So I trusted 8theme and installed 1.8 on my website. What a mistake! My child theme just crashes the website. Furthermore, all customisations are lost.
No warnings of any sort warning the customer about any incompatibilities! This is just unbelievably unprofessional.
I’m glad I’m on a Mac and can dig up 1.7.1 thanks to Time Machine to revert the website in its previous state. But I’m done with 8theme. Next major website overhaul will be using a different manufacturer.