Theme Settings

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The Theme Settings panel holds the Origami settings for footer text, post details, the header, galleries, the mobile layout and comments. Go to AppearanceCustomizeTheme Settings; the panel has four sections: Text, Display, Responsive and Comments. Fonts and colors are in the Theme Design panel.

The Display section of Theme Settings next to a post preview

The AppearanceTheme Settings page in the admin menu has no settings. It only tells you that the settings are in the Customizer.

Text

Copyright
The text at the bottom of every page, below the footer widgets. You can use the HTML that post content allows, such as links. Leave it empty to remove the line. Default: Copyright followed by your site title.

404 Message
The text on the Not Found page. Default: We couldn’t find what you were looking for.

No Search Results
The text on the search results page when nothing matches. Default: No results for your query.

Display

Display Post Author
Shows “by” and the author name, linked to the author’s posts, in the line below post titles. Posts with the Aside, Link or Status format have no such line. Default: on.

Display Comment Count
Shows the number of comments in the line below post titles. Default: on.

Use Columns
Lets the Columns box of each post and page split the text into two or three columns, except on pages built with Page Builder. When it is off, all content shows in one column. See Page Templates and Columns. Default: on.

Use Origami Gallery
Shows galleries made with the [gallery] shortcode as a slider. See Galleries. Default: on.

Footer Attribution
Removes the “Theme By SiteOrigin” link from the footer. It needs SiteOrigin Premium; see Premium Settings below.

Display featured Image
Shows the featured image above the title of posts and pages, on single views and on the blog and archives. Screens up to 480 pixels wide get a smaller, cropped version. Posts with the Image format always show the featured image, inside the content. Default: on.

Header Search
Shows a search field at the right of the header, which widens when a visitor clicks it. On screens up to 480 pixels wide, the field moves below the logo. Default: on.

Center Logo
Centers the logo, or the site title and tagline, in the header. Default: off.

Post Navigation
Shows links to the previous and next posts below single posts. Default: off.

Responsive

Responsive
Makes the layout fit phones and tablets. When it is off, phones show the desktop layout at a width of 1100 pixels. Default: on.

Responsive Navigation Collapse
The screen width in pixels at and below which the menu changes to the mobile menu. Enter 0 to show the mobile menu on all screens. It needs Responsive Navigation. Default: 480.

Responsive Navigation
On small screens, replaces the menu with a Menu button. The button opens a panel with your menu items and a search field; see Menus. Default: on.

Use Fitvids
Scales embedded videos, such as YouTube videos, to the width of the content. When Jetpack is active, Origami uses the Jetpack Responsive Videos feature in its place and this setting has no effect. Default: on.

Comments

Ajax Comments
Posts comments without a page reload. It needs SiteOrigin Premium; see below.

Premium Settings

Without SiteOrigin Premium, Footer Attribution and Ajax Comments show an Available in Premium button. With SiteOrigin Premium active, they become checkboxes, and both are on by default:

  • When Footer Attribution is on, the “Theme By SiteOrigin” link is hidden. Turn it off to show the link again. The label suggests the opposite (issue #32).
  • When Ajax Comments is on, comments post without a page reload.

At SiteOriginPremium Addons, the No Attribution Addon switches Footer Attribution and the Ajax Comments Addon switches Ajax Comments. Each addon and its checkbox are the same setting.

How Settings Work

  • The preview reloads when you change a Theme Settings field. Click Publish to save.
  • WordPress saves these settings for Origami only, so a child theme starts with the defaults.
  • Other panels: Theme Design sets fonts and colors, Colors and Background Image set the page background, and Site Identity and Header Image hold the logo. See Theme Design and Add Your Logo.