Tag: twenty sixteen

How to create a child theme for Twenty Sixteen

A child theme, in WordPress, according to the definition in the Codex, is …a theme that inherits the functionality and styling of another theme Creating a child theme is the recommended way to change the appearance of your theme. These are the basic  instructions to create a child theme for the Twenty Sixteen theme: create … Continue reading “How to create a child theme for Twenty Sixteen”

How to remove the left column in Twenty Sixteen

The Twenty Sixteen WordPress theme is composed of three columns. In the left column, you have meta information like author, date, tags and categories. If you want to remove the left column and have a two columns layout, you have to add the following code. Removing the left column has the effect of moving the … Continue reading “How to remove the left column in Twenty Sixteen”

How to display excerpts in the categories of the WordPress Twenty Sixteen theme

How to display excerpts instead of full posts in the category pages (archives) of the WordPress Twenty Sixteen theme? Find the archive.php file Open the WordPress dashboard, then go to Appearance -> Editor, select the archive.php file on the right. Click to open the archive.php file Edit the file to show the excerpts Find the following … Continue reading “How to display excerpts in the categories of the WordPress Twenty Sixteen theme”