WordPress comes with a great feature called auto-embeds. It allows WordPress to automatically get the embed code for video from popular video hosting sites like YouTube, Vimeo, etc. Follow the steps below to create a Video blog post: 1. First, you need to select the blog post format. You’ll find a “Format” module […]
Create a gallery post
WordPress comes with a built-in feature that lets you create a gallery. This feature is very basic and does not have many options, but it gets the job done. Follow the steps below to create a Gallery blog post: 1. First, you need to select the blog post format. You’ll find […]
Cannot upload the theme
Common error: Are you sure you want to do this? When you are trying to install the theme and WordPress comes back with the message “Are you sure you want to do this?” it means that your PHP has a setting for upload files lower than the ZIP file size. […]
Add a newsletter registration form
Sway contact forms are based on Contact Form 7, this is the most popular WordPress contact form plugin and it’s also one of the optional plugins packed with the theme. To extend the functionalities of this plugin and enable the newsletter registration functionality, you just need to install the following […]
Enable/disable comment box
When you create a new page in WordPress, it has comments enabled by default. This could be a little annoying if you create a lot of pages and sometimes forget to uncheck the enable comments box. To disable/enable the comments box for all pages and posts, navigate to Dashboard > […]
Install Facebook Pixel
The Facebook Pixel code needs to be added just before the closing head tag. The easiest way to do this is by using the Insert Headers and Footers plugin. After installing and activating the plugin, you need to go to the Settings > Insert Headers and Footers page. You can […]
Install Google Analytics
There are many different ways to setup Google Analytics in WordPress. The easiest way is to install a plugin. We recommend using: https://wordpress.org/plugins/google-analytics-for-wordpress/ MonsterInsights is the most popular Google Analytics plugin for WordPress. Over 1 million websites use it including the likes of Bloomberg, PlayStation, Zillow, and more. It is […]
Set up blog page
Follow the steps below to create and set up the blog page: After logging into the WordPress Dashboard, click Pages, then click the Add New button. Enter a title for the page, and then click Publish. Hover over Settings in the WordPress Menu, and then click Reading. In the Front […]
Increase page loading speed
There’re a few general performance optimization recommendations, which will get you a decent result in Google PageSpeed Insights and other tools. 1. Enable Cache Install and activate a caching plugin. We generally recommend WP Super Cache. 2. Enable CSS and JS Minification CSS and JavaScript are static files. They will be […]
Translate the theme
If you want to create a multi-language website and use the Language Switcher dropdown, please see the Create a multilingual website article. In this section, you will learn how to translate your site into your native language. The theme is ready for localization via .po/.mo files. Translate the theme using […]