If you’re designing Thesis skins for clients on your own test server, you will find yourself doing a lot of redundant work when it comes time to export to a live server. I will show you how to add/remove Thesis elements to save you this headache. Alternativly, you can check out the Thesis Theme User’s Guide for even juicier help.
In custom_functions.php you can paste any of these snippets after the <?php
Last update: 2012.05.12
Template
Add support for Post Thumbnails
add_theme_support( 'post-thumbnails' );
Add more image sizes
add_image_size ( 'featured', 450, 220, true );
Enable WordPress body classes
// Enable WordPress body classes and write them to <body>
add_filter( 'thesis_body_classes', 'custom_body_class' );
function custom_body_class( $classes ) {
$bodyclasses = get_body_class();
foreach ( $bodyclasses as $bodyclass ) {
$classes[] .= $bodyclass;
}
return $classes;
}Register new sidebar widgets
add_action( 'widgets_init', 'custom_register_sidebars' );
function custom_register_sidebars() {
register_sidebar(
array(
'id' => 'new-widget',
'name' => 'New Widget',
'description' => 'This is a widget. Drag and Drop things here',
'before_widget' => '<div id="%1$s" class="%2$s">',
'after_widget' => '</div>',
'before_title' => '<h3 class="widget-title">',
'after_title' => '</h3>'
)
);Force Full-Width Layout
add_filter( 'thesis_show_sidebars', 'no_sidebars' );
Retrive data from custom fields and metaboxes
// Helper function to echo data from a post/page custom field
function thesis_custom_field( $field ) {
echo thesis_get_custom_field( $field );
}
// Returns custom field post meta data
function thesis_get_custom_field( $field ) {
global $id, $post;
if ( null === $id && null === $post )
return false;
$post_id = null === $id ? $post->ID : $id;
$custom_field = get_post_meta( $post_id, $field, true );
if ( $custom_field )
/** Sanitize and return the value of the custom field */
return stripslashes( wp_kses_decode_entities( $custom_field ) );
/** Return false if custom field is empty */
return false;
}And then use:
<?php echo thesis_get_custom_field( 'custom_field_name' ); ?>
Custom Posts & Pages
Archive page information box
remove_action( 'thesis_hook_archive_info', 'thesis_default_archive_info' );
Custom Homepage Template
remove_action( 'thesis_hook_custom_template', 'thesis_custom_template_sample' );
Default 404 Title
remove_action( 'thesis_hook_404_title', 'thesis_404_title' );
Default 404 Content
remove_action( 'thesis_hook_404_content', 'thesis_404_content' );
Header
Remove default header
remove_action( 'thesis_hook_header', 'thesis_default_header' );
Build a Custom Header
remove_action( 'thesis_hook_header', 'thesis_default_header' );
add_action( 'thesis_hook_header', 'custom_header' );
/**
* Build custom header
*
* @author Greg Rickaby
* @since 1.0.0
*/
function custom_header() { ?>
<p id="logo"><a href="<?php bloginfo('url'); ?>"><?php bloginfo('name'); ?></a<>/p>
<h1 id="tagline"><?php bloginfo('description'); ?></h1>
<?php }Navigation
Nav Menu
remove_action( 'thesis_hook_before_header', 'thesis_nav_menu' );
Content
Search Box
add_action( 'thesis_hook_before_header', 'thesis_search_form' );
Post Tags
remove_action( 'thesis_hook_after_post', 'thesis_post_tags' );
Post Navigation
remove_action( 'thesis_hook_after_content', 'thesis_post_navigation' );
Previous/next post navigation
remove_action( 'thesis_hook_after_content', 'thesis_prev_next_posts' );
Comments
Comment Link
remove_action( 'thesis_hook_after_post', 'thesis_comments_link' );
Subscribe to Comments plugin compatibility
remove_action( 'thesis_hook_comment_form', 'show_subscription_checkbox' );
Footer
Thesis Attribution (Developer license only)
remove_action( 'thesis_hook_footer', 'thesis_attribution' );
Footer scripts
remove_action( 'thesis_hook_after_html', 'thesis_footer_scripts' );
How To Use These Snippets
If you wanted to move the Thesis Nav Menu below the Header:
First, remove the Nav from the hook, “Before Header”
remove_action( 'thesis_hook_before_header', 'thesis_nav_menu' );
Now, add it back to the hook, “After Header”
add_action( 'thesis_hook_after_header', 'thesis_nav_menu' );
The final syntax in custom_functions.php would look like this:
remove_action( 'thesis_hook_before_header', 'thesis_nav_menu' ); add_action( 'thesis_hook_after_header', 'thesis_nav_menu' );
You can get the full list of Hooks, Elements, and Actions at DIYThemes.com – then print off all the hooks with this handy visual reference: ThesisHooks.com
Nice list, much appreciated. I'm knee deep in Thesis at the moment. I come from the hand coding side of the world.
