Generally, you can use any 3rd party plugin with the theme, without custom integration. But the integration makes a plugin tightly coupled with the theme by adjusting a variety of its aspects, the same turning the plugin into an internal part of the theme.

Scope

A plugin integration covers:

• custom styling
• placing plugin-related elements inside theme templates
• including plugin-related query arguments in the filtering and sorting
• adding builder blocks
• integration with other theme plugins

Theme Responsibility

The theme is not responsible for plugin-related issues. If you encounter a problem and a plugin is not working, please first check whether the same problem occurs on the WordPress default theme. If so, you have to report it directly to the plugin author.

Installation

The plugin is available for free in wordpress.org repository. You can download it
or install directly from the WP Dashboard › Plugins › Add new panel.

Updates

Like all other plugins from wordpress.org site, when a new version of the plugin is available, you will be notified about it directly in your WP Dashboard.

Setup

All you need to do to enable AMP support on your site is to activate the plugin. The theme will do the rest.

If you need to reset options to default values, please navigate to the plugin’s settings page, in WP Dashboard > AMP > General, and set:

1. Template Mode to Reader
2. Supported Templates to Posts, Quizzes, Polls, Snax Items

Only that setup is currently allowed.

Check the AMP Version Of a Post

To check how Google will deliver your post content on mobile devices, please add the /amp/ part to the end of its URL, like this:

Post URL:           http://yourdomain.com/some-post/
AMP version:   http://yourdomain.com/some-post/amp/

Learn More

If you want to learn more about Google’s AMP project, please read the
What Is Google AMP And How Will It Affect Your SEO? article.

Installation & Updates

The bbPress plugin is available for free on wordpress.org. You can:

• download it from wordpress.org
• install via WP Dashboard › Plugins › Add new panel

As any other plugin from wordpress.org, if a new version of the plugin is available, you will be notified about it directly in your WP Dashboard.

Setup

For all information about the plugin, its configuration, and settings, please refer to the bbPress Codex page.

Theme Integration

The theme integration covers:

• custom styling
• new sidebar (WP Dashboard > Appearance > Widgets > bbPress) for bbPress related pages
• new ad slots
  – Before X Topics
  – Before X Replies

Installation & Updates

The BuddyPress plugin is available for free on wordpress.org. You can:

• download it from wordpress.org
• install via WP Dashboard › Plugins › Add new panel

As any other plugin from wordpress.org, if a new version of the plugin is available, you will be notified about it directly in your WP Dashboard.

Theme Integration

The integration covers:

• custom styling applied to BuddyPress elements
• custom templates
• custom sidebars
• Featured Author widget
• Snax (frontend uploader) sections integration into the user’s profile
• Snax voting integration into the user’s profile
• myCRED points, badges and ranks integration
• BuddyPress Follow plugin integration

Theme Responsibility

The theme is not responsible for plugin-related issues. Read more

Links to Resources

Here some useful links that should help you get started with the plugin:

• Official page
• Plugin page on wordpress.org
• Documentation
• Getting Started guide

Installation & Updates

The BuddyPress plugin is available for free on wordpress.org. You can:

• download it from wordpress.org
• install via WP Dashboard › Plugins › Add new panel

As any other plugin from wordpress.org, if a new version of the plugin is available, you will be notified about it directly in your WP Dashboard.

Theme Integration

The integration covers:

• the Follow button on a user’s profile page
• the Follow button on a user’s about box (under post content)
• followers counter
• Followers widget

Theme Responsibility

The theme is not responsible for plugin-related issues. Read more

Links to Resources

Here some useful links that should help you get started with the plugin:

• Plugin page on wordpress.org
• Wiki page

Installation

The plugin is available for free in wordpress.org repository. You can download it
or install directly from the WP Dashboard › Plugins › Add new panel.

Updates

Like all other plugins from wordpress.org site, when a new version of the plugin is available, you will be notified about it directly in your WP Dashboard.

Setup

The plugin will require you to obtain API keys and paste them into the settings. Please use the following tutorial to configure the plugin.

Disqus | Install instructions for WordPress

Disqus Comments Tab

To activate the Disqus tab on a single post (screen on top), just install and activate the plugin.

By default, Disqus Comments are shown in tabs next to the normal WordPress comments. To disable the WordPress comments system and use only Facebook, please read this.

Read Also

• Post Comments
• Facebook Comments

Installation

The plugin is available for free in wordpress.org repository. You can download it
or install directly from the WP Dashboard › Plugins › Add new panel.

Updates

Like all other plugins from wordpress.org site, when a new version of the plugin is available, you will be notified about it directly in your WP Dashboard.

Create a Download File

To create a new download file, please do as follows:

1. Go to the WP Dashboard › Downloads page
2. Click the Add new button
3. Fill the title (screen, point 1)
4. Provide URL for the download file (screen, point 2)
5. Adjust download options (screen, point 3)
6. You can define here file versions or the initial value for the download counter
7. Publish download page
8. Copy the download shortcode (screen, point 4)
9. Go to the next section Attach download to a post

Attach Download To a Post

All you have to do to attach a download file to a post is to place its shortcode (see the Create a download section) into the post content (screen).

Download Button

After creating a download and attaching it to a post, you should see this result on the frontend.

If the Download button looks like an unstyled text link, please go to the WP Dashboard > Downloads > Settings page and check if the Default template option is set to Button – CSS styled button showing title and count

Download Page

Instead of run the download action immediately after clicking the download button, you can redirect user to the download page (screen below).
On that page you can place some ads or whatever you like.

