Category: Clarified Tutorials

This tutorial will show you how to make a contact page like the Clarified demo shows. For this contact page, we use the Contact Form 7 plugin for WordPress. Install the Contact Form 7 Plugin Before we can do anything, you will need a plugin called Contact Form 7 before we can continue. If you already have […]

We modified the default WordPress classic comments widget and gave it a bit more style. You now get a customized layout with the avatar related to the person commenting. Go to Appearance > Widgets Drag an Clarified Recent Comments widget into a sidebar position Click the Save button

Instead of the boring default classic recent posts widget in WordPress, we provided you with a more robust version. Thumbnails are automatically generated from the featured image when you upload it for a post. Go to Appearance > Widgets Drag the Clarified Recent Posts widget into the sidebar position you want to show it in. Add a title […]

NEW for version 1.1.0 of Clarified, we’ve added a new Image Box widget. Insert an image with the choice of adding a heading, button link, and the option to adjust the minimum height of each widget (independently of each other). Go to Appearance > Widgets Drag the Clarified Image Box widget into the sidebar position you want to […]

With Clarified, you get an “About Me” widget that gives you the option to upload a portrait photo and to write a brief introduction of yourself. You even have the option to add an image-based signature. Go to Appearance > Widgets Drag the Clarified About Me widget into the sidebar position you want to show it in. Add a […]

Typography Options 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. Then there is the fact that a theme has way […]

Gutenberg is now part of WordPress. Because this is now the default editor, you still have the option to install a plugin called Classic Editor. This theme does offer a way to disable the block styles, but it’s not quite as comprehensive as we would like to make it…more on this later. Go to Appearance > […]

Clarified has the Colorbox lightbox feature for viewing images. When you use the WordPress Gallery Shortcode (even the block gallery), you will get a popup lightbox. 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 an alternative. Go to Appearance […]

By default, WordPress always includes a prefix to your archive (categories, tags, author, etc.) titles. For example, if you go to a category, you get the label “Category:” inserted just before the name of your category. For some people, this might now be visually pleasing to see. With the Default Prefix Label: Without the Prefix […]

With Clarified, you can change some of the labels such as “Read More“, and several more text label-based elements. We will take you through each one below, including the Blog Intro heading group which gives you a title and intro. This already has its own tutorial for Clarified, but we will add it here too. Blog […]

The show or hide settings not only hide small items, but they can also hide sections. For example, if you decide to disable the Related Posts section, there is a setting for that. The related posts section looks like this: If you choose to show the related posts at the bottom of your article, you […]

You can choose your full post layout with Clarified. Currently, you get up to 6 styled layouts for your post. Single with Right Sidebar Single with Left Sidebar Single with no Sidebars Single with Featured Banner no Sidebars Single with Featured Banner Left Sidebar Single with Featured Banner Right Sidebar To change your full post layout, […]

This tutorial will show you how to change your blog summaries to use excerpts instead. This gives you a more consistent style for each post summary. Some blog layouts are precoded to use only excerpts while others will inherit your choice to use excerpts. Go to Appearance > Customize > Blog Options. Look for the Blog Excerpts section and […]

With the pro version of Clarified, you get 7 blog layout options. Classic Right Sidebar Classic Left Sidebar Grid Grid Wide Wide Minimal Left Sidebar Minimal Right Sidebar To change the layout, follow these steps: Go to Appearance > Customize > Blog Options. Find the Blog Layout dropdown setting and select the layout you want to use. Click the Publish button. *You can […]

Clarified gives you the option to create a custom blog title and introduction. This will only show on your blog’s home page when enabled. Go to the Appearance > Customize > Label Options Type a blog title (heading) for your intro. Type a blog introduction for your intro. Click the Publish button.

Clarified gives you a couple of header styles, one is the default wide layout: If you prefer a centered layout: The banner section is not part of the header, but to set your header style, follow these steps: Go to the Appearance > Customize > Other Options Use the drop-down list to choose your header layout Click […]