Total - Responsive Multi-Purpose WordPress Theme 5.18.1

AddedNew Blog Style Demo (Olivia)
AddedDiscord icon to the Theme Icons (ticons font family).
AddedNew social share style named “magazine”.
AddedAbility to display the “meta” via the Post Types Grid element (screenshot).
AddedTheme Lightbox support for the Gutenberg Gallery block (simply set the gallery “Link to” setting to “Media File”).
AddedCustomizer options to define your Overlay/Transparent header custom logo and retina logo when enabled conditionally.
AddedCustomizer Option under General Theme Options > Pagination > Load More so you can toggle the stretching (100% width) of the load more button on and off.
AddedCustomizer option to control the Heading html tag (h2, h3, h4, etc) for the Author Box heading, related posts heading and comments heading.
AddedCustomizer options for the Top Bar social links size and spacing.
AddedCustomizer option to control the Theme Heading alignment (left/center/right).
AddedCustomizer subtab “Author Archives” under the “Blog” tab.
AddedCustomizer option to select a Template for your author archives.
AddedCustomizer option to select your page layout for your author archives.
AddedOption to the Under Construction page so you can select the user “roles” that have access to the site while logged in. This way if you only want administrators to be able to view the site while logged in you can limit the access to administrators only.
AddedOption to the Total Toggle Element to enable FAQ microdata schema markup for use with the FAQ schema page type (yoast seo screenshot).
AddedShadow option to the Teaser element.
AddedAlign option for the Social Share element (settings added in both the Customizer and in the builder element).
AddedSeparator option to the Post Meta element (choose from empty space, dot, forward slash, backslash, dash or pipe).
AddedAbility to Author Avatar + Author name in the Post Meta element.
AddedOption to the Post Meta element for the “Comments” section to enable a link (for creating a local scroll link to the comments section).
AddedCSS for WordPress gallery columns that is used when the theme’s WP gallery output is disabled or for galleries created in WP Calypso.
AddedA link to the Card Styles preview page in the Customizer when selecting a card style for your blog, portfolio, staff or testimonials entries.
AddedAbility to the Image Grid & Image Carousel elements to link the photos to the “Uploaded To Page” (aka attached or parent page).
UpdatedWPBakery plugin to the latest version.
UpdatedMoved javascript dependent on 3rd party scripts (fancybox, isotope, superfish) out of the main total.js file so they are loaded only as needed and help prevent potential issues with delayed js execution (WPRocket function).
UpdatedRequired PHP version to 7.0
UpdatedPost Dashboard Thumbnails to use the same dimensions as the media library (60×60) for consistency (was 80×80).
UpdatedHeader megamenu function so when using the “hide-headings” class it will also hide the headings on the mobile menu (add class “show-headings-mobile” if you want things to function as they did previously).
UpdatedSocial Share labels to say the actual brand name, for example instead of “share” it says “Twitter” now.
UpdatedOptimized the Social Sharing element CSS and branding colors.
UpdatedPage Header Title with Background min-height option now allows vh and vw units.
UpdatedPortfolio 6 Card Style to use flex styles so the borders line up when entries are different heights.
UpdatedAuthor Box, Related and Comments headings to use an h3 html tag by default for SEO/accessibility reasons.
UpdatedCSS for image overlays so they will display when tabbing via the keyboard.
UpdatedRead more button capitalization to be consistent across elements and archives.
UpdatedBlog entry custom read more text to allow shortcodes (for example if you wanted to use the ticon shortcode to add an icon to your readmore button you can now).
UpdatedSocial share “email” background for better a contrast.
FixedAccessibility issue when using the nav-no-click classname on parent menu items not allowing you to tab to the items.
FixedMissing loader icon in Contact Form 7 due to recent changes in the plugin.
FixedIssues with local scroll sections that start with a numerical value and are being linked to from the main menu or a different page.
FixedIssue where you couldn’t select a dynamic template on a per-post basis for Custom post types created with the Post Types Unlimited plugin that had a default dynamic template selected.
