Accelerate

A multipurpose WordPress theme for business and blog sites.

FREE = included in the free Accelerate theme. PRO = only in Accelerate Pro.

Getting Started #

Welcome to the Accelerate documentation. Use the sidebar to jump to any section, or read straight through.

Installation #

Appearance > Themes — install the theme from the accelerate.zip file you downloaded.

Upload theme #

1. Go to Appearance > Themes in the WordPress Dashboard
2. Click Add New
3. Click Upload
4. Select the accelerate.zip file
5. Click Install Now

Activate the theme #

1. Go to Appearance > Themes
2. Hover over the theme thumbnail and click Activate

Custom Menu #

By default, menus fall back to showing all Pages. For selective menus mixing links, pages, and categories, set up a custom menu.

1. Go to Appearance > Menus
2. Click Create a new menu
3. Name your menu and click Create Menu
4. Select pages, categories, or custom links and click Add to Menu
5. Click Save Menu

Home Page Slider #

Appearance > Customize > Slider — display an image slider on your home page.

1. Go to Appearance > Customize > Slider
2. Check Activate slider
3. Upload an image for slide #1, then add its title, description, and redirect link
4. Repeat for additional slides
5. Click Save & Publish

Site Identity #

Add a logo #

1. Go to Appearance > Customize > Site Identity > Logo
2. Upload your custom logo via Select Logo
3. Recommended size: 150 × 150px

To show the logo, see Header Options below.

Header Options #

Show or hide the logo #

1. After uploading your logo, go to Appearance > Customize > Header > Show
2. Choose Show logo only, Show both, or Disable
3. Click Save & Publish

Header image #

1. Go to Appearance > Customize > Header Image
2. Upload an image via Add new image
3. Recommended size: 1100 × 300px
4. Crop if prompted, or leave as-is
5. Click Save & Publish

Note: choose whether the header image shows above or below the header text via Appearance > Customize > Header > Header Image Position.

Setup Business Template #

Showcase your business on the home page using widgets in the Business Sidebar areas.

Step 1 — Create the page #

1. Add a new page in the dashboard
2. In Page Attributes, choose Business Template from the Template dropdown
3. Publish the page

Step 2 — Add widgets to a Business Sidebar #

Sidebar	Availability
Business Sidebar	FREE
Business Sidebar Two	PRO
Business Sidebar Three	PRO
Business Sidebar Four	PRO
Business Sidebar Five	PRO
Contact Page Sidebar	FREE

Step 3 — Available widgets #

• TG: Image Services (FREE) — add to Business Sidebar. Select up to six pages; each page’s title, description, and featured image will display.

• TG: Call to Action (FREE) — add to Business Sidebar. Set the first/second title line, button text, and button link.

• TG: Featured Widget (FREE) — add to Business Sidebar. Set a title, description, and up to three featured pages.

• TG: Custom Tag Cloud (FREE) — add to Right/Left Sidebar. Displays all tags.

• TG: Featured Single Page (FREE) — add to Business Sidebar or Left/Right Sidebar.

• TG: Testimonials PRO — add to Business Sidebar. Set title, text, name, and byline.

• TG: Featured Posts PRO — add to Business Sidebar. Choose Latest Posts or Posts from a Category.

• TG: Our Clients PRO — add to Business Sidebar. Set title, image path link, and image redirect link. Recommended size: 150 × 150px.

Setting this as your home page: go to Settings > Reading, check “A static page”, choose your Business page as the front page, then save.

Setup Blog Page #

Choose from 4 blog display styles.

1. Go to Settings > Reading > Front Page displays > A static page
2. Under Posts page, select the page where blog posts should show
3. Click Save Changes
4. Go to Appearance > Customize > Design > Blog Posts display type and choose one: Blog Image Large, Blog Image Medium, Blog Full Content, or Blog Image Alternate Medium
5. Go to Appearance > Menus and add the blog page you selected in step 2

Upload a featured image for each post so it displays on the blog page.

Design Options #

Layout options #

• Default Layout — applies site-wide (archives, search, etc.)
• Default layout for pages only — applies to all pages unless overridden per-page
• Default layout for single posts only — applies to all posts unless overridden per-post
• Choose No Sidebar Full Width or No Sidebar Content Centered for no sidebar

Custom CSS box #

Add custom CSS directly from Appearance > Customize > Design. Note: it strips all HTML tags.

We strongly recommend not editing theme files directly — changes are lost on theme update. Use a child theme instead.

Additional Options #

• Excerpt / Full Posts Content PRO — show full content or a short excerpt on blog/archive pages
• Excerpt Length PRO — limit the number of words shown in an excerpt (default: 40 words)
• Read More text PRO — customize the “Read more” text on Posts page, blog, archives, etc.
• Footer Copyright Editor PRO — edit footer copyright text. Supports shortcodes: [the-year], [site-link], [wp-link], [tg-link]

How to limit excerpt text on a widget or post #

1. Open the service widget or post in the dashboard
2. Find the Excerpt box below the editor (if hidden, open Screen Options and enable Excerpt)
3. Fill the excerpt box with your desired text

Contact Us Page #

1. Download, install, and activate the Contact Form 7 plugin
2. Configure it — see the Contact Form 7 docs for details
3. Create a new page named “Contact”
4. In Page Attributes, select Contact Page Template
5. Paste the Contact Form 7 shortcode into the page content
6. Click Publish

Supported Plugins #

• Contact Form 7 (FREE)
• WP-PageNavi (FREE)
• WooCommerce (FREE)
• Polylang PRO
• WPML PRO

Theme Hooks #

Developer reference — add custom functionality with these action hooks.

do_action( 'before' )                              - Directly after the opening <body> tag
do_action( 'accelerate_before_header' )            - Before the header area
do_action( 'accelerate_after_header' )             - After the header area
do_action( 'accelerate_before_main' )              - Before the main content
do_action( 'accelerate_before_body_content' )      - Before the body content, including sidebars
do_action( 'accelerate_after_body_content' )       - After the body content, including sidebars
do_action( 'accelerate_before_comments_template' )  - Before the comment template on posts
do_action( 'accelerate_after_comments_template' )   - After the comment template on posts
do_action( 'accelerate_before_left_sidebar' )      - Before the left sidebar area
do_action( 'accelerate_after_left_sidebar' )       - After the left sidebar area
do_action( 'accelerate_before_right_sidebar' )     - Before the right sidebar area
do_action( 'accelerate_after_right_sidebar' )      - After the right sidebar area
do_action( 'accelerate_before_footer' )            - Footer content
do_action( 'accelerate_footer_copyright' )         - Footer copyright area

Recommended Images #

Recommended image sizes (width × height, in px):

Element	Size
Slider	1100 × 460
Featured Post (large)	720 × 300
Featured Post (small)	230 × 230
Featured Service	600 × 330
Recent Work	365 × 365
Team Widget	270 × 270

Free vs Pro #

Feature	Free	Pro
Business Sidebar	✓	✓
Business Sidebar Two–Five	—	✓
TG: Image Services widget	✓	✓
TG: Call to Action widget	✓	✓
TG: Featured Widget	✓	✓
TG: Custom Tag Cloud widget	✓	✓
TG: Featured Single Page widget	✓	✓
TG: Testimonials widget	—	✓
TG: Featured Posts widget	—	✓
TG: Our Clients widget	—	✓
Excerpt / Full Content toggle	—	✓
Custom excerpt length	—	✓
Custom Read More text	—	✓
Footer Copyright Editor	—	✓
Polylang support	—	✓
WPML support	—	✓

FAQ #