Write Theme Documentation

Theme Description | Theme Demo

Theme InstallationBack to top

You can choose from the following 2 ways to install the theme.

1. Install from the dashboardBack to top

In the dashboard, go to Appearance -> Themes and click the “Add New” button.

Click the “Upload Theme” button.

Choose “write.zip/write-pro.zip” file and click “Install Now” button. (If you have “Write_Pro_-_WordPress_Theme.zip”, please unzip the file and upload “write-pro.zip”)

Click the “Activate” button.

This completes the installation.

2. Install from FTPBack to top

Extract the “write.zip/write-pro.zip” file, then prepare the “write/write-pro” folder.

Transfer the “write/write-pro” folder via FTP to the “…/wp-content/themes/” directory

In the dashboard, go to Appearance -> Themes and click the “Activate” button.

This completes the installation.

If you already have featured images set up, after installing the theme, install the Regenerate Thumbnails plugin and regenerate the images. Images that match the theme’s sizing will be generated automatically.

Plugins Installation ProBack to top

After you install the theme, a notification will be displayed regarding installing recommended plugins.

  • Jetpack is a plugin that adds various additional features to WordPress. Please install it if you want to use the “Related Posts (You might also like)” feature located beneath individual posts. Graphy also supports Infinite Scroll.
  • Smash Balloon Social Photo Feed is a plugin that adds a feature of displaying Instagram posts. Please install it if you want to use the “Instagram Widget” feature at the bottom of the pages.

To install the recommended plugins, click “Begin installing plugins”.

Click the checkboxes on the plugins to install, select “Install”, then click “Apply” button.

Wait until the plugin install process is complete. Once the install process is complete, click “Return to Required Plugins Installer”.

Click the checkboxes on the plugins to activate, select “Activate”, and then click “Apply” button.

This completes the plugins installation.

Jetpack Plugin SetupBack to top

From the dashboard’s Jetpack page, click “Set up Jetpack”.

When you are taken to the Jetpack page, click “Approve”.

When you are taken to the Jetpack plans page, click “Start with free”.

Return to the Jetpack page of the dashboard and click “Activate recommended features”. You can also activate features manually.

This completes the Jetpack plugin setup.

Smash Balloon Social Photo Feed Plugin SetupBack to top

From the dashboard’s Instagram Feed page, click the big button “Connect an Instagram Account”.

Approve the connection on Instagram website. When you return to the the dashboard, setup is complete.

Please see Instagram Widget for how to set the widget.

CustomizationBack to top

The Write theme offers the following customization options.

Site IdentityBack to top

From Customize > Site Identity you can set the site title and tagline. You can also hide the tagline.

Fonts ProBack to top

From Customize > Fonts you can set the header and body text to a variety of fonts.

ColorsBack to top

From Customize > Colors you can set link colors.

Layout ProBack to top

From Customize > Layout you can set the header and the footer layout. You can also hide the sidebar.

Title ProBack to top

From Customize > Title you can set the title font.

From Customize > Logo you can set the logo.

Main NavigationBack to top

From Appearance > Menus or Customize > Menus you can configure the menus.

The page list appears by default if you do not set this.

Header ImageBack to top

From Customize > Header Image you can set the header image.

The header image is displayed on the blog posts index page. If you use static front page, please set the featured image instead of the header image.

From Customize > Featured Posts you can set the posts that will be featured on the homepage slider as well as in the Write Featured Posts widget.

HomeBack to top

From Customize > Home you can set the text displayed on the homepage.

Post Display ProBack to top

From Customize > Post Display you can set how posts are displayed on the blog posts index page. You can also hide elements such as categories, date, author name, comments number, featured image, author profile, and post navigation.

Sidebar ProBack to top

From Appearance > Widgets or Customize > Widgets you can configure widgets.

This is the normal sidebar. If you do not use this sidebar or Sticky Sidebar, the page will be a one-column design.

Sticky Sidebar ProBack to top

From Appearance > Widgets or Customize > Widgets you can configure widgets.

Displays while following the PC’s scrolling.