I find it sort of ironic that to make Thesis sing, you have to basically learn a API and to make it really sing, you need to become proficient at a scripting language that resembles SQL queries.
Not sure all that is easier than standard HTML + CSS + PHP, but apparently a lot of folks do and perhaps I will see the light.
RM
It's much more of a framework than theme. Many people don't realize that until AFTER they've paid for it. It's a beast to learn, but if you're coming from the Hand Coding – then Thesis will come easy for you. Once you figure out Hooks & CSS you can pretty much make Thesis do what-ever-you-want!
Ever wonder why Chris Pearson calls his company, “DIY Themes”? “Do It Yourself” :)
It's much more of a framework than theme. Many people don't realize that until AFTER they've paid for it. It's a beast to learn, but if you're coming from the Hand Coding – then Thesis will come easy for you. Once you figure out Hooks & CSS you can pretty much make Thesis do what-ever-you-want!
Ever wonder why Chris Pearson calls his company, “DIY Themes”? “Do It Yourself” :)
Any hooks for sidebar. I need to hide sidebar from the home page.
Open custom.css and write:
.custom #sidebars { display:none}
Greg,
I just spent the last 2 hours searching for the information you posted above. Thank you, thank you, thank you! Simple and effective.
You’re welcome. I come back to this post a lot.
Hi,
how would I go about removing the sidebars just from the pages (keep them everywhere else)?
By using the page template “No Sidebars”.
WP-Dashboard –> Pages –> Edit Page –> “No Sidebars” from the Page Template drop down underneath the “Publish” button.
Hey, how would I go about removing the RSS link on the navigation bar?
Thanks
Adam (www.adamhuxtable.com)
Thesis Options –> Navigation Menu. Uncheck “Show RSS Feed Link”
Lots of places online have mentioned unchecking the RSS feed to remove it from the nav menu, but I want to relocate it. I have done so using the OpenHook plugin for Thesis, but I can get the text to transform to uppercase, but I cannot get the background RSS image to appear, nor can I increase the padding or margin around it through my custom css. Any idea what I might be doing wrong?
Thanks!
You can’t “just move it” using a hook or filter. Turn it off completely, and then build your own using a function, hook, and action (or use OpenHook) to place it where ever you want.
Here is an example: http://pastebin.com/uzdjNCxp
I cant able to remove thesis footer using
remove_action(‘thesis_hook_after_html’, ‘thesis_footer_scripts’);
please help
This is the correct way improving thesis default footer cheers :)
remove_action(‘thesis_hook_footer’,'thesis_attribution’);
not improving it’s removing :D
According to the Thesis Terms of Service, you cannot remove the Thesis Attribution unless you purchase the Developer Option.
I thought neena had read this in your blog post
Thesis Attribution (Developer license only)
remove_action(‘thesis_hook_footer’, ‘thesis_attribution’);
that is why I have not included that developer license is needed to remove the default footer.
Absolutely phenomenal, the concept of Hooks. Just two simple lines of code and once You got it, you love it.
very useful post :) Thanks
You’re welcome!
I would appreciate a tutorial on Horizontally scrolling site for Thesis….Thanks!
I’m not sure I understand the question? You want to build a horizontal Thesis site?
How disable comments from wordpress using remove_action ?
You add this line to custom_functions.php below:
remove_action(‘thesis_hook_after_post’, ‘thesis_comments_link’);
I have one more question about sidebars. Can I disable them for certain browsers (Mobile browsers actually)?
Hi.
How would I custom my sidebars on any pages?