FixedIssue with the “Main Page” selection in the Post Types Unlimited plugin not properly displaying the translated page when using plugins like WPML or Polylang.
FixedPotential WooCommerce debug notice when activating or updating the theme.
FixedImage Grid showing lightbox titles when the “Link Title Attribute” is enabled.
FixedDebug notice when first inserting the Social Profiles element.
FixedCustom Post Type UI theme integration issues (not being able to save edited post types correctly) due to recent plugin changes.
FixedStaff Grid custom read more button hover not working with color palette.
FixedHeading Tag setting in the Feature Box element not working.
Fixed“wc-block-style” and “wc-blocks-vendors-style” WooCommerce CSS files not being removed when using the Classic editor or disabling Gutenberg since WooCommerce renamed the script handle in a recent update.
FixedCustom Sticky Header logo not taking on the correct width/height attributes.
FixedMissing second argument ($post) for the get_the_excerpt filter.
FixedCrop setting not working for the custom WP gallery image size.
FixedTop Bar Full-width setting not correctly showing preview in the Customizer.
FixedWooCommerce social share buttons potentially not taking on the default set social share style.
FixedTeaser element media border radius not being applied to videos.
FixedIssues with the Custom Post Types UI plugin not saving the Total settings (we recommend switching to the Post Types Unlimited plugin)
FixedPotential issues with the visibility setting not working with the Toggle Bar when the default state was set to Open.
RemovedLegacy hidden → (html arrow) from blog entry buttons (this can be added in the Customizer if wanted – rather than using CSS to unhide it).

AddedMany new section template designs.
AddedNew Card Styles (simple 7,8,9 | numbered list 5,6 | portfolio 4,5,6 | testimonial 8, 9 | search 1,2,3,4,5,6 | News 1,2,3,4,5,6).
AddedNew category colors functionality (screencast).
AddedNew advanced Widget Areas dashboard (screencast).
Added3 alternative video overlay styles (screenshot).
AddedNew toggle (show/hide) functionality for elements so you can create your own “tabs/toggles” (screencast).
AddedNew Toggle element so you don’t have to use the WPBakery FAQ (screenshot).
AddedNew toggle Group element for grouping the new toggle elements and create an accordion style toggle.
AddedNew shadow option to the WPBakery columns (screenshot).
AddedCustomizer option for choosing how the header menu dropdowns open – superfish, css hover or click (screenshot) – WOW – if you choose one of the new styles (css hover or on click) it will remove 2 scripts from your site speeding things up.
AddedCustomizer option for the new header menu CSS and onclick hovers to “animate” the dropdowns (screencast).
AddedCustomizer option for setting a padding for your header menu dropdowns.
AddedCustomizer option for setting the minimum width for your header menu dropdowns.
AddedCustomizer option to allow you to define your conditional logic for the Overlay/Transparent header via a query string (screenshot).
AddedCustomizer option so you can enable/disable the default megamenu “stretching” which makes megamenus the same width as your header.
AddedCustomizer option for entering a custom “gap” (spacing) between the WooCommerce single product gallery thumbnails.
AddedCustomizer option for enabling/disabling the WooCommerce product gallery slider arrows.
AddedCustomizer option for disabling the single WooCommerce product page header title.
AddedCustomizer option to enable the WooCommerce product category page header background image by default (like the blog).
AddedNew shadow option to the Image Banner element.
Added“Relevance” as an orderby option for Total post based elements.
AddedSupport for Advanced Parallax to the WPBakery Section element.
Added8 columns option for use with grid elements.
Addedhome_url shortcode which may be useful to dynamically link to your homepage (such as in your footer copyright text).
Added“Stack Gap” option to the Flex Container so you can specify a different gap when the elements stack.
AddedBottom Icon style to the Icon Box element.
AddedButton border-width option to the Pricing Table element.
AddedDevice max-width to the Column selectors in the Customizer to make it easier to understand where the breakpoints are (screenshot).
