{"id":260,"date":"2025-09-17T09:04:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T09:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/docs.mysterythemes.com\/ogma\/?p=260"},"modified":"2025-10-09T09:34:28","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T09:34:28","slug":"how-to-set-site-mode-by-default","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/docs.mysterythemes.com\/news-express\/how-to-set-site-mode-by-default\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Set Site Mode by Default?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>News Express Pro<\/strong> theme equips you with two modes: <strong>Light mode<\/strong> and<strong> Dark Mode.<\/strong> Chances are you might want to set <strong>Site Mode<\/strong> for your news site by default as an admin instead of letting users toggle between dark mode and light mode.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Setting Site Mode by default allows users or readers to skim through your blog in the mode you intend them to see. Based on your user preferences, you can always toggle the default site mode at the backend hence improving the user experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In order to set Site Mode by default:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>First make sure you have purchased the pro version of News Express.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>After that, open your WordPress dashboard with your login credentials<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Then, open your theme customizer by navigating to <strong>Appearance \u2192 Customize.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Navigate to <strong>General Settings \u2192 Site Style option<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"333\" height=\"571\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.mysterythemes.com\/news-express\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2025\/09\/site-mode.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/docs.mysterythemes.com\/news-express\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2025\/09\/site-mode.jpg 333w, https:\/\/docs.mysterythemes.com\/news-express\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2025\/09\/site-mode-175x300.jpg 175w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Under<strong> Site Mode section<\/strong>, you can choose to click between <strong>Light <\/strong>and <strong>Dark <\/strong>button to enable that mode for your default mode.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Eventually, don&#8217;t forget to click on <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"114\" height=\"37\" class=\"wp-image-81\" style=\"width: 70px\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.mysterythemes.com\/news-express\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2023\/04\/publish-button.png\" alt=\"\"> button to save and publish your changes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News Express Pro theme equips you with two modes: Light mode and Dark Mode. Chances are you might want to set Site Mode for your news site by default as an admin instead of letting users toggle between dark mode and light mode. Setting Site Mode by default allows users or readers to skim through [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-express-pro-module"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/docs.mysterythemes.com\/news-express\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/docs.mysterythemes.com\/news-express\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/docs.mysterythemes.com\/news-express\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/docs.mysterythemes.com\/news-express\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/docs.mysterythemes.com\/news-express\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=260"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/docs.mysterythemes.com\/news-express\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":461,"href":"https:\/\/docs.mysterythemes.com\/news-express\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260\/revisions\/461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/docs.mysterythemes.com\/news-express\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/docs.mysterythemes.com\/news-express\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/docs.mysterythemes.com\/news-express\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}