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Advanced Queries

Advanced Queries

When using theme elements that display posts such as the Post Cards element, there are built-in settings for controlling the posts that are shown so you can choose how many to display, include or exclude terms, change the order, etc..…

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Select Menu Shortcode

The Total Theme Core plugin registers a new shortcode named "select_menu" which will allow you to display a select dropdown anywhere on your site based on a specific menu. The shortcode takes on two parameters: menu (your menu slug) -…

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Custom Blog Post Design using a WPBakery Template

Total has a built-in functionality called Dynamic Templates which allow you to create custom layouts for pages/posts on your site using WBakery templates along with various dynamic modules in the theme so you could override the default theme post design…

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Using Dynamic Strings (values) in Advanced Queries

When working with the "Advanced Query" setting in various Total modules it's possible to use certain strings to return dynamic values. The following are available: NameValuecurrent_postReturns the current post IDcurrent_termReturns the current term id when used on an taxonomy archive.current_authorReturns…

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How to Find your License Code

Whenever you purchase a product from ThemeForest or any other Envato marketplace your purchase includes a unique license/purchase code. This code while it does nothing in of itself, can be activated on some products to receive access to premium features…

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Logo Mobile Offset (prevent overlaps)

The Total theme doesn't apply any max-width to your logo to give you the freedom to have any logo size you want on your site. This, however, can potentially cause issues on mobile where your logo might overlap with the…

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How to Display Content in a Popup Window

The Fancybox script included in the Total theme allows you to open any content via lightbox and Total has some functions built-in to make this easier. The guide below explains how to add a popup with custom content using the…

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How to Enable Social Share Buttons on Standard Pages

By default social share buttons are only enabled for your standard posts (the blog) which is the most common usage on websites. However, you can enable social sharing on other sections of your site such as your standard pages. To…

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