Category: Alurra Tutorials

Alurra Pro gives you the option to add a blog introduction. This is done by selecting a page where you can write your intro with the option to add a featured image. You also have the option to show your intro on all blog post pages or just the blog home page. Go to Appearance > […]

Most of these options are included with Alurra Pro. You can change the default label text for several page elements, such as the blog Read More link, Featured label, etc. Changing Your Label Options Go to Appearance > Customize > Label Options Make changes to any of the label settings. If the page is loaded in […]

An additional feature for Alurra Pro is having a featured image as your header. Your page title will then sit on top of it. You have a few style options that you can choose from: Featured Image Settings Whatever you set here, this will be global. This means that this will be applied on every […]

Included with the Alurra Pro theme, you get Related Posts show up at the bottom area of posts. Currently, you are shown two posts to give your reader a couple of additional articles to check out. If your posts have featured images, they will be displayed as a background. There are several settings available: Go […]

This is primarily a feature of the Alurra Pro version, but you can show or hide a wide variety of page/post elements. Blog Elements Go to Appearance > Customize > Blog Options Look for the Show or Hide Settings group. To hide an element, click the toggles until they turn blue Click the Publish button. Post Elements Go […]

To give your page visitors a quick introduction, the Alurra theme makes use of the WordPress excerpts feature. Make simple intros or write something that details complimentary content to your page. The page intro (excerpt) sits just below the page’s main title. To add an intro excerpt to a page, you can create a new […]

This is more of a WordPress feature, but Alurra gives you the option to display a Custom Header Image. You also have the option to disable it if you want to use just the basic header style (no image), or you can choose to show the header image just on the front page. One additional […]

Although the font (typography) options in Alurra are not extensive, we give you a few basic ones to get you started. We focused on headings and the main content font (text). Primary Font – Your Main Body Text We’ve made this a simple concept for this theme, starting with the main body text (font). Changing […]

With Alurra, we have an overlay search window that is activated when you click on a little search icon. This icon is only visible when you have a custom header image or cover image for posts. If you decide this is distracting, you can disable this icon and just use the search widgets for the […]

The default display style of category titles (headings) in WordPress will include a prefix label. There is no method to change this, but Alurra gives you the option to hide the prefix. With a Prefix label: Without a Prefix Label: If you decide to show the prefix, we’ve added a colour setting to change the […]

Depending on the blog layout you choose, some will use excerpts for the post summary by default. Others will give you the option to use regular content where you can insert your More Tag (read more). Alurra gives you the option, again, depends on the blog layout, to choose if you want excerpts. Excerpts are […]

The Alurra theme gives you 3 full post layouts while the premium gives you 10 layouts: Classic Right Sidebar Classic Left Sidebar Centered – No Sidebars Banner (pro) Banner Left Sidebar (pro) Banner Right Sidebar (pro) Showcase (pro) Showcase Left Sidebar (pro) Showcase Right Sidebar (pro) Minimal (pro) Go to Appearance > Customize > Layout Options […]

For the free version of Alurra, you get 3 blog layouts, 10 for the premium version: Centered Classic Left Sidebar Classic Right Sidebar Alternating (pro) List (pro) Masonry (pro) Cards (pro) Gallery (pro) Gallery Wide (pro) Minimal (pro) By default, Alurra is installed with the Centered layout chosen. Go to Appearance > Customize > Layout Options […]

This theme comes with a default font (from Google Fonts) called Playfair Display. Not everyone may like this style of font, so Alurra includes the option to change it. Site Title Font and Size We kept the site title font setting separate from the Typography tab of the customizer. If you are not using a […]

First, thank you for having an interest in the Alurra theme! Alurra was designed for personal bloggers. Although you can still use it for a more robust editorial-based blogging website by using blocks, you still have a lot of flexibility. Alurra – A New Direction This is the first step into a new way of […]