Title: Sysdney Theme updates
Last modified: September 19, 2021

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# Sysdney Theme updates

 *  Resolved [tessadw](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tessadw/)
 * (@tessadw)
 * [4 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sysdney-theme-updates/)
 * Frequently several elements in my website change:
    – Header: My Google analytics
   tag disappears – Footer: the “Powered by Sydney” comes back after changing this–
   Customized CSS & Functions disappears (e.g. Out of Stock tag,…)
 * I use the parent theme, but after some research switching to the child theme 
   might solve this problem? However, if I do this, will my website change the way
   how it looks, works (settings, content, customizations will be gone)?
 * Can you help me with this issue?
 * Thanks in advance!
    -  This topic was modified 4 years, 8 months ago by [tessadw](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tessadw/).

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 *  [saxamo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/saxamo/)
 * (@saxamo)
 * [4 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sysdney-theme-updates/#post-14886442)
 * You are exactly correct.. The reason your site changes is because you made code
   changes to the theme. If you go PRO and get the child theme, then put all your
   changes into the child theme, then when there is an update to the theme itself
   it will not affect your child theme changes.
 * If you continue to use the Parent theme and not go PRO you are going to have 
   to replace every change you manually make to the theme each time the theme gets
   updated.
 * The first time you change to the Pro theme, the site will revert back to the 
   way it was before you used the theme editor and changed things. So, yes you will
   lose your settings, but if you make those same changes to your child theme before
   activating the PRO theme then you should see little difference. Just try and 
   make those modifications to the child theme if you can remember them all.. Fix
   it over time.
 * The child theme is definitely the way to go to make sure your website is unaffected
   by future updates to the Parent/Pro theme. The Child theme is only included in
   the PRO version, so don’t think of your current theme as the Child theme. You
   are using the Free Theme.
    -  This reply was modified 4 years, 8 months ago by [saxamo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/saxamo/).

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 * Last activity: [4 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sysdney-theme-updates/#post-14886442)
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