How to Install Editorial Theme Manually?

The alternative method to install and activate Editorial theme is from Official Website Mystery Themes. This is the manual method where you need to download the theme and upload them from your WordPress admin.

  • Download a Copy of Editorial Theme from WordPress or our site.
  • You’ll get ‘editorial.zip’ file save it in your storage.
  • Go to Dashboard > Themes. Then click on Add New.
  • Click on the Upload Theme button.
  • Browse for the theme you have downloaded.
  • Click on Install and Activate the theme.

How to Install Editorial Theme Via FTP?

File-Transfer Protocol is also the alternative way to install WordPress theme. It’s fairly easy that it sounds. If you want to build your skills to the next level then you can try this method:

  • Download a Copy of Editorial Theme from WordPress or our site.
  • Now Connect the FTP server using the FTP details and copy the extracted folder to ‘site-name/wp-content/themes/’ path.
  • Now, go to the Dashboard >> Appearance > Themes.
  • You will see the Editorial theme in the theme dashboard.
  • Activate the Editorial theme.
  • Click on Dashboard >> Appearance >> Customize for further setup.

How to Upgrade to Editorial Pro?

To upgrade in the premium version of Editorial theme, you need to purchase Editorial Pro from our site. There are two different methods to install a premium WordPress theme:

Installing Theme via WordPress Interface

  • Buy Editorial Pro Theme and save the downloaded theme zip file on your hard drive from your email or through login account page.
  • Go to Dashboard >> Appearance >> Themes >> Add New.
  • Click on Upload Theme button at the top and browse the editorial-pro.zip file from the extracted/unzipped in your computer file location.
  • Click on Install and activate the theme.
  • Click on Dashboard >> Appearance >> Customize, for further setup.

Installing Theme Offline

  • Buy Editorial Pro Theme and save the downloaded theme zip file on your hard drive from your email or through login account page.
  • Now Connect the FTP server using the FTP details and copy the extracted folder to ‘site-name/wp-content/themes/’ path.
  • Now, go to the Dashboard >> Appearance >> Themes.
  • You will see the Editorial Pro theme in the theme dashboard.
  • Activate the Editorial Pro theme.
  • Click on Dashboard >> Appearance >> Customize, for further setup.

How to Configure Color in your Site?

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  • Go to Dashboard >> Appearance >> Customize >>General Settings >> Colors.
  • Choose the color for Theme Color, Header Text Color and Background Color, from the dynamic color picker option.
  • Finally, click on the Publish button to save the changes.

How to Add a Background Image to your Site?

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From this section, you can set a background image to your site and give your site extra looks.

Background image is effective only on box layout.

  • Go to Dashboard >> Appearance >> Customize >>General Settings>> Background Image.
  • Select/Upload the image for the Background from the media library.
  • Then choose a preset, image size, and image position from the available option.
  • Right tick the box to repeat the background image and scroll with image.
  • Then, click on Save & Publish button.

How to Configure Website Layout?

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From this setting, you can set up the layout of your site such as width, dark mode, sticky sidebar and so on. Follow the method given below step by step:

  • Firstly, go to Dashboard >> Appearance  >> Customize >>General Settings>> Website Layout.
  • Choose option Show/Hide for preloaders under Preloader Option.
  • Select the preloader layout from the dropdown option under Pre Loaders.
  • Choose site layout from available layouts under Site Layout.
  • Finally, click on the Publish button.

How to Set a Homepage Settings?

  • Go to Appearance >> Customize >> Homepage Settings.
  • Checkbox option to show/hide the latest posts in frontpage.
  • Choose your latest posts or a static page on the homepage displays option.
  • If you choose a Static page, select the available options on the homepage box.
  • Next, Select the available options on the post pages box.
  • Otherwise, Enable the Latest posts.
  • Then, click on Save & Publish button.

Related Articles: How to Setup WordPress Static Homepage

How to Configure Header Layout?

Editorial header layout option

Editorial Pro comes with four header layout options.

  • Go to Appearance >> Customize >> Header Settings >> Header Layouts.
  • Choose the header layout from under available layouts as you like.
  • Click on the Save & Publish button.