Category: Tips and Tricks

Specify Different Header Images for Certain Pages

You can add some additional CSS rules to the “Additional CSS” section of the WordPress theme customizer in order to set specific header images for […]

Enable Full-Width Site Title

Rainbow on the Wilkins Plaza, Fairfax Campus. Photo by Evan Cantwell/George Mason University

This post is deprecated. As of version 1.1.2 this customization is the default theme behavior.
By default, the site title in the Mason TwentyTwenty theme will […]

Hide Post Author on Posts

Depending on how you intend to present the information on your website, you may want to hide the post author information on posts. In that […]

Create an Alert Ribbon

Sitewide – Alert Ribbon
Follow these steps to add an Alert Ribbon widget that will appear at the top of every page on the site.

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Website Caching and How to Clear Your Website’s Cache(s)

What is Caching
Caching helps your website load faster and saves work on the web server by storing and re-serving the previously-generated responses for duplicative requests.
While […]

Change the Position of the Site Header Background Image

You can modify the position of the background banner image in the website header area. This is helpful in cases where you want to adjust […]

Using Paid Plugins

It is a good idea to let us know when you purchase a paid plugin so that we can be prepared to help if necessary.
If […]

Selecting Third-Party WordPress Plugins

Where to Look for Plugins
When looking for third-party WordPress plugins, you should lean heavily toward selecting a plugin that is listed in the official WordPress […]

Hide Post Categories on Homepage

If you’ve set the homepage to show a blog post listing, you may want to hide the post category links to reduce clutter on the […]

Collapse-O-Matic: Specifying Container HTML Tags

When using the Collapse-O-Matic plugin to create expandable content containers on your WordPress pages, you can optionally specify the HTML tag that is used for […]