make that
   clear from the outset. Many wp users don’t want to be developers, I thought that
   was the point of it. The WP version is more important for security but it’s not
   problem free to change themes. Will I use WP for a new site, probably not. tmf

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 * Last reply from: [moosefactory](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moosefactory/)
 * Last activity: [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-simone-theme/#post-11422177)
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