# Is this theme still supported?

**URL:** <https://colorlibsupport.com/t/is-this-theme-still-supported/38847>\
**Category:** Sparkling\
**Created:** [July 31, 2024, 9:14am UTC](https://colorlibsupport.com/t/is-this-theme-still-supported/38847 "2024-07-31T09:14:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![frocsog](https://colorlibsupport.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/858c86/32.png) [@frocsog](https://colorlibsupport.com/u/frocsog)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2024, 9:14am UTC](https://colorlibsupport.com/t/is-this-theme-still-supported/38847/1 "2024-07-31T09:14:27Z")

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Hi,

My question is that, given this theme hasn’t been updated in 2 years, is it still being maintained? I mean for how long it will work with newer PHP and WP versions, and also is it not insecure security-wise? I know this is a free theme, but it’s quite old now and surely it would be good if there were some information about how long will it be supported. (Rather than encouraging people to use it when it’s not secure or stable anymore).

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**Author:** ![colorlibsupport](https://colorlibsupport.com/user_avatar/colorlibsupport.com/colorlibsupport/32/1494_2.png) [@colorlibsupport](https://colorlibsupport.com/u/colorlibsupport)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2024, 11:02am UTC](https://colorlibsupport.com/t/is-this-theme-still-supported/38847/2 "2024-07-31T11:02:59Z")

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Hey there

Thank you for bringing this to our attention. We understand your concerns about the theme’s maintenance and security. We are currently reviewing the status of the theme and working on updating it to ensure compatibility with newer PHP and WordPress versions, as well as addressing any security issues that may arise.

It may take some time but it will be updated for sure, sorry for this inconvenience.

Regards,

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**Author:** ![kauno](https://colorlibsupport.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/f0a364/32.png) [@kauno](https://colorlibsupport.com/u/kauno)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2024, 2:04pm UTC](https://colorlibsupport.com/t/is-this-theme-still-supported/38847/3 "2024-10-25T14:04:53Z")

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Any updates on this? I noticed after the latest WP update the carousel function stopped working. And the image viewer from Jetpack does not seem to work on Chrome based Brave browser. Not sure if it’s related to the latest update though. But in Firefox it works. By working I mean the captions for each image shows up and I can browse the images from arrow buttons. In Brave there are no captions nor the arrows to browse back and forth.

Thanks for any insights!

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**Author:** ![pietgolf](https://colorlibsupport.com/user_avatar/colorlibsupport.com/pietgolf/32/2819_2.png) [@pietgolf](https://colorlibsupport.com/u/pietgolf)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2025, 11:40pm UTC](https://colorlibsupport.com/t/is-this-theme-still-supported/38847/4 "2025-03-20T23:40:29Z")

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Could you please give me an update about this issue. I got a message from wordfence that using this theme gives a security problem. When you are not upgrading this theme anymore please let me know.

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**Author:** ![aigars-silkalns](https://colorlibsupport.com/user_avatar/colorlibsupport.com/aigars-silkalns/32/13469_2.png) [@aigars-silkalns](https://colorlibsupport.com/u/aigars-silkalns)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2025, 8:12am UTC](https://colorlibsupport.com/t/is-this-theme-still-supported/38847/5 "2025-03-21T08:12:06Z")

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Hello,

We are working on an update to this theme to fix all known issues.  
Sorry that it takes longer than it should have.

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**Author:** ![frocsog](https://colorlibsupport.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/858c86/32.png) [@frocsog](https://colorlibsupport.com/u/frocsog)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2025, 6:22am UTC](https://colorlibsupport.com/t/is-this-theme-still-supported/38847/6 "2025-04-14T06:22:51Z")

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Hi,

Wordfence knows about a vulnerability of this theme (version 2.4.9), and they recommend to update to version 2.4.10 which is, supposedly, patched. However, I can’t find this new version anywhere. Do you know where is it available?

Here is the vulnerability:

[https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/wordpress-themes/sparkling/sparkling-249-missing-authorization-to-unauthenticated-arbitrary-plugin-activationdeactivation](https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/wordpress-themes/sparkling/sparkling-249-missing-authorization-to-unauthenticated-arbitrary-plugin-activationdeactivation)

Thank you

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**Author:** ![aigars-silkalns](https://colorlibsupport.com/user_avatar/colorlibsupport.com/aigars-silkalns/32/13469_2.png) [@aigars-silkalns](https://colorlibsupport.com/u/aigars-silkalns)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2025, 6:38am UTC](https://colorlibsupport.com/t/is-this-theme-still-supported/38847/7 "2025-04-14T06:38:36Z")

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It is available on [W.org](http://W.org): [Sparkling | WordPress Theme | WordPress.org](https://wordpress.org/themes/sparkling/)

Should be available via your WordPress dashboard as well.

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**Author:** ![frocsog](https://colorlibsupport.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/858c86/32.png) [@frocsog](https://colorlibsupport.com/u/frocsog)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2025, 8:31am UTC](https://colorlibsupport.com/t/is-this-theme-still-supported/38847/8 "2025-04-14T08:31:59Z")

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Thank you, I have found it in the meanwhile.  
It was not available on the dashboard for some reason, but I upadted it from the zip file.  
Thanks