Brunch Pro Tutorials

Demos, FAQs, Tutorials and How-tos for the Brunch Pro WordPress Theme.

Note: Updating from a previous version to the most recent version is like installing a new theme altogether, requiring customizations to be redone.

Brunch Pro Demo

Setup:

1. Install Brunch Pro with Demo Content and Import Widgets
2. How to Configure the Home Page
3. How to add a Header Logo
4. How to Configure the Footer Widgets
5. How to Configure the Recipe Index
6. How to Configure the Brunch Pro Category Pages 
7. How to Add Content to the Category Pages
8. How to Enable the Grid Archive for the Blog Page
9. How to Use the Customizer
10. How to Set Up your Navigation Menu
11. How to set up your newsletter subscription with Genesis eNews

Also:

• Brunch Pro FAQ
• How to Update Brunch Pro
• Use the Code Snippets Plugin to customize your theme (do not edit theme files)

After-Setup

These aren’t required for getting your theme set up like the demo site, but are things you should do to set yourself up for success:

• How to Add Content to the Category Pages
• Optimize your food blog for search engines
• Expand your functionality with the Feast Plugin!
• How to set a Favicon
• How to use alt text for images (Posts + Pages only)
  • How many words to use for image alt text
• Understanding food blog site structure

How do I write a recipe post?

One of the most frustrating things we hear from bloggers is that their content doesn’t rank well. There’s a lot of reasons for this, but the most prominent is that their content is simply not high enough quality.

We’ve detailed how to write a high quality recipe post in the anatomy of a recipe post, and we highly recommend reviewing the quality rater guidelines for recipe pages.

Customization Tips for Brunch Pro

Please note that while we’ve added these resources due to the high number of requests that we’ve received that we are unable to troubleshoot issues that arise due to customizations.

• Editing CSS, colors, fonts and whitespaces
• Using Google Fonts with Brunch Pro
• Using Static Images in the Hero Area
• How to Change the Header Size in Brunch Pro

Version Updates

What’s new in the releases? Check out the Brunch Pro theme page for update notes.