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Various tips and tricks for the Lore theme

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Update the Theme

The easiest way to update the theme is to use Envato Market plugin. Alternatively, you can download the installable lore.zip file from your ThemeForest account / Downloads and then either unzip it and upload it under wp-content / themes via FTP (overwrite the existing lore folder), or upload the file via admin under Appearance / […]

Update Bundled Plugins

Once you’ve updated the theme you should see an admin notification which will lead you through the process of updating the bundled plugins (if there are any which needs updating). Alternatively, you can download the complete theme package from your ThemeForest account / Downloads, unzip it and check out the changelog.txt file to see which […]

Add Post Excerpt

Excerpt is a short text which can be displayed on post archive pages or in some widgets instead of the full post content. You can add excerpt for standard posts, knowledge base articles and FAQ posts. If you are using the WordPress block editor (Gutenberg), you can add excerpt in the right panel when editing […]

Setup Contact Form

To add a contact form similar to one seen in the demo site, first install and activate the Contact Form 7 plugin. Then download and unzip the full theme package from your ThemeForest account / Downloads (if you haven’t already) and upload the cf7-contact-form.xml file from the Demo Data folder under Tools / Import / […]

Setup Forum

The forum seen on the demo site was created using the bbPress plugin. Please follow the official documentation to learn how to configure it. You can download the dummy data here.

Reorder Posts and Categories

The easiest way to do it is to use Intuitive Custom Post Order plugin. Once instaled and activated, head to Settings / Intuitive CPO and check which post types and taxonomies you want to enable this functionality for. After that, you will be able to reorder them via simple drag & drop in your admin.