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The following guide will show you how to download the latest version of the Total WordPress theme from ThemeForest.

The following article will show you how to install the Total theme on your WordPress site.

Important: Total version 4.9 and higher requires the Total Theme Core plugin in order to achieve the full theme potential. It’s not technically a required plugin but installing it will add the theme portfolio, staff and testimonial post types along with over 60 custom builder blocks, some useful shortcodes and many custom widgets. Once you…

After installing and activating the recommended plugins for this theme it is also recommended that you go to Settings > Permalinks. This is where you can change your permalink structure. After selecting the format you would like to use, click the save button. This step is to prevent any 404 errors on custom post type pages.…

For some people importing the sample data file can be helpful to see how the theme works as well as speed up the development of their own or their client’s website by simply replacing the content and images with their own. When To Use a Demo Importer The following are reasons to why you would want…

The Total theme should install without any errors, although on some occasions people do encounter issues so here are the most common problems and their solutions. The package could not be installed. The theme is missing the style.css stylesheet. One of the most common reasons people have issues is because they try uploading the Full…

The Total theme includes a built-in field to easily add your Google analytics tracking ID to your site so the theme will then insert the standard code needed for tracking. Adding the code using a child theme or Plugin (if you want a custom output) Alternatively you can use a child theme to add your…

By default the Total theme does not crop any of your featured images. Some themes include built-in sizes, the problem is this can cause your site to start cropping and saving tons of variations of your images on your server and taking up server space. Total will not crop any images until you define your…

When you first install the Total theme you may want to hide the front-end from visitors while you set things up for the final launch. Total includes a built-in “Under Construction” add-on which you can use to redirect any “non-logged-in” users to your page of choice. This will allow you to create a cool “coming soon”…

Once you have enabled the plugins you want to enable you can always disable the recommended plugins notice via the Theme Panel. Important: Whenever there is a theme update the recommended notice will re-enable itself in order to display notices about plugins that require updates.

The Total theme comes with several custom widgets, custom Visual Composer modules and other functions that use the name “Total” so you know it’s coming from the theme as opposed to a native WP function. You can easily rename these sections via the Theme Panel setting shown below: Places Theme Branding is used… Below are…

By default the homepage will look like a blog (this is how WordPress is intended to work). If you want a custom homepage you can create it using the page builder then go to Settings > Reading and you can define your homepage here. Make sure you have created and published your homepage page prior. If you…