The 7 Theme Tips & Tricks

When you first install The7 theme you should go to the server via FTP and create a php.ini file in the root of the website.  Inside the php.ini file add the following 2 lines:

[code]max_input_vars = 5000
max_execution_time = 300[/code]

Also, edit wp-config.php file and add there:

[code]define(‘WP_MEMORY_LIMIT’, ‘256M’);[/code]

In order to use an SVG as a logo you need to add the following code to the the functions.php file in the child-theme

[php]//to able to use svg you can install following plugin https://uk.wordpress.org/plugins/svg-support/
function presscore_get_logo_image( $logos = array(), $class = ” ) {

if ( ! is_array( $logos ) ) {
$logos = array( $logos );
}

// get default logo
foreach ( $logos as $logo ) {
if ( $logo ) {
$default_logo = $logo;
break;
}
}
if ( empty( $default_logo ) ) {
return ”;
}
$alt = get_bloginfo( ‘name’ );
$my_logo = ‘<img class=”my_svg_log ‘ . esc_attr( $class . ‘ preload-me’ ) . ‘”src=”‘ . $default_logo[0]. ‘” alt=”‘ . esc_attr( $alt ) . ‘”>’;
return $my_logo;
}[/php]

You will also need to add the following custom css to the theme (adjusting the height to whatever you desire it to be:

[css].my_svg_log {
height: 120px !important;
}[/css]

How to do auto update year in Footer bottom text block that doesn’t support JS:

To do this, you need to add the following function to functions.php which will create a new shortcode [year] which will output the current year.

So to use it, just enter [year] where you want the current year to go.

[php]function year_shortcode() {
$year = date(‘Y’);
return $year;
}
add_shortcode(‘year’, ‘year_shortcode’);
[/php]