{"id":369095,"date":"2025-10-27T10:31:44","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T04:31:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/directorist.com\/?post_type=docs&p=369095"},"modified":"2025-10-29T12:16:18","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T06:16:18","password":"","slug":"theme-setup-cutomization","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/directorist.com\/docs\/theme-setup-cutomization\/","title":{"rendered":"Full Theme Setup & Customization"},"content":{"rendered":"\n


<\/strong>Applies to: OneListing-Pro (premium). For the free OneListing theme, most steps are similar but some features\/extensions are not included.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Quickstart (10 minutes)<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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  1. Install Theme:<\/strong> Appearance \u2192 Themes \u2192 Add New \u2192 Upload<\/em> and upload onelisting-pro.zip. Activate.
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  2. Install Required Plugins:<\/strong> Appearance \u2192 Install Plugins<\/em> \u2192 install\/activate: Directorist<\/strong> and Elementor<\/strong> (required).
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  3. Install Recommended Extensions (optional):<\/strong> Business Hours, Listings with Map, Social Login, Pricing Plans, Booking, Claim Listing, PayPal, Stripe, Contact Form 7, Mailchimp for WP.
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  4. Import Demo:<\/strong> Tools \u2192 Demo Content Install<\/em> (or Plugins \u2192 WpWax Demo Importer \u2192 Install Demo Contents<\/em>).
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  5. Flush Permalinks:<\/strong> Settings \u2192 Permalinks \u2192 Save<\/em> (no change needed).
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  6. Set Menus & Widgets:<\/strong> Appearance \u2192 Menus<\/em> (assign Primary<\/strong>), Appearance \u2192 Widgets<\/em> (Footer widgets).
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  7. Tweak Directory Builder:<\/strong> Directory Listings \u2192 Directory Builder<\/em> (configure Add Listing<\/strong>, Single<\/strong>, All Listings<\/strong>, Search Forms<\/strong>).
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  8. Launch.<\/strong>
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    Getting Started with Themes<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    onelisting-pro is a general\u2011purpose directory theme for Directorist<\/strong>. It ships with a modern design, Elementor compatibility, and pre\u2011built directory layouts. The theme relies on the Directorist plugin and optionally on several official extensions for monetization, booking, maps, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Overview of Our Themes<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    Directorist offers multiple themes (e.g., OneListing (free), onelisting-pro, dList, dPlace, dCar, dRealEstate, etc.). onelisting-pro is the flexible, all\u2011rounder<\/strong> choice suitable for business directories, services, real estate, classifieds, and events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Requirements<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    WordPress:<\/strong> 5.0+ (latest stable recommended)
    PHP:<\/strong> 7.2+ (7.4+ recommended for performance)
    Database:<\/strong> MySQL 5.6+ or MariaDB 10.0+
    Memory:<\/strong> WordPress memory limit 512MB+
    Web server:<\/strong> Apache\/Nginx with pretty\u2011permalinks enabled
    SSL:<\/strong> Strongly recommended for payments and logins<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Tip:<\/strong> Ask your host to increase memory_limit, max_execution_time (300s), upload_max_filesize (64M+), and post_max_size (64M+) if demo import times out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Theme Installation Guide<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    A) Through WordPress<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n