When installing the Total theme you will see a notice in your WordPress dashboard to install "bundled" plugins. The only plugin you truly need to install is the Total Theme…
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…
By default comments are disabled on pages because for most people it's not needed. However, if you want to enable them it's very simple. Go to Appearance > Customize >…
The WordPress customizer is awesome but it can also be a bit slow when you have tons of options. For this reason I added a panel where you can quickly…
The Total theme includes a special format which will make it easy to add a checkbox list to to any page/post via the default text editor: Step 1: Create a…
It's very important to keep your theme up to date for bug and security fixes and to receive new features. You can always visit the changelog to see the latest…
By default in the Total theme the page header has a bottom margin to add space between the title and the content. However, sometimes when building a custom page you'll…
By default the WordPress editor hides the Font Family, Font Size, bold...etc from the post editor. To enable it simply click on the "Toolbar Toggle" button:
By default the Total theme has buttons at the bottom of every page/post so you can quickly edit it while logged into your site. See screenshot below: To remove these…
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…
By default the Total theme does a pretty good generating excerpts for the Visual Composer modules, however, depending on how you are creating your pages these automatically generated excerpts may…
Total includes 2 built in formats for easily adding dropcaps to your site without the need of shortcodes. To use them simply highlight the letter you want to become a…
The Total theme includes a built-in shortcode for creating a login/logout link which you can add anywhere on your site (including certain options in the Theme Customizer such as the…
The Total theme includes options located at Appearance > Customize > General Theme Options > Page Animations so that you can enable an animation whenever a page is loaded on your…
When you purchase a WordPress theme on ThemeForest that includes premium plugins (like those sold on CodeCanyon), you can use those plugins without any problem. However, if you want automatic…
If you are having any issues with the theme or have any questions regarding how to use the theme you can contact us for help via 2 methods. Important: Do…
Update WordPress: Most importantly make sure WordPress is up to date Backup: First make a backup of your site. You should always have backups of your site, but if you…
The Post Cards element doesn't have a built-in filter option, but you can still create a filter by using the Navigation Bar element and "linking" it to the Post Cards…
By default in WordPress whenever you query posts from the database they display in order of publish date with the most recently published item first. It's possible to change this…
The corporate demo by default displays a static image on mobile devices instead of the slider making loading times faster. This is done via the page setting: Also the slider…
Whenever you start with a new theme it can be a bit complicated to know what everything is and where everything is located. Below you'll find the basic "anatomy" of…
By default ThemeForest products include 6 months of free support. If during these 6 months you purchase any another license of the theme to use on another client site your…
The Total theme has a built-in module that allows you to easily insert a grid/list of your WordPress users. You can display all users, admins only, authors only, contributors only…
The Total theme uses the classname "theme-button" to create buttons so you can add a button anywhere on the site including text widgets if needed. Step 1: Add your text…