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The Total theme has a unique built-in functionality called "Dynamic Templates". This functionality allows you to use the WPBakery page builder to create a unique layout to be used for…

Dynamic Templates – Custom Page, Post or Archive Designs

The Total theme includes built-in settings for a custom 404 Page so you can easily alter the 404 error page title and text. Simply log into WordPress and go to Theme…

Custom 404 Page

The total theme includes an advanced function for displaying a searchbar in your header that can be toggled via a little search icon in your menu. Enabling/Disabling & Selecting Your…

Header Menu Search Icon (Styles & Disabling)

If you are going to use the WPBakery page builder to create multiple pages that have the same general design one of the easiest ways is to create a new…

Creating & Using WPBakery Page Builder Templates

By default Total uses a different output for search results due to all the different post types to prevent conflicts as well as to keep the search results "slimmer", however,…

Display Search Results Like The Blog

The WPBakery includes a function that will allow you to save any page builder module you customized as a new "element" or "preset" so that you can easily use it…

Saving WPBakery “Presets” or “Elements” (Element Templates)

Simply log into Wordpress and go to Appearance > Customize > General Theme Options > Sidebar and here you can select the "No Sidebar" layout for your search results.

Remove Search Results Sidebar

Important: Since version 3.0.0 this is NO longer required. You can display/hide the search icon in the menu as explained in the docs here: http://totalwptheme.com/docs/header-search/ By default the menu search icon is…

Display Search Icon On Header Style 2 Menu

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…

Using The Post Image Gallery For Image Galleries & Dynamic Templates

By default you can enter your custom html for your topbar content via the Customizer at Appearance > Customize > Topbar. However,  it is also possible to create your own…

Display a Custom Template for the Top Bar Content

When creating dynamic templates for your posts you may want to show related items at the bottom of the post. You can easily do this with the Post Cards element…

Show Related Posts in Dynamic Templates

The Total theme is an advanced and highly modular framework built on hooks. This means you can easily modify theme parts via your child theme using add_action and remove_action functions…

Custom Actions Panel

Since Total 5.0+ you can now assign a template to your search results page if you are using the WPBakery plugin (if you are using Elementor you can just use…

Custom Search Results Template

In Total you can easily create custom templates for your Categories or custom taxonomies so you have complete control over the look of your archives. Elementor Users: If you are…

Custom Category/Taxonomy Template

One of the primary reasons you would use Dynamic Templates when setting up your site is to create a unique layout to be used as the design across multiple posts…

Displaying Custom Post Data in Dynamic Templates

In Total 5.2 we introduced a unique feature exclusive to the Total theme where you can access various pre-built section templates (Patterns) and insert them into any page. This system…

WPBakery Patterns

In Total 5.6.1 we introduced "Dynamic Variables" which provides access to more dynamic values with a slimmer format - we recommend using those instead! When creating dynamic templates you may…

Useful Dynamic Shortcodes

When creating a dynamic template with WPBakery you can easily add a sidebar by creating a row with multiple columns and then adding the "Widgetised Sidebar" element to the column…

Adding a Sidebar to Your Dynamic Template with WPBakery

If you are working on a dynamic template or custom card you may want to display the post featured image as a background for a row or column. A great…

Using the Featured Image (Post Thumbnail) for a Row or Column Background

Total includes an exclusive feature that enables you to create dynamic templates for displaying ACF repeater fields. The repeater field is a premium field type available in the Advanced Custom…

How to Create an ACF Repeater Field Template
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