Grip – Free WordPress Magazine Theme

Grip is a simple but powerful free magazine WordPress theme. It has custom widgets, customizer settings and many more.

Theme Installation

Via WordPress

• Log in to the WordPress Administration Panels.
• Go to the Appearance panel, then Themes.
• Click Add New.
• Search theme name Grip.
• After installing the theme Click Activate button.

Via FTP

• Use your FTP software to browse to wp-content/themes folder.
• Extract grip.zip and upload the folder.
• Once it’s uploaded, go to your WordPress Admin, browse to Appearance > Themes.
• Click the Activate link.

How to make a theme like a demo?

See this video to know more about the theme and setup process.

Posts

To create a post on your site, it’s easy. Follow the below-listed methods.

• Go to Administration Panels
• Go to Posts and Click on Add New
• Give the title of the post and add the content
• Set the featured image for the post from the right corner.
• Set that post in the Category.
• Click on Publish Button.
• Add more posts like the above methods.

Pages

To create a page on your site, it’s easy. Follow the below-listed methods.

• Go to Administration Panels
• Go to Page and Click on Add New
• Give the title of the page and add the content
• Set the featured image for the post from the right corner.
• Click on Publish Button.
• Add more pages of the above methods.

Categories

To create categories, follow the below steps.

• Go to Administration Panels
• Go to Posts > Categories
• Give the title of the category
• Click on Save
• The added category will appear on the Add Post Page.

Widgets

Grip Comes with Added Custom Widget for home page widget area and sidebars.

This theme has Primary Sidebar area inside Appearance > Customize > Widgets > Home Page Widget Area. You can add the available widget inside there.

Featured Post Widget

This widget is specially developed to show a recent post or selected category post on the sidebar on the sidebar.

• Title: Title of the Widget
• Category: Select the category to display the post.
• Number enter the number to show the number of posts.

Author Widget

This widget will help to show the information about the author. You can check the demo to know more about it.

• Title: Title for the popular Widget
• Image: Select the image for the author.
• Description: Enter a short description for the author.
• Social Links: Enter a valid link for social. Example ( www.facebook.com/candidthemes )

Social Widget

• Title: Title for the Social Links Widget
• If the Social menu is created on Appearance > Customize > Menus automatically the social icons will display on the sidebar.

You can see some more widgets on Appearance > Widgets as well.

Site Title, Tagline & Logo

• Go to Appearance > Customize > Site Identity
• Click on Select Logo
• Select the logo.
• If the preview is fine, click on Save & Publish to save the changes.

Colors

• Go to Appearance > Customize > Colors
• Select the required color for the background and Site Title.
• Click on Save & Publish to save the changes.

Background Image

• Go to Appearance > Customize > Background Image
• Select the best image for the site background.
• Select the required setting for the background.
• If the preview is fine, click on Save && Publish to save the changes.

Menus

This theme comes with one menu location. Primary Menu and Social Menu.

Primary Menu

• This menu will appear below the site title.
• Create a menu and add the items on the menu.
• Set the menu on the Primary.
• Save the Menu.

Top Menu

• This menu will appear on the top of the header part/
• Create a menu and add the items on the menu.
• Set the menu on the Top.
• Save the Menu.

Social Menu

• Social Menu will appear on Right Side of the Logo(As in Demo)
• Add the link to social Menu(Use Custom Link to create this menu)
• In the custom link, add a link to Facebook Menu(www.facebook.com/username)
• Add the menu and follow the same steps for Twitter, Instagram.
• Select the Social Menu for this.
• If the preview is fine, click on Save & Publish to save the changes.

Grip Theme Options

Header Options

It includes the options to manage the top header section.

Blog Section Options

This section includes Sidebar Options, Content Show Options, Excerpt Options, Featured Image Options, Meta Show hide Options.

Sidebar Options

• Go to Appearance > Customize > Blog Section Options > Sidebar Section
• Check all the available options on the drop-down
• If the preview is fine, click on Save & Publish button on the top to save the changes.

Select Preferred Sidebar from this Options section of customizer helps you to change the layout of your site. This theme has Right Sidebar, Left Sidebar, Middle Column, and No sidebar Options.

Right Sidebar

If you select the right sidebar, only the right sidebar will appear and the left sidebar will remain empty.

• Left Sidebar: If you select the left sidebar, only the left sidebar will appear and the right sidebar will remain empty.

• Middle Column: Middle Column options will help to hide the sidebar on your site and content will be on its position.

• No Sidebar: No sidebar options is useful to hide both the sidebar, left and right.

Content Show Options

You can show the content either from Content or Excerpt. Choose the preferred options from the drop-down.

• Go to Appearance > Customize > Blog Section Options > Show Content From
• Check all the available options on the dropdown
• If the preview is fine, click on Save & Publish button on the top to save the changes.

Excerpt Length

With the help of these options, enter the excerpt length in Words.

• Go to Appearance > Customize > Blog Section Options > Enter Excerpt Length
• Enter the length for the blog excerpt length.
• If the preview is fine, click on Save & Publish button on the top to save the changes.

Select the required image layout for the home page. The default is Full Image.

Read More Text

Looking for the option to change the default Read More text,

• Go to Appearance > Customize > Blog Section Options > Read More Text
• Enter your own text for reading More.
• If the preview is fine, click on Save & Publish button at the top to save the changes.

Pagination Options

Want to change the default pagination to numeric? Check the pagination options,

• Go to Appearance > Customize > Blog Section Options > Pagination Options
• Select the required pagination.
• If the preview is fine, click on Save & Publish button at the top to save the changes.

Single Post Options

These options will help to manage the content of the single page.

Related Post Options Text

The related post appears just below the end of content in the single page. The related post will appear from the same category of the above post.

• Go to Appearance > Customize > Single Post Options > Related Post Options
• Checked to show the related post.
• If the preview is fine, click on Save & Publish button at the top to save the changes.
• You can get more options for the related post in Premium Version.

 Featured Image Options in Single Page

• Go to Appearance > Customize > Single Post Options >  Featured Image Options
• Checked on Show/Hide Featured Image on Single Post
• If the preview is fine, click on Save & Publish button at the top to save the changes.

Sticky Sidebar Options

• Go to Appearance > Customize > Crux Theme Options> Sticky Sidebar Option
• Checked to enable the sticky sidebar.
• If the preview is fine, click on Save & Publish button at the top to save the changes.

Footer Options

If you are looking for copyright text, go to top options in theme, you can find inside footer options.

Copyright Text

• Go to Appearance > Customize > Crux Theme Options> Footer Options
• Check the options for copyright text.
• If the preview is fine, click on Save & Publish button at the top to save the changes.

You can check other available options inside footer section.

Extra Option

Extra option including breadcrumb option, and breadcrumb text. Check these options for enabling breadcrumb in inner pages.

If you have any further confusion regarding the theme, you can use the support forum.