Speeding Up Your WordPress Site
The Total WordPress theme is already well optimized for speed, but of course there are always more you can do. Below are some basic tips to help you speed up your site while using this specific theme. These are just…
Speeding Up Your WordPress Site
Minify Theme’s Javascript
Total includes a built-in option to minify the theme's javascript files to help speed up your site. This is actually enabled by default but can be disabled for debugging purposes. Have a look at the screenshot below:
WPBakery Page Builder Bottom Row/Column Margin
By default, the Total theme applies a 40px bottom margin to all columns in the WPBakery Page Builder. This helps improve responsive spacing, but it’s important to keep it in mind while building your site so you can maintain clean,…
How To Alter Local Scroll Speed
Important: If you enable this functionality both jQuery and the Easing scripts will be loaded on the site. So if your main concern is site speed (which it should be) you may want to sacrifice controlling your local scroll speed and…
Child Theme Setup and Example
What is a child theme, when should you be using a child theme, child theme tips and sample child theme download.
Remove The “Pointer” Above Menu Dropdowns
By default the dropdowns on the Total WordPress theme have a little pointer right above them. In version 1.6.4 and greater you will find options in the Customizer for altering the pointer background and color, but what if you want…
How To Use Action Hooks in WordPress
Action Hooks are a very useful tool in WordPress and they are used to perform functions (actions) in specific places of a theme or plugin. Many themes and plugins, such as Total, use action hooks as an easy way for…
Locating Taxonomy Names & Term Slugs/ID’s
When you are using the "Post Types Grid" module there is an option where you can select to "Filter by Taxonomy" and if enabled it will give you a field to enter the taxonomy name and another field to enter the terms. If you…
Ubermenu Manual Integration
Total should work pretty good by default with UberMenu when using the "Automatic Integration Theme Location", however, for complete control and to prevent any sort of conflicts its best to use the built-in theme hooks to place your menu accordingly…
Adding Translation Files To Your Child Theme
If you worked hard to translate the theme you probably don't want to keep the translated .po and .mo files in the parent theme because they will be overwritten when you update the theme. The best solution would be to…