1. About WellPress Theme

WellPress is best WordPress theme for senior care, elderly care, elder living, retirement care homes, senior citizen accommodation, medicale care, nursing home, palliative care, home citizen, medical or health care websites. We looked over the last trends in web-design when creating this theme. WellPress is very easy to setup and use, with one click demo content import.

2. Install Theme

Download packages:

Purchase WellPress theme from ThemeForest then you can download our template package from there. Extract package includes all the files and folders of the theme. When done, you should see wellpress.zip (zip file name can be changed from version to version).

Once the download is complete, unzip the file and you will see the following packages:

• Docs - Our detail documentation for the theme
• Sample - The sample data of the demos, you can import it Manually.
• Theme folder - For manual installation

System Requirements:

When selecting a hosting service, you should check to see that these server requirements are provided and installed on their web servers:

• PHP version 5.6 or greater
• MySQL version 5.6 or greater

Theme Installation :

There are 2 ways to install a WordPress theme. Both ways will allow you to easily upload and install the WordPress theme files for a quick and easy setup.

Installing Theme from the WordPress Dashboard

• Log into your WordPress Dashboard (admin area)
• Navigate to Appearance Themes
• Click Install Add New
• Click Upload Theme
• Now you just need to find the “wellpress.zip” in the Upload folder and hit Install now.
• After Installed then click Active Now

If you are experiencing any issues during the installation I would recommend to check out this Screencast by Envato

Install theme via FTP

The second option how to install this theme would be the upload via FTP manager. It really doesn’t matter which of the two ways you choose, just choose the one you feel more comfortable with.

• Login to your FTP account and navigate to your WordPress installation directory
• Navigate to the folder /wp-content/themes
• Upload the “wellpress” folder (not the .zip-file). This is the folder located inside the “Upload” folder in the zip-file you’ve downloaded from Themeforest.
• Now log into your WordPress admin area
• Navigate to Appearance Themes
• You found the theme and click Activate

Known problems when installing the theme

1. The “Broken theme and/or stylesheets missing” error is most common when you install or activate a new theme.

If you get an error saying that the stylesheet is missing, then you have uploaded the wrong folder. Please check that you are uploading the wellpress.zip within the Theme Files folder. You have to unzip the package file that you download from Themeforest to find this.

3. Plugin Installation

Right after the theme is activated, a notification at the top of the screen will suggest continuing with the installation of the plugins recommended for getting the best of your theme. Installing process is very simple, you just need to click Begin installing plugins and you will be redirected to the plugin installation page where you can install Plugins. 

Plugins Using in WellPress theme

• WellPress Master
• Slider Revolution
• Elementor Page Builder
• GiveWP – Donation Plugin
• Contact Form 7
• MailChimp for WordPress
• Instagram Feed
• One click demo import

Step 1: Click ‘Begin installing plugins and select the plugins you need to install from the list.

Step 2: Select all plugins then choose Install, Click Apply to install all the plugins

Step 3: Select all plugins then choose Active, Click Apply to Activate all the plugins

4. Install Demo Data

Navigate to Appearance->>Import Demo Data >> OneClick Demo

# Manually Import WellPress Options Data

Navigate to WellPress Options->>Backup >> then paste your theme options data in the blog & click Import button.

WellPress Options data location >> go to download package >> sample >> data folder then open the (options.txt) file any editor. just copy all code and import theme options data.

# Hide Site Tagline :

Navigate to Appearance->>Customize >> then uncheck the Display Site Title and Tagline box & click Publish button.

5. Menu Settings

Set Up Menu

1. Creating Menu

• Step 1- Login to the WordPress Dashboard.
• Step 2- From the 'Appearance' menu on the left-hand side of the Dashboard, select the 'Menus' option to bring up the Menu Editor.

• Step 3 - Select Create a new menu at the top of the page.
• Step 4 - Enter a name for your new menu in the Menu Name box.
• Step 5 - Click the Create Menu button. Your menu is now defined, and you can now add pages to it (steps below).

2. Adding pages to your menu

• Step 1 - Locate the tab entitled Pages on the left hand side.
• Step 2 - Within this tab, select the View All link to bring up a list of all the currently published Pages on your site.
• Step 3 - Select the Pages that you want to add by clicking the check box next to each Page's title.
• Step 4 - Click the Add to Menu button located at the bottom of this pane to add your selection(s) to the menu that you created in the previous step.
• Step 5 - Click the Save Menu button once you've added all the menu items you want.

Your custom menu has now been saved.

The Screen Options allow you to choose which items you can use to add to a menu. Certain items, like Posts or Portfolios are hidden by default. The Screen Options are located in the top right corner of your WordPress Dashboard.

Choose Menu

#Sticky Menu Settings :

Go to WellPress Options -> Menu Settings -> Sticky Menu Settings and Show/Hide Sticky Menu.

#Mobile Menu Settings :

1. Creating Menu

#Offcanvas Menu Settings :

If you want to update Offcanvas menu widgets options please Go to Dashboard -> Appearance -> Widgets and OffCanvas Widgets to update all the information.

