Category: Common Setup

If you are getting a free theme from Rough Pixels, there are a couple of ways to get it. Free or Premium Themes – Using the WordPress Theme Installer Free Themes – Download it from the WordPress.org website Using the WordPress Theme Installer This will be the same for both free and premium themes. NOTE: […]

This is a common feature with every theme from Rough Pixels; we give you the option to show or hide various elements within your blog summaries, pages, and full posts. They vary from theme-to-theme, but generally will be things like: The post meta information with some themes giving the option to individually show or hide […]

Each theme from Rough Pixels will have sidebar positions built into them so that you can add widgets. Some themes will have more positions than others and may have different naming. However, managing your sidebars and widgets will depend on whether you use the Classic Editor, the Customizer, or the Block Sidebar (Widgets) screen. They […]

Most of our themes include the option to enable automatic thumbnail creation every time you upload a photo. If you want to maintain a consistent thumbnail size for blog posts, widgets, and anything else that uses thumbnails, this makes it easier for you. NOTE: The location and settings for your theme’s Thumbnail Options may vary […]

This is actually a WordPress feature, although some themes might include additional options. However, to make changes: Go to Appearance > Customize > Site Identity These settings may vary slightly from theme-to-theme but are generally the same across all themes: Logo — Upload a logo if you plan to use one. Site Title — Displayed in the […]

Our themes have basic support for the new Block Editor (part of the Gutenberg concept). Not everyone wants to use it, so if you prefer to use the Classic Editor, this tutorial will guide you through it. Rough Pixels has a featured article detailing more about How to Disable the WordPress Block Editor if you […]

Also known as a Favicon, WordPress has this as part of your website’s customization. Normally, this is a good tutorial for learning the WordPress dashboard, but we believe this adds to the theme setup process to enhance your visitors’ experience. Prepare your favicon image file by making it square and at least 512 pixels for the width […]

The Customizer is a framework for live-previewing any changes as you make them WordPress. It provides a simple and consistent interface for users to customize various aspects of their theme, website, colours, layouts, widgets, menus, and more. Themes and plugins alike can add custom options to the Customizer. Every free and premium theme we have […]

We make our free and premium themes to have an extensive set of colour settings. You can quickly and easily change the color for various page elements to make your website more personalized. Each colour selector uses a HEX value. For example, the screenshot you see below shows the HEX value as you move the small circle […]

Rough Pixels makes most, if not all, social links as menus. Although this is related to the Creating Menus tutorial, this one is a bit different. When you insert the full URL as a custom link and then assign this menu to a social menu location, it applies the appropriate icon…like this example from the […]

This will be the same for any menu that you create, as well as for both free and premium themes from Rough Pixels. We will also use the “classic” way of building menus. To create menus, go to Appearance > Menus If you don’t have any menus, click the Create Menu text link to create a new […]

The method to update your free or premium theme from Rough Pixels will be the same. When you first log into your admin area (the dashboard), you will see an update notice for your theme. Whenever we upload an update, a notice goes out to everyone who is using it. There are a couple of […]