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How to Fix the "Your Elegant Themes Subscription Has Expired" Error
How to Fix the "Your Elegant Themes Subscription Has Expired" Error

Learn how to verify your subscription status, update your account information, and re-enable access to Elegant Themes updates.

Updated over 3 months ago

Encountering the "Your Elegant Themes Subscription Has Expired" error can interrupt your workflow and limit access to essential updates and features for your Divi theme.

In this article, we will guide you through the process of resolving this subscription-related error.

Check if your membership is still active

  1. Log in to your Elegant Themes account

  2. If you see the welcoming message and the downloads page for our most popular products, such as Divi Theme, Divi Builder plugin, Extra theme, Bloom plugin, and Monarch plugin, your membership is active.

Check if the API details are correctly added to your Divi Theme

  1. Log in to your Elegant Themes account

  2. Go to the Username & API Key page

    Elegant Themes Username and API page

  3. Click on the username to copy it to your clipboard

    Elegant Themes - Copy the username

  4. Go back to Divi → Theme Option → Updates tab and paste in the username field

  5. Ensure you have at least one API key enabled and copy it to your clipboard by clicking on it

    Elegant Themes - Copy the API key

  6. Go back to Divi → Theme Option → Updates tab and paste in the API field

Important Note: The update system works with your Elegant Themes username and with an active API key. The update system will fail to work correctly if either the username used or the API key is inactive. Always ensure you use the correct username and the API key is Active.

Manually force the theme update

  1. Go to WordPress Dashboard → Appearance → Theme File Editor

  2. Open the style.css file

  3. Change the version number to an older version

    WordPress - Manually force theme update

All is checked, but still not working

  1. Try to re-install the theme/plugin by following the instructions here.

  2. Go to Dashboard → Updates, give it a minute, and refresh the page.

  3. Create a new API Key

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