Category: Biggy Tutorials

Typography generally has a learning curve for most people, even developers. We normally do not include extensive font options in our themes because of that. We usually refer customers to seek out a font plugin—and we still do because they are more comprehensive. However, this theme is unique compared to our other themes because of […]

Not everyone wants to use the Gutenberg block editor that is now the default editor in WordPress. Many are using the Classic Editor instead, so we added a setting to disable the block styles. Go to Appearance > Customize > Theme Options > Other Options Look for the Disable the Block Stylesheet setting and check the box next […]

We have incorporated the Colorbox lightbox feature for viewing images from the WordPress Gallery Shortcode (even the block gallery). You can now view your photos in a popup overlay viewer. NOTE: We are planning to remove the lightbox in the next update because it does not work with actual image captions correctly (not compatible). We will be offering […]

With Biggy, you can change some of the labels such as “Read More“, and a few others that show up on the front-end of your website. But we’ve also included an additional setting for the default blog home page. When you first install WordPress, your blog is the front page and you will notice there is […]

This will be similar to how you select your blog layout. You get 7 layouts for your full post view: Post With Right Sidebar Post With Left Sidebar Cover Banner Full Width Cover Banner Left Sidebar Cover Banner Right Sidebar Wide Featured Image & No Sidebar Wide Featured Image & Title Above To change your […]

This tutorial will show you how to change your blog summaries to use excerpts instead of the full post. It should be noted that when you use excerpts, any formatting, including images, will be removed. However, when viewing the full post, everything will return. Go to Appearance > Customize > Theme Options > Blog Options. Find […]

The Biggy theme offers 8 blog layouts: Classic Right Sidebar Classic Left Sidebar Grid Card Wide List Gallery Minimal To change the blog layout, follow these steps: Go to Appearance > Customize > Theme Options > Blog Options. Find the Blog Layout drop-down setting and select the blog style you want to use. Click the Publish button. Gallery Blog Style The gallery blog […]

Biggy gives you the option to create a custom blog title and introduction. This will only show on the blog home page when enabled. WordPress does not give you this option, other than for the archive Category page. For categories, you get the title and description. Here is what the blog intro looks like for the […]

Biggy gives you a few header styles. The only exception is that on pages that use a cover banner image, the image will be the background behind the main header. With regards to the image-based header styles, these are only for blog, page, and front page layouts. However, for the light vs dark header styles […]

With banner images, there is an option to change the colour of the overlay and to also change the transparency level. The default colour is black and the transparency is set to be just dark enough to allow any text to show up. Go to the Appearance > Customize > Theme Options > Other Options Look for the […]

If you are familiar with the WordPress Header Image feature, then this will seem familiar. Biggy uses this for the custom front page that you see on the live demo site. Although it loads by default when you first install this theme, you can remove the image. For this theme, here is what the default setup looks […]