AddedExtra class name option to the Post Cards element for the card entry, image and featured entry (screenshot).
AddedNew order CSS utility classes (view classes).
AddedCustom max-width option to the WPBakery rows so you can constrain the row content (great when creating dynamic templates if you want a narrower content for the post such as this example).
AddedMax-width option to Total post elements (Post Comments, Post Meta, Post Terms, Author Bio, Post Series).
Added“Stack at Breakpoint” option to the Icon Box (blurb) element when using the left or right styles. This is especially useful when displaying larger images instead of icons where you may want the image to stack on top at smaller screen sizes.
AddedTitle Tag option to the Post Cards element so you can choose the html tag (h2, h3, h4..etc) to use for the entry titles.
AddedResponsive option to the Total spacing element if you wanted to set a different space at different breakpoints.
Added“Go Back” option to the Theme Button element “On click action” options.
AddedSome new options to the Image Slider element (caption color, caption font weight, caption “none” style, overlay option, etc).
AddedExtra options to the Custom Login page admin panel.
AddedNew max-width CSS utility classes.
AddedParse Callback field to the Custom Field element so you can enter a callback function name that will be used to pass your custom field value through.
UpdatedOptimized and converted most of the theme’s jQuery code to vanilla js. Only a few features require jQuery now (such as the sliders & carousels) all core js no longer requires any dependencies.
UpdatedTotal Dynamic Resizing for images now supports the native WP srcset functionality.
UpdatedTheme retina functionality to use srcset instead of javascript (retina.js) this means your retina images will display instantly, they will be responsive and there is one less file being loaded on the site.
UpdatedHeader logo will now use srcset for the retina version instead of javascript so the retina logo will display instantly now.
UpdatedWooCommerce grids now use a modern CSS grid layout so we don’t have to add individual classes to each product which isn’t efficient and may cause issues with 3rd party plugins due to issues with the plugin. This will also allow for theme cards to be used with product entries.
UpdatedSnippet for WooCommerce shop masonry grids support to work with the new changes to the products grid.
UpdatedWooCommerce product entries to use new flex styles for keeping items the same height (by default) without the need for javascript (also prevents CLS) and renamed the “Equal Heights Entries” setting in the Customizer to “Bottom Align Buttons” which will only display if the “Always Visible Add to Cart Button?” setting is enabled.
UpdatedWooCommerce product entries add to cart button to switch to “view cart” after adding an item (screencast).
UpdatedWooCommerce cart overlay background to match the search overlay background.
UpdatedWooCommerce single product add to cart button to respect the default and customizer button styles for consistency and easier modification (aka it no longer has its own unique styling).
UpdatedDefault author box to use the gap property for spacing between the avatar and text instead of margin to slim down classes and make it easier to adjust.
UpdatedDemo importer so if the same demo is imported multiple times the theme will remove any duplicate menu items added by WordPress automatically.
UpdatedNavigation bar so the custom side margin is removed from the last item to prevent issues when adding menus on the right side of an element.
UpdatedWordPress gallery (when used in the classic editor or text block) to use modern CSS grid classes to slim down code.
UpdatedMoved the javascript for theme post elements masonry (isotope) grids to its own js file so that it can be loaded only if needed on the page.
UpdatedAdded Styling for the default widget blocks added by WordPress when first installing WP.
UpdatedTheme button styles to also target the Gutenberg search block and file block buttons (since WordPress, for some reason, adds custom styling to these elements instead of inheriting button element styles).
UpdatedThe Title Push Up overlay style to use CSS only (previously required javascript) and will now also work on the Post Cards element when links are disabled.
UpdatedSmaller thumbnails on the category/term admin page that match the same size used for WooCommerce categories.
UpdatedWhen using the nav-no-link in your menus the theme will now automatically add a tabindex value of -1 to the links for accessibility reasons.
UpdatedFull-screen mobile menu will no longer add duplicate menu items if there is a parent menu item that has both a link and a dropdown, instead if you click the menu item once it will open the dropdown and if you click it a second time it will go to the link.
