Hi James,

If you are using get_primary_term you can add ‘link’ => false, to the arguments array like such:

// Primary Term
$html.= $this->get_primary_term( array(
       'class'      => 'wpex-mr-20',
       'term_class' => 'wpex-mr-5',
       'icon'       => 'ticon ticon-folder-open wpex-mr-5 wpex-mb-15',
       'link'       => false,
) );

Remember also that when creating a custom card you can use ANY code you want, you are not restricted to the theme functions. So you could for example use wp_get_post_terms() to get the post terms and then do whatever you want with that.

- AJ

Additionally you can use this:

$this->has_link()

To check if the card has a link enabled via the Post Cards element. In case you want a card that can have a link or not.

And to get the link as defined in the Post Cards you can use:

$this->get_url();

- AJ

Hi,

This is Aj the theme author. Thank you for your patience during the Holidays. I take time to help with a charity during these times and haven’t been able to get to the tickets but I will reply to all them today!

- AJ

Just to clarify: the videos are short and currently self-hosted in the WordPress media library. If needed, we could host them on YouTube or Vimeo instead, whatever works best.

Hi,

Displaying videos inside the Image Grid isn’t possible as the element only shows images and videos don’t play nicely with masonry as they generally load too late and it can leave gaps or overlapping elements.

Additionally the Post Gallery only allows for selecting images not videos.

Now, the theme has the ability for videos within the Image Grid but only that open in lightbox. See here: https://totalwptheme.com/docs/image-videos-attachments/

An alternative if you want both images and videos in the same grid (not lightbox) is to use the Post Cards element instead of the Image Grid and create a custom card using the API – https://totalwptheme.com/docs/how-to-create-custom-theme-cards/ – this way you can add whatever logic you want for displaying images or videos. You can use the Post Gallery and use the video field as explained in the link above to assign videos to your images and then in your custom card check for this field and if it exists render the video.

You could also instead of using the Post Gallery add a repeater (group) custom field to use instead, this way you can define both images and videos: https://totalwptheme.com/docs/how-to-add-custom-fields/#php-class

- AJ

Thanks a lot for the suggestions. I’ll test them out. Have a great day!

HI James,

This is a common WordPress limitation. Your single posts use the slug /news/ so the slug is assigned for single posts and can’t work with pagination.There are 2 fixes:

1. You change the url of the page to something like “latest-news” or you change the post type slug to something like “news-article”.

2. You add a custom rewrite rule to your child theme. Example:

/**
 * Custom Rewrite rules.
 */
add_rewrite_rule(
    '^news/page/(\d+)/?$',
    'index.php?pagename=news&paged=$matches[1]',
    'top'
);

Then go to Settings > Permalinks and clear your cache.

- AJ

Hi AJ

Great – I used the rewrite method. Not directly related to this query, but is it possible to have the pagination links at the top of the page as well as the bottom? Otherwise there is no indication showing the user which page they are looking at – if you see what I mean?

There is no built-in way, having the pagination at the bottom is the most common and including the links twice causes both SEO and accessibility issues so it’s not recommended.

What makes more sense would be to put the page number next to the title like “Projects – Page 2”. You can do this by hooking into the wpex_title filter. Example: https://totalwptheme.com/docs/snippets/add-page-number-to-title/

Or you can use the dynamic variable {{paged}} – https://totalwptheme.com/docs/dynamic-variables/ – if you want to display the current page number on the page itself or use the custom title field in the post theme settings metabox instead of using the child theme code.

- AJ

Hi,

Since WPBakery is very outdated you probably need to de-activate it first, then you go simply go to Appearance > Install Plugins to update it or you will see the notice in the WP admin to update it as in Total 6.5 it will display the update right in the admin.

You don’t need a license to update WPBakery as the updates are provided by the theme, it just means you can only update the plugin when updating the theme. Please see here: https://totalwptheme.com/docs/update-plugins/

If you have any issues updating or after updating let me know. It is very possible the option isn’t visible if your WPBakery plugin is outdated, I can’t really remember because your plugin version is many years old.

- AJ

Outstanding!! This was exactly the solution and help I needed. Thank you again for directing me!

Glad it was an easy fix

Hi,

I did have a very old demo called Denistry, but it was very basic and lame – I’m working on an all new demo! If you wish I can let you know once it’s finished!

- AJ

No problem for sure. No need to contact me because I am in that area alot and will see it. Thanks!

If you wanted to share some inspiration of sites you like I can make a similar dentistry site – feel free to email me directly at wpexplorer [at] gmail dot com if you wish to do so.

Hi,

Thank you for the heads up! I will make the necessary tweaks in the next update to support their new URL structure.

