MintWP WordPress Theme

1. Purchase MintWP PRO from here: https://themesdna.com/mintwp-pro-wordpress-theme/
   Note: You can purchase it using your credit card, debit card or PayPal.
2. Download the zip file of the purchased template clicking on the download link sent to your email address.
   Note: Please check your spam folder if you cannot find it in your inbox. However, if you are still unable to locate this email or the download link is broken, please contact us via our contact form. We will send it as soon as possible.
3. Go to "WordPress Dashboard" -> "Appearance" -> "Themes" and click on "Add New" button.
4. Click on "Upload Theme" button and choose the zip file you have downloaded.
5. Click on "Install Now" button.
6. Activate the theme.
7. Now go to "Appearance" -> "Customize" to configure theme options.

1. Go to "WordPress Dashboard" -> "Appearance" -> "Themes" and click on "Add New" button.
2. To find the theme, type "MintWP" into the search box.
3. When you find the theme, click on the "Install" button.
4. Click on "Activate" button to activate the theme.

Alternatively,

1. Download the mintwp.zip file.
2. Go to "WordPress Dashboard" -> "Appearance" -> "Themes" and click on "Add New" button.
3. Click on "Upload Theme" button and choose the zip file you have downloaded.
4. Click on "Install Now" button.
5. Activate the theme.

After installing and activating this theme, the first thing you need to do is regenerate thumbnails from all your featured images to match this theme.

1. Install and activate the "Regenerate Thumbnails" plugin.
2. From the left hand navigation menu, click "Tools" -> "Regenerate Thumbnails".
3. On the next screen, click on the specific button to generate thumbnails for all attachments.
4. Now wait until regenerate process is complete.

Adding a featured image to a post or page is very easy. If you do not know how to do that, please follow this guide: How to Add Featured Images in WordPress

Go to "Appearance" -> "Customize" -> "Theme Options" to access the theme options.

This theme has custom page templates for posts and pages.

Follow this guide if you do not know how to apply a custom page for a post/page:

How to Apply a Custom Page Template

Just after installing the theme it will display the pages as the default menus. You can add your own links, categories, pages for the menu.

This theme includes 1 menu location options: Primary Menu

1. To create a menu, go to "Appearance" > "Menus" and click on the "create a new menu" link.
2. Give a name to your menu and click on the "Create Menu" button.
3. To add menu items, simply select options in the left side column by checking the box for pages, posts, categories, tags etc that you want to include and then click on the "Add to Menu" button.
4. To create menu drop-downs, simply nest your drop-down menu links below the menu item under which you want them to appear.
5. When you are done adding links, select a menu location by checking one of the options listed under "Display location" and save your menu.

Site Icons are what you see in browser tabs, bookmark bars, and within the WordPress mobile apps.
Note: Site Icons should be square and at least 512 × 512 pixels.

1. Go to "Appearance" -> "Customize" -> "Theme Options" -> "Site Identity".
2. Click on the "Select site icon" button.
3. Click on the "Upload Files" tab of the upload screen.
4. Now upload your site icon clicking on the "Select Files" button from the upload screen.
5. Click on the "Publish" button at the top of the Customizer if you are satisfied with your site icon.

Adding a custom logo is very easy. Please use the following steps.

1. Go to "Appearance" -> "Customize" -> "Theme Options" -> "Site Identity".
2. Click on the "Select logo" button.
3. Click on the "Upload Files" tab of the upload screen.
4. Upload your logo clicking on the "Select Files" button from the upload screen.
5. Click on the "Publish" button at the top of the Customizer if you are satisfied with your logo.

You can upload an image to your site header easily going to "Appearance" -> "Customize" -> Theme Options -> "Header Image".

You can add/change/remove site background image going to "Appearance" -> "Customize" -> Theme Options -> "Background Image".

1. Go to "Appearance" -> "Customize" -> "Theme Options" -> "Footer".
2. Add your own copyright message to the "Footer copyright notice" text input.

This is not a theme specific setting.

Follow this guide to change the number of posts per page: How to Change the Number of Posts Per Page in WordPress

You can easily translate this theme using the "Poedit" software or the "Loco Translate" plugin.

More info:

How to translate a WordPress theme with Poedit software

How to translate a WordPress theme with Loco Translate plugin

WordPress.org is the self-hosted version, which you can use to create and maintain a website on your own, whereas WordPress.com is a hosted blogging service that assists you in creating a website using the WordPress software.

Can I use this theme with WordPress.org websites?

- Yes. All our themes are working with any self-hosted WordPress installation.

Can I use this theme with WordPress.com websites?

- Yes. But if you need to upload a theme to a WordPress.com website, you will need to have their "Business" or "eCommerce" plan. If your site has one of their legacy plans, it is available on the "Pro" plan.

You can email us directly & we will get back to you ASAP. Our general support hours are Monday to Friday, 06:30 to 20:00 (GMT+5). During this time, support queries will be answered in 1-12 hours (usually much quicker). On weekends it may take a bit longer to receive a response.

Follow the steps given below to import MintWP theme demo content, widgets and Customizer settings.

1. First download and save this "mintwpwordpresstheme.WordPress.2022-01-27.xml" file into your hard drive.
2. Go to "Tools" -> "Import".
3. In the "WordPress" section, if you have not already installed the importer, click "Install Now".
4. When the installation is finished, click "Run Importer".
5. Click on "Choose File" and select previously saved "mintwpwordpresstheme.WordPress.2022-01-27.xml" file from your hard drive.
6. Click on "Upload file and import" button.
7. Now you will be asked to map the authors in the export file to users on your website. For each author, you may choose to map to an existing user on your website or to create a new user.
8. Check the option "Download and import file attachments".
9. Click on "Submit" button.

1. To display different widgets in different pages, first install and activate the "Widget Display Conditions" plugin.
2. Now install and activate the "Widget Importer & Exporter" plugin.
3. Go to "Tools" -> "Widget Importer & Exporter".
4. Click on "copy and paste" link. Then a textarea will be displayed.
5. Copy and paste the content in the "demo.themesdna.com-mintwp-widgets.wie" file into that textarea.
6. Click on "Import Widgets" button.

1. First download and save this "mintwp-export.dat" file into your hard drive.
2. Now install and activate the "Customizer Export/Import" plugin.
3. Go to "Appearance" -> "Customize" -> "Export/Import".
4. Click on "Choose File" from the "Import" section and select previously saved "mintwp-export.dat" file from your hard drive.
5. Check the option "Download and import image files?" and click on "Import" button.