UpdatedDemo importer so it will automatically search/replace the demo URL with your site URL so any potential links used in a demo to link to itself won’t link out to the demo after import but rather link to your own site.
UpdatedOptimized header style 5 (centered logo) rendering on mobile so the logo displays immediately on page load.
UpdatedAccessibility improvements for the search and cart popup overlay “x” (close) button.
UpdatedThe “Remove Emoji Scripts” theme panel setting will now also remove the WordPress “convert_smilies” function that is hooked into the_content.
UpdatedFont size options in Total elements to support the “vh” unit.
UpdatedIt’s now easier to drag items in and out and around the Flex and Grid containers.
UpdatedPDF attachment page to display text if the browser doesn’t support PDF’s.
UpdatedSearch Bar element so you can use term=current_term and author=current_author when using the search bar within dynamic archive templates.
FixedIssue where if you set your mobile menu breakpoint to 9999 the sticky header wouldn’t work unless you enabled sticky header on mobile. The theme will now set a mobile breakpoint for the sticky header of 960px instead so you can still control if the sticky is enabled or not on small devices when using 9999 for the mobile menu breakpoint.
FixedFont size issues with the icon box when using responsive font sizes (delete and re-install the Total Theme Core plugin for an instant fix)
FixedStray closing link element in the Icon Box element (delete and re-install the Total Theme Core plugin for an instant fix).
FixedIssues when using the Boxed site layout combined with a Vertical Header and the “Fixed” vertical header style (the fixed header will now properly remain inside the boxed area and “fixed” by using the new modern “sticky” positioning).
FixedIssue with the load more button in Total grid elements when using custom hover styles on buttons affecting other elements on the page with custom hovers.
FixedPotential issues with certain Customizer settings not displaying.
FixedIssues with the Templatera shortcode not properly displaying on archives (fix added in the theme until the plugin developers fix the issue on their end).
FixedThumbnail column showing in the WP admin for post types created with the Post Types Unlimited plugin when the post type did not support thumbnails.
FixedPadding & Background options not working properly in the Teaser Boxed element when selecting the Boxed Rounded style.
FixedText Blocks not displaying correctly inside the Grid Element in the WPBakery front-end editor.
FixedToggle bar closing when clicking on the site (not toggle button) when the “Remember State” setting is enabled and the display is set to “Overlay” making it impossible to actually keep it open.
FixedPotential issue with local scroll links when resizing the browser window if the sticky header gets taller or shorter.
FixedMobile menu issues when using the Navbar mobile menu toggle style set to “Top of Site” Menu Position and the sticky header enabled on mobile.
FixedShop cart link not showing on the Full Screen mobile menu style.
FixedMissing close icon on the cart overlay.
FixedIssue where if you changed the crop location of your thumbnails defined in the Image Sizes panel it wouldn’t work without regenerating your thumbnails.
FixedIssue where the entry equal height option for blog archives was being enabled for the masonry layout when it should only be allowed on the Fit Rows layout and you couldn’t disable it in the Customizer as the setting would hide once the masonry layout was selected.
FixedLogo top/bottom padding not working when using the centered logo header style.
FixedTheme element icons display in the WPBakery grid builder.
FixedLine-height issue with the Font Icon element when adding a custom size resulting in empty space above the icon that shouldn’t be there.
FixedBlog Card 3 background issue.
FixedAccessibility issue with the load more button so when you load new items the focus is placed on the first loaded post.
FixedCustom 404 page not taking on the correct default page layout.
FixedDisplay issue with the Image element when a border radius is set and an Image Overlay.
FixedCustom spacing with the list item element adding extra space.
FixedCustom logo not getting removed when using the reset button under Theme Panel > Import/Export due to recent WP changes.
FixedSpacing issues at the bottom of the shop/blog page when using a dynamic template for standard pages.
RemovedCSS vendor prefixes which are no longer needed to greatly slim down the CSS (you may want to check any child theme edits to remove them as well and slim down your code).
