Tutorials

Feast Design Co. isn't just about clean, minimal themes. It's about setting you up for success, with tutorials, guides, docs and how-tos that get you from WordPress zero to foodie hero.

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How do I write a recipe post?

We recommend using the Recipe Post Template as a starter for writing recipe posts.

Classic themes

How do I install/update my theme?

See: this tutorial.

How do I edit my child theme files?

See: this tutorial.

Block Editor (Gutenberg)

Our themes are being tested with the most recent releases of the block editor, and we have not found any conflicts.

See the compatibility page for the most up to date compatibility information at all times.

 Troubleshoot

General

Fonts & Text

  • Our themes have been designed for optimal readability, and we've outlined this in our Principles and Best Practices - if you're not a typographer or web design expert, don't touch the font sizes and styling
  • We HIGHLY recommend using "Inspect Element" to find the elements you want to change, and then changing them using CSS in the "Additional CSS" screen, rather than relying on the "customizer"

Images

We recommend uploading images at 1200px width minimum, as WordPress will generate the appropriate thumbnail sizes.

We also recommend using an image optimization plugin like ShortPixel to optimize those thumbnails.

For most food bloggers, over 90% of their traffic goes directly to their recipe posts. That means that image optimization efforts should focus around posts, with category / index pages and the home page taking lower priority.

It's also important to keep in mind that about 80% of traffic to food blogs is on mobile devices, mostly on screens between 320px and 375px wide. This means that vast majority of your images will be viewed at 360px or smaller.

Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

We have a page dedicated to SEO for food bloggers.

Enabling image lazyloading significantly improves page loads times, which directly affects SEO.

Security

It's time to enable SSL for HTTPS on your food blog.

Mixed content warning: This is typically due to you writing in "http://domain.com" in your URLs manually. Usually these are images, but sometimes they're stylesheets and javascript files. We recommend omitting the protocol entirely and simply using "//domain.com"

Analytics

Updates

The latest version can be found by logging into your account on FeastDesignCo.com if you purchased from us, or from the Studiopress website if you purchased there.

Notes about the updates are found on each individual theme's page.

Customization Library

A collection of tutorials for unsupported customizations.