Configure plugins to work with the theme

NOTE: Please read the Quick Start section for how to install and activate plugins.

WPDanceClaraTheme Toolkit

This is a required plugin to enable library, custom shortcodes and other advanced features of the theme.

Plugin enables shortcodes:

  • wpdanceclaratheme_site_header: This shortcode will display site logo, title and tagline. It is used in Header / Footer editor.
  • wpdanceclaratheme_user_links: This shortcode displays user link Login, Register or Logout depends on user logged in or not.
  • wpdanceclaratheme_dropdowncart: This shortcode will display woocommerce dropdown cart.
  • wpdanceclaratheme_nav_menu: This shortcode will display your chosen navigation menu.
  • wpdanceclaratheme_owlcarousel: This shortcode will display carousel slider for WooCommerce products.
  • wpdanceclaratheme_countdown: This shortcode will display time countdown using jQuery countdown.
  • wpdanceclaratheme_tagtray: This shortcode will display Instagram photo using web services from TagTray.
  • ubermenu: This shortcode will display mega menu if plugin UberMenu is activated, otherwise it will fallback to display WordPress standard menu.

These shortcodes are also supported for Visual Composer elements:

Theme Custom Visual Composer Shortcodes

There is no configuration needed for this plugin.

Advanced Excerpt

This plugin lets control post excerpts, limit number of words showing on posts loop.

Although the theme should work without any problem after activate the plugin with default configuration, we still recommend to disable excerpt filter for the_content.

From admin page, go to Settings > Excerpt, we recommend leave all options as default, except option Filter should untick the_content():

Don't tick the_content

Better Font Awesome

This plugin adds a button to content editor let you insert FontAwesome icons more quickly.

Better Font Awesome

The theme should work with default configuration after activate the plugin. No extra configuration need.

This plugin adds a breadcrumb navigtion showing the visitor's path to their current location.

Breadcumb NavXT

The theme should work with default configuration after activate the plugin. No extra configuration need.

CM Registration

This plugin adds AJAX-based login and registration forms with captcha, email verification. Allows to show lightbox popup for Login and Registration form when click on the links showing on site header.

CM Registration popup

The theme should work with default configuration after activate the plugin. No extra configuration need.

CMB2

This plugin is required for the theme to show custom options for post, page and other post types.

CLARA Options on Post

There is no configuration needed.

CMB2 Taxonomy

This plugin is required for the theme to show custom options for category, tag, taxonomy, term.

CLARA Options on Post

There is no configuration needed.

Comments Widget Plus

This plugin enables custom recent comments widget with extra features.

Recent Comments Plus

To show comments like your demo site, go to admin page, Appearance > Widgets, drag Recent Comments Plus widget to Main Sidebar.

Add recent comment plus widget

Configure like picture below:

Configure recent comment plus widget

Contact Form 7

This plugin let you create contact form quickly and easily. The theme uses this plugin for showing contact form on Contact Us page.

Contact form

To show contact form like our demo, go to admin page, click Contact > Add New.

Copy content of file sample-data/contact-form.txt into the Form field:

Input contact form content

Configure your email in tab Mail:

Configure your email

Configure messages if you want or leave it as default:

Configure messages

Click Save button to create the form. Now you can insert this shortcode to show up the contact form on any page or post you want:

Contact form shortcode

Edit page About Us you will see how the shortcode was inserted:

Contact form shortcode inserted

jQuery Colorbox

This plugin add javascript library jQuery Colorbox allow to show overlay images on current page. Similiar lightbox or thickbok javascript effect. Theme uses this plugin to show overlay Portfolio images.

jQuery Colorbox for Portfolio

After installed and activated the plugin, go to Settings > jQuery Colorbox, tick Disable warning checkbox, other options should leave as default:

jQuery Colorbox disable warning

Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails

This plugin adds a widget to show posts with thumbnails and various options. Theme uses this plugin to show recent posts with thumbnails on blog post layouts.

Recent Posts with Thumbnals plugin

To show the widget like our demo site, go to admin page > Appearance > Widgets, drag Recent Posts With Thumbnails widget into the Main Sidebar:

Add Recent Posts with Thumbnails to sidebar

Configure the widget's parameters like below picture:

Configure Recent Posts With Thumbnail widget

Slider Revolution

This plugin let you create unlimited image slideshows. It has powerful drag & drop slideshow builder, let you make slideshow without coding knowleadge. Theme us this plugin to show slideshow on various pages, especially on homepages.

Slider Revolution on Home 01

Theme included sample slideshows in zip file, just only import to zip file to quickly create the slideshows like our demo site.

UberMenu 3

This plugin let you create beautiful, flexible and reponsive mega menus. Theme includes beautiful style for this mega menu plugin, but NOT include the plugin itself.
  • IMPORTANT NOTE: Theme does NOT include the plugin itself. If you want to have a beautiful mega menu like our demo site, you MUST purchase the plugin at codecanyon.net its price is $19 licensing for a single website.

Theme automatically adds two configurations for UberMenu once the theme is activated:

  • wpdanceclaratheme-vertical-menu
  • wpdanceclaratheme-horizontal-menu

UberMenu configurations by the theme

Create UberMenu configuration manually

You can add the configuration manually by go to admin page > Appearance > UberMenu, click + Add UberMenu Configuration button:

Add UberMenu Configuration

Enter the configuration name, whatever name you want:

Enter configuration name

After the configuration created, click Import/Export tab > click Import Settings and copy content of file sample-data/wpdanceclaratheme-horizontal-menu.txt into input box, then click button Confirm and Import Settings Now.