If you wish to temporarily patch the theme on your staging you can by adding the following patterns:

'/^stg-.*\.kinsta\.cloud$/',
'/^env-.*\.kinsta\.cloud$/',

Under Total/inc/license-manager.php around line 576 like this: https://a.cl.ly/mXuOyN9e

- AJ

Hi,

If the theme is very outdated the license activation won’t work because 3-4 years ago I switched the domain and API used for license activation. This could be the issue you are having. In which case you would need to update the theme first before you can activate the license. This can be done easily by downloading the theme from ThemeForest > Downloads and re-installing it, when you go to re-install the theme it will ask if you want to override the current version and then you can select yes to do so, this will basically perform an “update”.

Now, if the theme is very very outdated you may want to look at the extra tips here: https://totalwptheme.com/docs/update-theme/#h-extra-precautions-for-cautious-users-or-extremely-outdated-installations

If the theme is up to date and it’s doing this, I may need to log in and have a look myself. It’s possible the server is being blocked by my firewall (rarely happens, but can happen if the site is hosted on a blacklisted domain) or their server is blocking outgoing corrections.

- AJ

Huzzah! That was exactly the issue/fix (turned out had 5.0.7 installed…re-install was quick and easy). Thank you so much for your quick reply.

Hi Paul,

Can you share an example?

I’m wondering if you are not using the classes responsively: https://totalwptheme.com/css-framework/responsive-breakpoints/

For example if you use wpex-lg-col-span-2 – then it will only apply the CSS from the “lg” screen (1024) and greater. This way they can behave normally on mobile.

I added the new classes to the CSS Framework as well for reference since I had forgotten – thanks for the reminder!

• https://totalwptheme.com/css-framework/grid-column/
• https://totalwptheme.com/css-framework/grid-row/

- AJ

Yes, my oversight not including the right classes!

It’s a bit tricky, I’ll put on my todo list to write a doc on this!

Hi,

What error did you get when trying to log into the support site? It appears to be working for everyone else!

I personally don’t think the plugin is needed since Total already has so many elements but I do know many customers that use it. My recommendation would be to at least disable any element you won’t use (I believe the plugin has the ability to do this).

Also if there are any elements you think would be a good addition to the theme that perhaps that plugin has but Total doesn’t, let me know for consideration.

Ultimately, the plugins you activate and how it will affect your site speed depends mostly on your hosting. If you are paying for very cheap hosting then any plugin could slow things down, if you have quality WordPress hosting it would likely not make any difference. If you own the plugin you can always try it out and see

- AJ

In your case your license was actually in use on another site that no longer existed. I swapped the registered domain for you and replied back to your email.

- AJ

Thx AJ, I reached out to the hosting company to see if they can change their staging server to meet the licensing requirements of a staging server.

Good idea

Hi Chris,

Can you email me directly at wpexplorer [at] gmail dot com with the logins for one of the domains in question (and FTP if possible)? Thanks!

I have several sites I tested before hand and I tested again and I can’t recreate the issue, of course if there is one I’ll fix it right away.

Rest assured that a duplicate notice will not remove the license it just displays a notice in the admin and everything will function normally. But of course we’ll want to get that removed.

- AJ

Hi,

This is Aj the theme author. If you log into your site and go to Theme Panel > Theme License does it clear the error?

If your site was originally activated on the HTTP version of your site and then you updated your site to use HTTPS it could display this message. This is generally the reason for seeing that duplicate license error. In the latest update though I added an extra check to allow both the http and https to be active with the same license to prevent this, but you may need to visit the Theme License to clear up that error.

If you do continue seeing that notice, please email me directly to wpexplorer [at] gmail dot com with the site logins and I can take a closer look for you!

- AJ

Oh, another possibility for the error is if your site URL in your database doesn’t actually match your live site URL. Which can only occur, if for some reason you store WordPress in a custom folder (not typical).

This is AJ the theme author.

I’ve finished the upcoming update so it will be available for download any minute now!

Always be sure to check the upcoming changelog: https://totalwptheme.com/docs/upcoming-update-changelog/ – where I put important notices on there. For example, in this case the WPBakery vulnerability requires a user that already has contributor or greater access, which means it’s not a high priority as those users can already do bad stuff to your site regardless of the theme/plugin. This is why I wasn’t rushing the update. Of course in the future if there is a critical vulnerability the update will be out immediately.

- AJ

Hi,

I’m sorry but I’m not understanding the question do you want to insert a button into different areas of the site but be able globally change the link? Or are you trying to create a custom button design and then re-use that same design in different places?

Generally a site should have the same global design for all buttons, which you can control right in the Customizer: https://totalwptheme.com/docs/button-colors/ – this way, whenever you add the theme’s Button element it will look the same.

Can you share an example page where you would be adding the button and what it’s going? It would give me a better perspective so I can provide my personal feedback on the best way to set things up.