RemovedTheme no longer loads a vcex-shortcodes.js file when using the Total Theme Core plugin – all JS is now conditionally loaded if needed.
RemovedThe “X-UA-Compatible” meta tag and headers for IE which are no longer needed.
RemovedRetina Logo Height options in the Customizer and theme settings metabox as they are not needed with new srcset methods for setting retina logos.

Added: Section templates – Pre-built section templates/blocks that you can insert on your pages to speed up page building with WPBakery (screencast). Currently released 69 templates but more to come in future updates. Section templates can be previewed from the page builder but also from the landing page.
Added: Flexible Container element. This new element will allow you to insert certain elements into a parent container that will display via flex styles to allow you to create some more advanced layouts not possible with standard rows and columns (screencast).
Added: Grid Container element. This new element will allow you to insert certain elements into a parent container and automatically create a grid with your selected columns and spacing. It will also automatically display all items inside the grid container at equal heights so it’s perfect for things like icon box or pricing tables (screencast).
Added: Contact Form element. So you can quickly add a simple contact form to your site without having to install 3rd party plugins (supports Google reCAPTCHA v3) – perfect for contact pages (screencast).
Added: New Section to the main Theme Panel where you can enter your reCAPTCHA keys for use with the new Contact Form element.
Added: New shortcode “topbar_item” which makes it easier to add top bar items like the Base Demo or the default top bar content without having to add spans (sample usage).
Added: New shortcode “cart_link” which can be used to display the current cart items anywhere on the site (new docs). Currently this shortcode will link to the cart page, but I may update it in the future to show a cart popup on click instead in the future. This element is also available in the WPBakery editor with some added options.
Added: Query option to the Categories/Terms Grid and Carousel elements named “Current Taxonomy Direct Child Terms” so you can display only the direct child terms when using the elements on a Dynamic template.
Added: Tiktok icon to the theme icons.
Added: Typography tab for the Toggle Bar.
Added: Customizer option to disable the Cart link that is added to the mobile menu by default when the cart link is enabled for the header menu.
Added: Customizer option to enter your Toggle Bar content (if you don’t want to use a template you can instead enter simple text/html into this new field).
Added: Customizer option to alter the Toggle Bar vertical padding.
Added: Customizer option to enable “Full Width” for the Toggle Bar element.
Added: Customizer checkbox that allows you to disable the Toggle Bar “toggle button” when the default state is “open”. When checked, the theme will display an “x” button instead of the open/close button so the user can only close the bar but not re open it (this allows for the Toggle Bar to be used as a more standard notification area).
Added: Customizer option to set a min-height for the Toggle Bar.
Added: Option to the Theme Panel to enable the WPBakery “Design Options” tab which is disabled by default in Total which provides a few extra settings for WPBakery such as the ability to control the column breakpoints.
Added: Option to the Bullets elements so you can choose an alignment for the items (vertical or horizontal).
Added: Option to the Icon Box so you can add borders to your icons.
Added: Option to the Image Banner element for minimum height.
Added: Option to the Text Block and Multi-Button elements for text transform.
Added: Option to the Post Cards element if you wanted to display a custom message if there aren’t any posts to show (screenshot).
Added: Option to the Icon Box and Teaser elements to set the border radius when displaying images.
Added: New “Colored” social style which simply adds a color to the icon for a minimal look (screenshot).
Added: Theme Panel option for “Widget Block Editor” so you can disable the new widget block editor in WordPress 5.8+ if you don’t like it.
Added: Ability to set the Skip to Content targeted element ID via a custom field named “skip_to_content_id” if needed for any particular pages, such as ones using the Overlay/Transparent header.
Added: CSS for the new Gutenberg query pagination block to better match the theme’s pagination.
Added: Theme utility font sizes to the Formats dropdown (screenshot).
Added: Image source option to the Teaser element so you can hotlink to an image instead of selecting one from the media library.
Added: Border radius option to the Percentage/Skill Bar element.