To enabled the download page, please do as follows:

1. Go to the WP Dashboard › Pages page
2. Click the Add new button
3. Fill a page title e.g. Download page
4. Leave the content empty
5. Publish page
6. Now, go to the WP Dashboard › Appearance › Customize panel
7. Switch to the Download Monitor Plugin section (screen)

8. Choose the Download method to the download page
9. Set the Download page to the previously created page Download page
10. Adjust the delay time
11. Publish
12. Now, when you click any of download buttons, you should be redirected to the download page

Count Downloads

When user clicks the download button and is redirected to the download page, the downloads counter is not incremented yet.
The download is counted when the download action is triggered (the Download Counter goes to 0 seconds).

Download Counter Location

Optionally, you can adjust the download page content by adding some extra info for you visitors.
For that, you probably will need to change the location of the download counter (Downloading … in 5 seconds on screen).
You can do that by placing the quick tag

‹!--bimber-download-page-content--›

between other elements on the page. If you don’t add this quick tag to the
page content, the counter will be added at the end of the page.

Fake Download Counter

You can modify the real download counter by setting your own value. Please check the Create a download section above (point 6).

Display Download Counter On a Single Post

To display the download counter (screen) on a single post page, please do as follows:

1. Go to the WP Dashboard › Appearance › Customize page
2. Switch to the Posts › Single panel
3. Scroll down to the Hide Elements section
4. Uncheck the Downloads option
5. Publish

Display Download Counter On Home

To display the download counter (screen) on your homepage, please do as follows:

1. Go to the WP Dashboard › Appearance › Customize page
2. Switch to the Home › Main Collection panel
3. Scroll down to the Hide Elements section
4. Uncheck the Downloads option
5. Publish

Display Download Counter On Collections

To display the download counter (screen) on other collections (tags, categories), please do as follows:

1. Go to the WP Dashboard › Appearance › Customize page
2. Switch to the Posts › Archives panel
3. Scroll down to the Main Collection › Hide Elements section
4. Uncheck the Downloads option
5. Publish

Learn More

You learn more about the Download Monitor plugin on its official page.

The Easy Social Share Buttons plugin integration is currently in the BETA stage. It’s NOT recommended to use it on a production site.

This documentation article is just a draft. The documentation will be delivered along with the final integration.

Easy Social Share Buttons is a social sharing plugin and can be used as a replacement for the MashShare plugin. The plugin is bundled
with the theme for FREE so you don’t have to buy it.

To get early access to that feature, please install Easy Social Share Buttons via WP Dashboard › Appearance › Install Plugins.

All plugin settings are in the WP Dashboard › Easy Social Share Buttons.

Read more about the plugin in its official documentation.

Installation & Updates

The Elementor plugin is available for free on wordpress.org. You can:

• download it from wordpress.org
• install via WP Dashboard › Plugins › Add new panel
• install via WP Dashboard › Appearance > Install Plugins panel, it’s a part of the theme integration

As any other plugin from wordpress.org, if a new version of the plugin is available, you will be notified about it directly in your WP Dashboard.

Theme Integration

The theme integration bases on the free Elementor version. You don’t need to buy the Elementor Pro version.

The integration covers:

• custom styling applied to Elementor built-in blocks
• theme custom blocks
• enabling the use of an Elementor page on the homepage, before the main posts feed

Theme Responsibility

The theme is not responsible for plugin-related issues. Read more

Theme Custom Blocks

Bimber adds to the Elementor two powerful blocks:

• Bimber Collection – a collection of posts
• Bimber Categories – a post categories
• Bimber Newsletter Form – a newsletter form, a part of Mailchimp for WordPress plugin integration

To add a theme custom block, open a page to edit with Elementor, open Elements panel, and scroll down to the Bimber section where you can find all available blocks.

Display Elementor Page Before Posts Feed on Homepage

Normally you have to choose if your homepage will be a Static page (most frequently built using a builder) or Lastest Posts page. The theme allows you to display an Elementor created page into your homepage, right above the main posts feed.

To display Elementor powered page on your homepage, please follow these steps:

1. Create a new page. Let’s call it Home – Elementor
2. Go to the WP Dashboard › Appearance › Customize panel
3. Switch to the Homepage Settings panel and check if the Your homepage displays is set to Your Latest posts. This step is crucial is you want to use both an Elementor page content and posts feed together

4. Go back and now switch to the Home panel
5. Choose the Elementor Page Builder Content section

6. Choose the Home – Elementor page for the Inject content from page field

7. Click the Edit page link below to start editing your custom homepage elements on the backend side
8. Click the Edit using front-end builder link below to start editing your custom homepage elements using the live frontend editor
9. Save a page. You don’t need to publish it
10. The Home – Elementor page should now be displayed above the main posts feed on the homepage.

Links to Resources

Here some useful links that should help you get started with the Elementor:

• Official page
• Plugin page on wordpress.org
• Documentation
• Getting Started guide

Installation

The plugin is built into the theme so after theme activation you will be asked to install it. You can always find it and install from the WP Dashboard > Appearance > Install plugins section.

Setup

The plugin will require you to obtain an App ID and paste it into the settings. Please use the following tutorials, if you need more information about the API:

How to Install and Setup Facebook Comments in WordPress

Now, when you have the App ID, please do as follows:

1. Please make sure that the Facebook Comments plugin is installed and active
2. Go to the WP Dashboard > Settings > Facebook Comments panel
3. Paste the App Id in the appropriate field at the top
4. Please make sure that Show Comment Count option is unchecked, it might cause errors
5. Adjust other settings base on your needs

Facebook Comments Tab

To activate the Facebook tab on a single post (screen on top), just install and activate the plugin.

By default, Facebook Comments are shown in tabs next to the normal WordPress comments. To disable the WordPress comments system and use only Facebook, please read this.

Read Also

• Post Comments
• Disqus Comments