You don’t have to install and activate the following plugins and they don’t ruin the design of your theme, but they are recommended if you need to build a website with the features expressed in the description of the plugin itself.
Click on the plugin name in bold to download the plugins or search for them directly here in the official WordPress.org directory.
in the official WordPress.org directory.
This is the perfect plugin to create an online store of any kind from scratch.
This is a must-have plugin that allows you to optimize your entire website (especially blog posts and pages) for SEO. We always recommend its use. Choose between Rank Math or Yoast Seo to optimize your website.
This is a necessary plugin in case you don’t like the basic fonts included in the theme you purchased and would like to import custom fonts into your site without having code skills. If you purchase the Elementor Pro subscription, there is no need to download this plugin, as the Pro version has the innate function of loading fonts and icons.
This is a necessary plugin to optimize the performance of your website that also allows you to convert images to a more suitable format for the web.
06. UpdraftPlus WordPress Backup
This plugin allows you to create a backup of your website in case you are unable to create one from your hosting provider’s cpanel.
I strongly recommend you to make a backup of your website before applying the theme you have purchased in order to restore your website in case of errors.
This paid version of Elementor is great and you can use it (not necessarily) in case you don’t like the layouts of the following pages of the theme you purchased:
- Header & Footer;
- Post Archives layout;
- Single Post layout;
- Product archives;
- Single product layout
- 404 error page.
iWith this plugin you can customize the design of the above elements.
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This is a mandatory plugin if you want to enable the gutenberg editor also within the description of the individual product pages. Without this plugin you will not be able to use the templates for the “description” tab of the product that you find within the live demo of the theme you are interested in.
To activate Gutenberg, you just need to download this plugin and activate it.
Then go to your WordPress Dashboard > Snippets > Import > import the file “enable-gutenberg-for-woo-products.code-snippets.JSON” that you find within the mega file of the theme that you purchased and unzipped.
You can find the file “enable-gutenberg-for-woo-products.code-snippets.JSON” within the “Extra” folder of the theme that you just downloaded to your PC.
Once you have imported this file, activate it and that’s it. You won’t have to do anything else.
Alternatively, if you really can’t import this file, add it manually by following these steps:
Go to your WordPress Dashboard > Snippets > Add new > add all the text that follows starting from line 1 by simply copying and pasting (the following code) > Save changes and Activate.
{"generator":"Code Snippets v3.6.5.1","date_created":"2024-08-01 17:56","snippets":[{"id":5,"name":"Enable Gutenberg for Woo Products","code":"function wplook_activate_gutenberg_products($can_edit, $post_type){\n\tif($post_type == 'product'){\n\t\t$can_edit = true;\n\t}\n\t\n\treturn $can_edit;\n}\nadd_filter('use_block_editor_for_post_type', 'wplook_activate_gutenberg_products', 10, 2);","active":true,"modified":"2022-12-18 19:20:38","revision":"1"}]}