- AJ

Hi,

From what I can see you can transfer ownership of a site: https://www.siteground.com/kb/can-transfer-ownership-website/ – so essentially you would need to have your staging, then duplicate and transfer the copy. Assuming that works…

PS: If you have a substantial customer base, I can create a custom theme for you (offering the same functionality as Total) tailored specifically to your needs. I’ve done this for several clients already. With a custom solution, you won’t have to purchase hundreds of licenses each year, worry about updates and have a custom theme for your brand. This isn’t a “budget” service, but I provide it at a much more reasonable price than others, ultimately saving you significant time and money. Pricing starts at $4,500.

- AJ

This plugin does the job. It would be great to see this functionality in Total

If this is what you wanted, the functionality already exists via the bundled Templatera plugin and you can import/export via WPBakery > Templatera: https://a.cl.ly/v1u8xeBq

Hi,

The critical bugs are in the latest WPBakery version (not the one currently included with the theme) and the WPB developers already fixed a couple and I manually patched another one which they said they couldn’t recreate.

I finished the update, but I still need to update my landing page and demos and test everything that was added/changed to make sure there aren’t any bugs. I wanted to have it released today, but I don’t like releasing updates late at night incase anything goes through. So I will likely test for the rest of the day/night and push out the official update tomorrow.

Thank you for your patience

- AJ

Thanks for the explanation, AJ, and your thorough work is much appreciated. Of course, I understand bug fixing takes priority over a release. So, will there be another WPB update first, or were those updates specific to Total?

Hi,

Nope, not waiting for another WPB update – Total 6.5 is now live https://totalwptheme.com/docs/changelog/6-5/

- AJ

never mind, i’ve sorted it

Thank you for letting me know

Hi,

This is Aj the theme author.

It’s not possible to “revert” the change. This is a huge optimization because loading font-icons is very large and slows down site speed and lowers Google page speed scores.

If you have custom CSS on your site using ::before you have 2 options:

1) You can update your custom CSS to use modern CSS by adding the icons as SVG’s. Example:

.element::before {
    --wpex-mask-image: url('data:image/svg+xml,<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 384 512"><path d="M320 464c8.8 0 16-7.2 16-16V160H256c-17.7 0-32-14.3-32-32V48H64c-8.8 0-16 7.2-16 16V448c0 8.8 7.2 16 16 16H320zM0 64C0 28.7 28.7 0 64 0H229.5c17 0 33.3 6.7 45.3 18.7l90.5 90.5c12 12 18.7 28.3 18.7 45.3V448c0 35.3-28.7 64-64 64H64c-35.3 0-64-28.7-64-64V64z"/></svg>')
    content: "";
    display: inline-block;
    height: 1em;
    width: 1em;
    vertical-align: var(--wpex-icon-offset, -0.125em);
    background-color: currentColor;
    margin-inline-end:var(--wpex-sidebar-widget-icon-margin, 10px);-webkit-mask-image: var(--wpex-mask-image);
    mask-image: var(--wpex-mask-image);
    -webkit-mask-repeat: no-repeat;
    mask-repeat: no-repeat;
    -webkit-mask-size: contain;
    mask-size: contain;
    -webkit-mask-position: center;
    mask-position: center
}

This way your site will remain fast and use modern methods for displaying icons. Also you can use ANY icon you want from any icon set and aren’t restricted to theme icons. Now, the theme icons are originally from FontAwesome so if you want to locate the SVG for any icon you can do so on their site – https://fontawesome.com/search?o=r – or you can use any other icon set, other popular ones are Bootstrap, Material and Feathers.

If you wanted help updating your CSS let me know. You can share the URL and I can provide you with the code.

2) If you want a quick fix, I made this plugin you can enable on your site that will load the font icons set like it used to: https://share.zight.com/o0u1y6ZQ

The theme will still use SVG icons wherever the theme displays icons, but any custom icons you added with CSS should then work as they did before.

- AJ

Hi,

If you are overriding the element you can re-run the milestone script like this:

if (typeof vcexMilestone === 'function') {
    // Remove the vcex-countup-init data attribute so the script thinks it hasn't been initialized 
    targetElement.querySelectorAll( '.vcex-milestone-time' ).forEach( function( element ) {
        element.removeAttribute( 'data-vcex-countup-init' );
    } );
    // Re-run the script
    vcexMilestone( targetElement );
}

Where targetElement is the milestone element you are modifying.

Now, keep in mind that when you do things like this, if anything changes in the theme (perhaps in the future I need to switch count-up scripts or I make my own) then you will need to modify your script to work with the updated theme.

Sometimes, when using elements not as intended, it’s better to write all your own code (create your own countUp function/element) so you have full control and don’t have to worry about potential changes in the theme.

For this case, maybe creating your own pricing element would make sense that has everything you need built-in without anything you don’t need.

- AJ

ps: Total doesn’t use jQuery for a bout 99% of it’s code and I highly recommend ditching it for your custom code as well. Modern javascript can do everything without the need for jQuery. If you are more familiar with jQuery you could always pass your code from an AI tool like chatGPT to generate the vanilla JS version. This way you aren’t having to load the extra dependency on your site and the code will be more optimized.