WooThemes Live Wire Premium Theme

Name: WooThemes Live Wire Premium Theme 2.5.2
SKU: 11460
Price: 3.89 USD
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Version 2.5.2

SKU: 11460

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Product details

Version on file: 2.5.2
Type: Theme
Released: October 28, 2017

About WooThemes Live Wire Premium Theme 2.5.2

Live Wire is a classic newspaper-style WordPress theme from WooThemes. It uses three columns, serif type, minimal colour and plenty of open space. The listing places it in a Live Wire series of editions and tags it for news and magazine sites.

Its features include a featured news section, a tabbed sidebar box, author profiles and archives, a built-in banner ad manager, and a choice of a four-column or a three-column homepage with a featured section. The file on record is version 2.5.2 from October 2017, so test it with current WordPress and PHP on a staging site.

Key features

Newspaper layout: Three-column magazine style with a classic look.
Two homepage layouts: A four-column homepage or a three-column one with a featured section.
Featured news and tabbed sidebar: A featured news section and a tabbed box in the sidebar.
Author features: Author profiles and archives, with Gravatar support for authors and comments.
Banner ads and colours: Integrated banner ad management you can switch off, and four colour options: blue, green, purple and red.
Custom page templates: Templates for archives, sitemap and image gallery.

Is it right for you?

A good fit for

News, magazine and blog sites that want a traditional newspaper look
Publishers who want built-in ad slots

Look elsewhere if

Modern block-editor or full-site-editing builds, since the file is from 2017
Shops that need a store layout; the description covers publishing features, not selling

How to install WooThemes Live Wire Premium Theme 2.5.2

1
Download the file
Open My Account → Downloads and download the product. If the archive contains several zips (documentation, child theme, licensing files), you need the one named after the product.
2
Find the installable theme zip
Theme packages often bundle the theme, a child theme, plugins and docs. The installable theme is the zip that has style.css at its top level.
3
Upload it to WordPress
Go to Appearance → Themes → Add New Theme → Upload Theme, choose the theme zip, then Install Now and Activate.
4
Install the recommended plugins
Most premium themes show a notice listing their required plugins. Install those before importing any demo content.

Notes for this product

The description mentions a video panel for Flash videos. Browsers no longer play Flash, so embed video with current methods instead.

Getting started: using WooThemes Live Wire Premium Theme 2.5.2

Activate the theme. Upload and activate it, ideally on a staging site first.
Choose a homepage layout. Open the theme options and pick the four-column or featured three-column layout.
Set colour and ad areas. Pick one of the four colour options and turn the banner management on or off.
Add widgets and menus. Fill the widgetized sidebars and set the dropdown navigation menu.

Common problems and fixes

Some theme options or widgets error out on a current PHP version

Why it happens: The theme dates from 2017 and may use code that newer PHP versions reject.
How to fix it: Test on staging, check the PHP error log, and try an older PHP version if your host allows it.

“The package could not be installed. The theme is missing the style.css stylesheet.”

Why it happens: The full download package was uploaded instead of the theme zip inside it.
How to fix it: Unzip the package and upload the zip that contains style.css at its top level.

“The link you followed has expired.” when uploading

Why it happens: The zip is larger than your server's PHP upload limit (upload_max_filesize / post_max_size).
How to fix it: Raise the upload limit in your hosting control panel, or unzip the file and upload the folder to wp-content/themes with your host's file manager or SFTP.

Demo import stops part-way or times out

Why it happens: The server hits its execution-time or memory limit during the import.
How to fix it: Raise max_execution_time and memory_limit with your host, then re-run the importer; importing content, widgets and settings separately also helps.

Pages look broken right after activating

Why it happens: The theme's required plugins (page builder, theme core plugin) aren't installed yet.
How to fix it: Install and activate everything in the theme's required-plugins notice, then reload.

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