Added: Shadow option to the Button element.
Added: Gap option to the Newsletter element so you can add space between the input field and the button.
Added: Option to the Newsletter element if you want to “stack” the elements.
Updated: Bundled plugins: Total Theme Core, WPBakery and Slider Revolution.
Updated: Icons used for the Total elements in the WPBakery editor.
Updated: Total elements to support pagination when using the offset parameter as well as support offset when displaying all posts.
Updated: Schema markup URL’s to use https instead of http.
Updated: Customizer layout width options so that they also target the inner containers when using full-width Gutenberg group blocks and the centered Cover block.
Updated: Responsive font sizes in the Total elements so the theme will now use an inline style tag instead of javascript to prevent text from “flashing” on page load and limit JS usage.
Updated: Image element so if you enter 100% for the image width it will use width instead of max-width to stretch the image to 100% and will also turn the element from an inline-block to a block element.
Updated: CSS used for the Gutenberg alignfull class so it’s slimmer.
Updated: The wpml-config.xml file for compatibility with the upcoming WPML update.
Updated: The toolset-config.json file for compatibility with new versions of the Toolset plugin.
Updated: Total Element Icons will now display in the WPBakery Role Manager instead of the default WPBakery hat icon.
Updated: Theme Icons “Houzz” and “Yahoo” icons to match new logos.
Updated: Better hover styles for the Outline social button style (instead of an opacity on hover it will change the background color).
Updated: Cart link that is added to the mobile menu will now display the icon, number of items in cart and total price instead of a simple “Cart” text (screenshot).
Updated: Improved accessibility for the Toggle Bar button via aria-expanded and aria-controls attributes as well as keeping the focus inside the toggle bar element while opened.
Updated: Multi-buttons element to use flex styles to slim down the CSS needed for the element and fix potential issues with extra spacing added on the sides and below the buttons.
Updated: The Theme Panel “Branding” field so if you save it with an empty value it will now say “Disabled” for the field placeholder instead of “Total” to prevent confusion.
Updated: The theme will no longer alter the Tribe Events Calendar plugin’s accent colors to prevent conflicts with the plugin’s own accent color and ensure future compatibility plus it greatly slims down the code added to the site for the accent colors. The theme will automatically set the Tribe Events Calendar accent color to match the theme’s accent a single time when activating the plugin or when updating to this theme version but it will only be set if the Events Calendar accent color setting is empty or set to the default value, this will allow you to customize things in the future as needed.
Updated: Image Banner and Icon Box elements to include “External” in the image source options.
Fixed: Inner content will now remain centered with the rest of the site when using the Full Width gutenberg group block or centered cover block.
Fixed: Gutenberg Full Width blocks (alignfull class) when using the boxed layout to prevent them from going outside of the boxed container.
Fixed: Issues with WPRocket and the WPBakery video element not rendering correctly.
Fixed: Target parameter not working in the “wp_login_url” shortcode.
Fixed: Icon display when drag&dropping elements in the front-end WPBakery editor.
Fixed: Layout issues when adding multiple Product Page elements in a row.
Fixed: Theme lightbox not working with the WooCommerce product gallery when using the Product Page shortcode/element.
Fixed: Extra spacing to the right/left on topbar items (wpex-inline) on small screens under 479px.
Fixed: Potential jagged lines when using the Total Section & Row Divider settings in new versions of Chrome.
Fixed: Styling issues when adding heading tags in footer widgets as they wouldn’t inherit the footer text color.
Fixed: Some styling issues with the new Widget block editor in upcoming WP 5.8.
Fixed: Some Events Calendar plugin styles from recent plugin updates.
Fixed: Single Post pagination (page break) ignoring the Pagination alignment setting.
Fixed: WooCommerce Product Attribute pages not respecting the defined shop layout option in the Customizer.
Fixed: Bottom margin option not working in the Font Icon element.
Fixed: Text Block element not working when the Total WPBakery elements are disabled in the Theme Panel.