6. Theme Configuration

Upload Favicon :

You can upload your site favicon via the WellPress Options General Settings. Please follow the screenshot steps:

Upload Logo :

You can upload your logo image via the WellPress Options. If the logo is not uploaded, then your site name will be used. Please, follow the steps below to upload your logo:

• Step 1 - Login to your WordPress Dashboard.
• Step 2 - Go to WellPress Options > General Settings.
• Step 3 - Upload your logo by clicking on Add Image.

#Breadcrumb Settings :

To change the site breadcrumb settings Go to Dashboard -> WellPress Options -> Breadcrumb Settings and follow the screenshot steps:

#Custom Page Breadcrumb Settings :

To change any specific page breadcrumb image or color Go to Dashboard -> Edit Page -> Custom Page Options -> Breadcrumb Settings and follow the screenshot steps:

#Site Preloader Settings :

To change the site preloader color or enable/disable site preloader Go to Dashboard -> WellPress Options -> Preloader Settings and follow the screenshot steps:

#Scroll Button Settings :

To change the site Scroll Button color or enable/disable Scroll Button Go to Dashboard -> WellPress Options -> Preloader Settings and follow the screenshot steps:

#Typography Settings :

To change the site Typography Go to Dashboard -> WellPress Options -> Typography Settings and follow the screenshot steps:

#Heading Typography Settings :

To change the site Heading Typography Go to Dashboard -> WellPress Options -> Typography Settings -> Heading Typography and follow the screenshot steps:

#Theme Main Color Settings :

To change the site default color Go to Dashboard -> WellPress Options -> Typography Settings -> Color Typography and follow the screenshot steps:

# Set a page as Home Page

• Step 1 - Go to Settings > Reading in your WordPress Dashboard panel.
• Step 2 - Set "Front page displays" to a "Static Page".
• Step 3 - In the drop-down menu for "Front Page" choose a page which will be your home page.
• Step 4 - Leave the drop-down menu for "Posts page" empty, as this is not used by the theme.
• Step 5 - Save changes.

7. Set Up Home Page

You can quickly build a home page using Elementor for WordPress that is drag and drop frontend and backend page builder plugin that will save you tons of time working on the site content. You will be able to take full control over your WordPress site, build any layout you can imagine – no programming knowledge required

From your Dashboard Admin Navigate to Pages

• - Select All Pages to see all page then click edit one page you want
• - Select Add New to create new page

# How to use Elementor Page Builder

Have you ever used Elementor Page Builder? Please follow that guide first: Elementor Page Builder Guide

• Official Plugin Documentation For More information about the Elementor Page Builder check the official documentation.
• Watch video about Elementor Page Builder

Watch video about Elementor

1. Add and modify Row Layout

Step 1 - Go to your page / post, first activate the backend editor and click Edit with Elementor

Step 2 - You will see all element in left sidebar, please choose element that you want to use or you will see button "Add New Section" ,"Add Template" , please click to button to add element.

Step 3 - To change the Row layout ( number of columns ) you need to click button content will display in leftsidebar.

2. Edit Element

Click on the Edit This Element (pencil icon) to Edit the Row element , when you click to button all content will display in left sidebar follow you can change .

3. Remove Element

Trash Box Icon - To Remove Row, Column or Module you need to click the Trash Box icon.

4. Add Element

Trash Box Icon - To Add Row, Column , please click to add icon.

# Create New Page

Create New Page with Elementor Page Builder

• Step 1 - Log in to your WordPress Administration Panel (Dashboard)..
• Step 2 - Click on Pages > Add New.
• Step 3 - Give your page a name then Change the Editor (edit with elementor Page Builder) to Backend Editor (you need to have the Elementor Page Builder plugin activated).
• Step 4 - Click on the Add New Section button
• Step 5 - Select which Elements you want to use.

Choose page header Layout

# Set Up Blog Page

1. Create the blog post

• Step 1 - Log in to your WordPress Administration Panel (Dashboard)
• Step 2 - Click the 'Posts' tab.
• Step 3 - Click the 'Add New' sub-tab.
• Step 4 - Start filling in the blanks: enter your post title in the upper field, and enter your post body content in the main post editing box below it.
• Step 5 - As needed, select a category, add tags, post format settings below the editor.
• Step 6 - Upload a featured image for your Post.
• Step 7 - Select Post Format. You can create blog post with a lot of Formats like link, gallery or image. Select format on Format box from in right sidebar.
• Step 8 - Scroll down until you see the Featured Image settings box to upload single page images or create gallery.
• Step 9 - When your post is ready, click Publish.

2. Manage current all blog posts

You can see all information of you blog post, add new, edit or delete them.

