How To Install The Bricks Theme
Installing Bricks is the same as any other WordPress theme.
First, download the latest version of Bricks from your account at https://my.bricksbuilder.io/.
Next, head over to your WordPress dashboard. Go to Appearance > Themes and click the Add New button.
On the next screen click the Upload theme button and select the bricks.zip WordPress theme from your computer. Click Install Now.
If the upload fails, ensure your max file upload size to set to at least 16 MB. As a last resort, you can unpack and upload the bricks folder via FTP into the /wp-content/themes directory.
Activate Your License
Once Bricks is installed you should see a new menu item named Bricks in your WordPress dashboard, plus the following notification that prompts you to activate your license in order to use the builder:
Go to Bricks > License or click the Activate License link. This should bring up the license activation screen:
Copy your Bricks license key from your Bricks account and paste it into the license field. Click Activate License.
Your license should now be active:
That’s it! You are now ready to start building your site with Bricks.
How To Update Bricks
If you have activated your Bricks license key on your site, you’ll automatically receive update notifications in your WordPress dashboard. You can then perform the update to the latest version of Bricks with one click from your WordPress dashboard.
You can also always manually download the latest version from your Bricks account at https://my.bricksbuilder.io/ as a ZIP file.
Test on staging & read the changelog
We recommend to perform updating a mission-critical software like Bricks first on a staging server. Especially if your website is live, receives a lot of traffic, you are running marketing campaigns, offers, etc. Once you confirmed that everything is working as expected you can update your live site.
Every noticeable host offers, mostly free of charge, an easy one-click staging solution. Please reach out to your host if you are not sure how this works.
Every update is accompanied by an in-depth release changelog. Please take the time to go over it at https://bricksbuilder.io/changelog/ before you perform the update.
This way you know exactly what changed, if any adjustments or steps need to be performed on your end, which new features are available, and so on.
Local, staging & intranet installations don’t count against your license limit
The following URL structures are qualified as local, staging, or intranet sites and do not count against your license limit.
Local URLs:
192.168.x.x127.0.0.1localhost(includes).local(top-level domain).test(top-level domain).wip(top-level domain)
Staging URLs:
devsubdomain:dev.mysite.comstagingsubdomain:staging.mysite.comtestsubdomain:test.mysite.com- Runcloud:
temp-site.link - InstaWP:
simple-test-cf4489.instawp.xyz - Cloudways staging:
wordpress-123-456.cloudwaysapps.com - Dreamhost staging:
wordpress-123-456.stage.site - Pantheon Lando staging:
wordpress-123-456.lndo.site - WP Engine staging:
ge147dev.wpenginepowered.com - xCloud stating:
wp1.site - ZipWP staging:
zipwp.link
Intranet (top-level domains):
.intranet.internal.private.corp.home.lan
With a Bricks Starter license (1 active site limit), you can build your site locally with Bricks & use your Starter license on your live site simultaneously.
You can deactivate the license key from your site from your WP dashboard under Bricks > License, and activate it on another site or remove the site from your Bricks account under the “Sites” tab. We monitor any potential misusage (attempts to avoid purchasing a sufficient plan) and reserve the right to limit further license activations.