Via the WordPress customizer at Appearance > Customize > Blog > Archives & Entries you can easily alter the default text for your blog entries readmore button. If you want to conditionally alter the text this can also be done via a…
There is actually a simple search form shortcode included in Total which you can use to place a simple search form anywhere on the site (there is also a search form Visual Composer module with many options). If you want…
The WPBakery page builder plugin plugin includes built-in functions so that you can easily "map" any shortcode so you can use it within the builder. For example if you are using a 3rd party plugin that has it's own custom…
The Total theme includes an "Image Gallery" function that allows you to assign images to any post. By default these images are used in the theme for functions like Gallery format blog posts but it can also be used to…
When working with the WordPress menu system there are actually a lot of fields that are hidden by default and can be enabled via the "Screen Options" panel. One of these is the link target. Sometimes you may want to…
By default the Total theme centers all your content based on your site widths settings or default values, including your Top Bar content. If you want you can make your entire site 100% wide by tweaking these settings, however, you can…
By default the Total theme centers all your content based on your site widths settings or default values. If you want you can make your entire site 100% wide by tweaking these settings, however, you can also have centered content with…
The total theme includes the ability to display audio for your blog posts either via oEmbed (WordPress function) or self-hosted HTML5 audio. Simply create a new standard post, select the "Audio" post format then add your audio URL via the…
By default the Total theme displays auto excerpts generated from your blog content for the archive entries, this uses the WordPress function wp_trim_words which strips out all HTML. This can be easily disabled via the Customizer but you can also make…
Various of the theme's preset header styles include an extra field named "Aside Content" that allow you to add extra content inside your header, typically next to the menu. The field allows for adding HTML or shortcodes and it looks…