Title: theme update
Last modified: January 23, 2019

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# theme update

 *  Resolved [ae3erdion](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ae3erdion/)
 * (@ae3erdion)
 * [7 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-update-31/)
 * Im working on creating a custom theme so I can learn better how wordpress themes
   work. My question is how I can get my theme to know when i have an new update
   for the theme?

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 *  Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/)
 * (@sterndata)
 * Volunteer Forum Moderator
 * [7 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-update-31/#post-11123644)
 * Do you plan to put your theme in the wordpress repository (wordpress.org/themes)
   or elsewhere?
 *  Thread Starter [ae3erdion](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ae3erdion/)
 * (@ae3erdion)
 * [7 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-update-31/#post-11123649)
 * Not sure yet. Looking for options
 *  Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/)
 * (@sterndata)
 * Volunteer Forum Moderator
 * [7 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-update-31/#post-11123661)
 * This lets you host your theme on github (in a public or private repo) and provide
   updates: [https://github.com/afragen/github-updater](https://github.com/afragen/github-updater)
 * If you’re submitting to the repo, see the docs at developer.wordpress.org.
 * If you’re going to use on of the commercial repos, read their documentation.
 *  [Joy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joyously/)
 * (@joyously)
 * [7 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-update-31/#post-11123664)
 * WordPress checks for updates, but only for plugins and themes that are in the
   WordPress repository.
 *  Thread Starter [ae3erdion](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ae3erdion/)
 * (@ae3erdion)
 * [7 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-update-31/#post-11123740)
 * Is there a way to update from public/private repo without a plugin?
 *  Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/)
 * (@sterndata)
 * Volunteer Forum Moderator
 * [7 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-update-31/#post-11123751)
 * no.
 *  Thread Starter [ae3erdion](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ae3erdion/)
 * (@ae3erdion)
 * [7 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-update-31/#post-11123752)
 * ok thanks

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 7 replies
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 * Last reply from: [ae3erdion](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ae3erdion/)
 * Last activity: [7 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-update-31/#post-11123752)
 * Status: resolved

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