# Blog Global Configure

• Step 1 - From your admin Dashboard navigate to: WellPress Options > Blog Page Settings

# Create Service Item

Step 1: Go to Service from Dashboard then create content of Service

From your admin Dashboard navigate to: WellPress Options > Service Page Settings

# Create Donation

Step 1: Go to donation from Dashboard then create content of donation

# Create Team Member

Step 1: Go to Team from Dashboard then create content of Team

# Team Settings

From your admin Dashboard navigate to: WellPress Options > Team Settings

# Create Testimonial

Step 1: Go to Testimonial from Dashboard then create content of Testimonial

# Create Portfolios

Step 1: Go to Portfolios from Dashboard then create content of Portfolios

# Create Contact Page

1. Create Contact Form.

Make sure you install and active Contact Form 7 plugin to continue reading.

• Step 1 - Log in to your WordPress Dashboard, go to Contact > Add New
• Step 2 - Give a Name to your form and change Mail Info
• Step 3 - Edit the Form field to change the Form Layout

Update All Contact Form Information.

8. WellPress Options

WellPress Theme use Customizer provides an ultra-effective and intuitive way to customize theme layout & setting with real-time preview. Bring all of settings to customizer, you do not need to using another theme option anymore. To access Customizer, go to your admin Dashboard Navigate to Admin >> WellPress Options

• 1. General Settings: Manage all the settings like your logo,favicon, Heading font, Body Font, logo size, breadcrumb, preloader, font family, Page Animation etc.
• 2. Typography Settings: Manage all settings like your webstie body font family, font size, line-height, Heading font, theme base color etc.
• 3. Header Settings: Manage all header settings like your header top section, language, menu quote, Contact button search button, Choose header default style & other information.
• 4. Menu Settings: Manage all menu settings like your menu color, font size, stcky menu, Offcanvas menu, social icon, & other information.
• 5. Blog Page Settings: Manage all blog page setting like page layout, blog post style, post layout style, Blog post content excerpt length, blog single page layout & single page share icon, enable/disable post meta information etc.
• 6. Donation Single Page Setting: Manage all give donation page settings.
• 7. Service Page Settings: Manage service page setting like post type slug, enable/disable gutenberg, Share button etc.
• 8. Team Settings: Manage team page settings.
• 9. 404 Page Settings: Manage your 404 everything like text, button text, search text etc.
• 10. Footer Settings: Manage your footer settings like copyright text, footer color, footer background image, mange column, logo etc.
• 11. Backup: You can easily Export or Import your WellPress options demo data. If you want to import demo data. Please go to the >> download folder >> inc >> demo >> options.txt, This file open any text editor and copy to past below theme option backup import box.

Go to WordPress admin panel and navigate to WellPress Options → Footer Settings → Footer Copyright

# Footer Top Part Settings

# Footer Default Columns Settings

# Footer Default Style Settings

# Footer Newsletter Option Settings

9. FAQs

# How to update Theme

1.Update Theme via WordPress

Updating the theme via WordPress is very similar to the install process via WordPress. Make sure you had backup all of your customization in our theme. Follow the steps below to update your theme via WordPress:

• Step 1 - Download latest theme package on ThemeForest
• Step 2 - Log into your WordPress Dashboard.
• Step 3 - Go to Appearance > Themes.

• Step 4 - Deactivate the WellPress Theme by simply activating a different theme. Once you activate a different theme, you can delete the WellPress theme.
• Step 5 - Delete the WellPress Theme. Do not worry, your content will not be lost!
• Step 6 - Then simply upload the newest wellpress.zip” file in the Appearance > Themes section. Click on the Install Themes tab at the top and choose to upload the zip file. You have this step explained in section: Theme Installation via WordPress.

2.Update theme via FTP

Updating the theme via FTP is very similar to the install process via FTP. Follow the steps below to update your theme via FTP:

• Step 1 - Go to .../wp-content > themes location on your server using a FTP client and backup your "wellpress" theme folder by saving it to your computer, or you can choose to simply delete it. Your content will not be lost.
• Step 2 - Download the new version of wellpress theme from your Themeforest and retrieve wellpress folder by unpacking the zip that you download from Themeforest and wellpress.zip.
• Step 3 - Then simply drag and drop the new "wellpress" theme folder into .../wp-content > themes location. Choose to “Replace” the current one if you did not delete it.
• Step 4 - Log into your WordPress Dashboard, go to Appearance > Themes and activate the new wellpress theme.

# How to create Child Theme

What is a Child Theme?

A child theme is a theme that inherits the functionality of another theme, called the parent theme. Child themes allow you to modify, or add to the functionality of that parent theme. A child theme is the best, safest, and easiest way to modify an existing theme, whether you want to make a few tiny changes or extensive changes. Instead of modifying the theme files directly, you can create a child theme and override within.

Why use a Child Theme?

if you modify an existing theme and it is updated, your changes will be lost. With a child theme, you can update the parent theme (which might be important for security or functionality) and still keep your changes. It’s a great way to get started if you are just learning WordPress theme development.

• Follow that documentation to create Child Theme Child Themes - Codex
• Using that plugin to create Child Theme One Click Child Theme

You need to use a Child Theme only if you are making code customizations.

Thanks for reading!