Import ubermenu settings

For vertical mega menu, use file sample-data/wpdanceclaratheme-vertical-menu.txt.

Show up mega menu on header

In UberMenu Control Panel and your configuration tab, click Integration tab. Scroll down to section Manual Integration, Select your menu in drop down box Integrate Specific Menu copy the shortcode syntax inside SHORTCODE box:

Shortcode Ubermenu

Edit any header in admin page > HTML Blocks > edit a header you will see the shortcode inserted in this post:

Insert Shortcode Ubermenu

Example:

[ubermenu config_id="wpdanceclaratheme-horizontal-menu" menu="215"]

UberMenu detailed user guide

For detailed user guide, please read from the offical website: UberMenu Documentation

Widget CSS Classes

This plugin allows to add custom CSS classes to widgets. Theme uses this plugin to make custom style for different widgets, show widgets in columns and made responsive auto show/hide widgets.

CSS Classes Widget

There is no configuration needed.

WooCommerce

This plugin lets you selling products online, open a full functional ecommerce website. The theme fully supports WooCommerce plugin.

WooCommerce

For detailed user guide please read WooCommerce Documentation.

There is no configuration needed.

WooCommerce Dropdown Cart

This plugin provides a widget for WooCommerce to display the cart at top of page. Theme uses this plugin to show dropdown cart on the site header.

WooCommerce Dropdown Cart

Visual Composer ShortCode for displaying dropdown cart:

WooCommerce ShortCode DropDown Cart

WooCommerce ShortCode DropDown Cart Settings

There is no configuration needed.

WooCommerce Social Media Share Buttons

The Woocommerce Social Media Share Buttons plugin allows visitors to your woocommerce shop to easily share your products on popular social media platforms. Theme use this plugin to show social sharing icons on WooCommerce product detail page and WPDance Portfolio detail page.

Social icons show on product detail page:

WooCommerce Social Media Share Buttons on Product detail page

Social icons show on portfolio detail page:

WooCommerce Social Media Share Buttons on Portfolio

Configure WooCommerce Social Media Sharing Buttons

After installed and activated the plugin, go to admin page > click Sharing Buttons on the left column:

SMSB Menu

SMSB Settings

Tick any icons you want to show up. In text boxes Custom Button Image enter URL of the blank image:

//[YOUR-SITE-URL]/wp-content/themes/wpdanceclaratheme/images/blank.png

For example, if your site URL is http://www.example.com/ enter:

//www.example.com/wp-content/themes/wpdanceclaratheme/images/blank.png

Note: don't enter the protocol http: for SSL secured website compatibility.

Click Save Settings to finish.

WooSidebars

This plugin allow to replace widget areas for specific pages, archives and other sections of WordPress. Theme uses this plugin to show different sidebars, widgets on different pages, example the sidebar on shop page will be different on blog page.

Showing different sidebar on Shop page:

WooSidebars on Shop page

For more usage instruction, please the tutorials in How-To section:

There is no additional configuration needed for this plugin.

WPBakery Visual Composer

Drag and drop page builder for WordPress. Take full control over your WordPress site, build any layout you can imagine – no programming knowledge required. Theme depends on this plugin to build Headers, Footers, and other beautiful static pages.

Visual Composer Frontend Editor

When theme is activated, it automatically adds more Visual Composer's Grid Items for displaying custom styles blog and testimonials:

Grid Builder

  • If you accidentially delete and for want to restore it, just deactivate and reactivate the theme, the grid items will be automatically added again.

Theme automatically enable Visual Composer editor for Headers, Footers and Portfolio. No additional configuration needed for this plugin.

Detailed user guide can be found at the offical website: Visual Composer User Guide

WPDance HTMLBlock

This plugin is required to enable Headers & Footers drag & drop editor.

Theme automatically add custom Headers & Footers to this plugin when the theme is activated. No additional configuration needed.

HTML Blocks

  • If you accidentially delete or want to restore the original version, just delete it, then deactivate and reactivate the theme again, it will be restored automatically.

For more detail how to use this plugin for managing Headers & Footers, please read instruction in Headers & Footers section.

WPDance Portfolio

This plugin adds portfolio post type, portfolio shortcode and Visual Composer shortcode. Lets you create a simple and beautiful portfolio page.

After installed and activated, a new menu Portfolios will appear on the admin menu:

Portfolio plugin

You can use WordPress Importer plugin to import sample portfolio items like our demo site. Please read instruction how to import sample data in Quick Start section.

WPDance Testimonial

This plugin adds Testimonial post type, Visual composer testimonial shortcode.

After installed and activated, a new menu Testimonials will appear on the admin menu:

Testimonial plugin

You can use WordPress Importer plugin to import sample testimonial items like our demo site. Please read instruction how to import sample data in Quick Start section.

For showing testimonials on pages, please read instruction How to show testimonials on a page in How-To section.

YITH WooCommerce Quick View

This plugin enables product quick-view on the current page for WooCommerce.

Quick View

After installed and activated the plugin, leave all plugin settings as default. There is no need additional configuration for this plugin.

Quick View Configuration

YITH WooCommerce Wishlist

This plugin enable wishlist features for WooCommerce. Allows you to add Wishlist functionality to your e-commerce store.

Wishlist

After installed and activated the plugin, leave all plugin settings as default. There is no need additional configuration for this plugin.

Wishlist Configuration