From Appearance > Widgets or Customize > Widgets you can configure widgets.

Footer Left widget area is displayed on the left side of the footer. If you do not use the area, nothing will be displayed.

From Appearance > Widgets or Customize > Widgets you can configure widgets.

3 Footer Right widget areas are displayed on the right side of the footer, and the width is auto-adjusted based on how many you use. If you do not use the area, nothing will be displayed.

Instagram Widget ProBack to top

From Appearance > Widgets or Customize > Widgets you can configure the Instagram widget.

After you install the Smash Balloon Social Photo Feed plugin, add Custom HTML widget to Instagram Widget area. Then, add the following code to it.

[instagram-feed num=4 showheader=false showbutton=false showfollow=false]

From Appearance > Menus or Customize > Menus you can configure the menus.

No text is displayed, only icons. If this is unset, the icons will not appear.

From Appearance > Menus or Customize > Menus you can configure the menus.

If unset, it will not appear.

From Customize > Footer you can set the footer text and hide the theme credits from here.

Custom WidgetsBack to top

The Write Theme comes with the following 3 custom widgets.

  • Write Profile: Displays a profile with a photo and social media links.
  • Write Featured Posts Pro: Displays the posts set in the Featured Category.

In the dashboard, go to Appearance -> Menus and click “create a new menu”.

Enter the name of the menu and click the “Create Menu” button.

Select the pages you wish to add to the menu and then click the “Add to Menu” button. You can add links and categories. You can also change the item order by dragging.

Once you have determined the menu’s item/item order, Choose where you want the menu to be displayed from Theme locations and click the “Save Menu” button.

With this the menu creation is complete. Click “create a new menu” again if you want to make another menu.

The following web services and RSS feeds’ links can have icons automatically added to them.
CodePen, Digg, Dribbble, Dropbox, Facebook, Flickr, Google+, GitHub, Instagram, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Polldaddy, Pocket, reddit, Skype, StumbleUpon, Tumblr, Twitter, Vimeo, WordPress, YouTube

PostsBack to top

You can select post format from Format on an individual post screen. Supported formats are: Standard/Aside/Audio/Chat/Gallery/Image/Link/Quote/Status/Video.

Please refer to the post format category live demo to see what it looks like. In addition you are not constrained by the post format, and can posts images and videos in the standard format.

You can also set a featured image from the Featured Image box.

After you install Jetpack, go to Jetpack > Settings > Traffic and activate Related Posts.

PagesBack to top

You can set a page template by choosing the Template attribute in the Page Attributes box on an individual page. Page templates available are Default Template, No Sidebar, Full Width.

You can also set a featured image from the Featured Image box.

UpdatesBack to top

You can choose from the following 3 ways to update the theme.

If you directly modify the theme file, when an update is installed to the theme your changes will be lost. To avoid this, use a child theme.

1. Auto updateBack to top

When an update for the theme is available, you will be notified and can download it from the Dashboard -> Updates or Appearance.

In Dashboard -> Updates select the Write theme and click the “Update Themes” button.

This completes the update.

2. Update from the dashboardBack to top

In order to update from the dashboard, you will need to delete the old theme once and reinstall the theme. Theme settings are inherited.

Prepare the new “write.zip/write-pro.zip” file.

In the dashboard, go to Appearance -> Themes and activate another theme.

Click Write’s “Theme Details”.

Click the “Delete” button.

Once the old theme is deleted click the “Add New” button.

Click the “Upload Theme” button.

Choose “write.zip/write-pro.zip” file and click “Install Now” button.

Click the “Activate” button.

This completes the update.

3. Update from FTPBack to top

In order to update via FTP, you will need to delete the old theme once and reinstall the theme. Theme settings are inherited.

Extract the new “write.zip/write-pro.zip” file, then prepare the “write/write-pro” folder.

Delete “…/wp-content/themes/write/” or “…/wp-content/themes/write-pro/” folder via FTP, and transfer the “write/write-pro” folder to the “…/wp-content/themes/” directory.

This completes the update.