a) see the theme docs on how to speed up your site
** note links to documentation on this page / right side on desktop >>>

https://forum.tagdiv.com/the-child-theme-support-tutorial/

b) see the various other tutorials in the tutorials > DIY > best of forum section

c) do some of the fixes for your site outlined on GTmetrix.com — only YOU can optimize your hosting/WordPress setup to run at best speed.

((( I don’t work here))

• This reply was modified 9 years by simchris.

Note for others having so many issues …

a) this is not flaw in the theme in any way….

b) when you download theme from ThemeForest, there are two options “theme (newsmag.zip)” or “all files…(newsmag-tf.zip)”

c) the “all files” zip contains docs, changelog, main theme zip, plugins folder, etc.

d) the “theme” zip download is just the theme

e) if you try to install “all files” zip, you will get an error, as it does not have the unzipped theme and so you get the ‘no style sheet’ error.

This is why the install docs clearly mention unzipping the ‘tf’ zip first on your HD and then using the single newsmag.zip file to install:
https://forum.tagdiv.com/newsmag-install-via-wordpress/

SO, nothing to rectify, correct, or fix, folks.

(( I don’t work here; just 4 year lurker. ))

@Masood Faruki
no, the missing style issue on install is from YOU trying to install the wrong zip file — this happens when trying to install theme from the “all files” zip vs just the “theme zip”. See the docs on how to install theme properly, or ask for help. You should start your own topic for install issues you might be having unrelated to another person’s issue.

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@jk

A great trick I do after each theme update which really helps is
a) resave permalinks
b) use wp-optimize plugin to clear ‘transients’
c) log out of website; close browser.
d) launch browser; clear history;
e) go to home page and hit f5 again anyway to clear cache.

I’ve run into this a couple of times especially with newer versions of PHP running opcache on server for php stuff, separate from any other caching going on.

that notice is from your hosting —
This plugin is not allowed on our system due to performance, security or compatibility concerns

so, you might want to get better web host!

alternately:
You can simply go to the wordpress.org page, download it and install via FTP or upload the zip after you download it — from here:
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-super-cache/

This is often a permissions issue where the original folder is ‘owned’ by the server (or Apache) and so WP and FTPuser unable to remove. If you upload via FTP it will be “owned” by the FTPuser and can be removed/updated via FTP in future.

Ask your host to “change ownership to FTPuser” on the old folder to fully delete it.

This happens when WP is sometimes installed via hosting panel, vs installed manually.

False positive. Best to install clean version downloaded from ThemeForest account, then unzip on hard drive, and FTP to new server setup, along with updated plugin(s).

Yes, as noted in the theme docs for installing VC, you do *not* need to “activate’ VC, as it’s a bundled version, so you don’t have separate paid license for it — you can ignore the nag screen. With the bundled version you get support with the theme, here; not from the people who make the VC plugin since you didn’t pay for the VC plugin by itself.

So, they do pop up that ‘nag’ screen but you can just ignore it — this *is* noted in the theme docs, btw.

Sorry for confusion.

I don’t work here. But, just ignore the nag. Does not stop the plugin from working with the theme in any way.

Try deleting it via FTP.

Well, if you can’t read my tutorial on how to remove the google fonts, then I guess you’ll have to wait for TagDiv to try to help.

Google fonts are used by the theme, you can disable all Google fonts and only use web safe fonts as a start.

But you’ll also need to do some additional hand-work to completely “scrub” use of Google fonts by theme as it does use couple of them by default. My tutorial shows an example of how to do that, but up to you.

Basically – anything loaded outside your own website adds time to the page load, whether fonts from Google’s server, JetPack, Disqus, etc. — your page has to wait for that stuff to load in order to actually load the page.

Sorry that wasn’t helpful. Good luck!

You don’t need a license key for VC, btw.

Google started major change to SERPS (you may want to keep on such things at SearchEngineLand, etc.), and now doing some major changes to roll in AMP placement, and local search optimizations.

Further, they are deprecating some content which is basically “a video from YouTube and nothing else” …

But, you also need a video XML sitemap to make videos show up and you have to submit via your search console account (e.g., try the Yoast video SEO addon, or similar).

Theme obviously does not manage video placement in Google; also be aware “what you see in SERPS” varies based on location, browser, whether logged in/out of Google, IP tracking, etc. — so what you see is highly variable.

THis may not be related
https://developers.google.com/webmasters/videosearch/sitemaps

https://developers.google.com/webmasters/videosearch/indexing

See the theme docs > tutorials for tips on speeding up your site; also see my long winded tutorial in the DIY > best of forums section.

By feed entries do you mean RSS feeds ? Theme has nothing to do with that.

However your site can get overloaded if a “bot” scrapes all your RSS feeds to download your entire site content; common with Chinese servers and university research bots.

You can try blocking some of that in your robots.txt file.

If that was not what you mean, apologies (I don’t work here).

Things don’t “suddenly” happen unless you install something to break it.

However, you should update the theme and VC plugin via FTP to ensure you delete the broken version, and have clean copies on your site. FTP always safeest way to update stuff.

Note if you installed a new plugin or updated something else to break your site, that could happen again. (e.g., Yoast 3.6 has some issues, etc.).

You download the theme from your Themeforest account to your PC; unzip, and note all the files/folders. Note the /plugins/ folder.

And again, the theme docs are great place to start:
https://forum.tagdiv.com/newsmag-install-via-ftp/

(( I don’t work here; just being helpful. 🙂 ))

• This reply was modified 9 years by simchris.

Best way to install is via FTP; or you can upload the theme zip file.
See the ‘how to install’ docs from links right side of page, as good starting point.

Also the ‘how to upload/install’ theme from the main WordPress.org codex/docs.

Theme doesn’t control mail; managed by WordPress and PHP on your server.

You may need to use an SMTP mail plugin to work with WooCommerce. We needed to do this on our site/setup. You may need to try couple of different SMTP email plugins to see which works best with your system.

Try theme docs:
https://forum.tagdiv.com/topic/how-to-update-visual-composer/

WordPress docs/codex also useful 🙂

https://codex.wordpress.org/Using_FileZilla

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if you’re not using a caching plugin on your site, then you won’t need to ‘clear it’ 🙂

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Google: what does FTP mean

File Transfer Protocol
FTP is an acronym for File Transfer Protocol. As the name suggests, FTP is used to transfer files between computers on a network. You can use FTP to exchange files between computer accounts, transfer files between an account and a desktop computer, or access online software archives.

• This reply was modified 9 years by simchris.

You can also see my ‘classic’ stuff here
https://forum.tagdiv.com/topic/tutorial-chriss-custom-optimizations-for-functions-php-etc/

@punza
did you do the things suggested in this thread and in the ‘how to upgrade’ page ?

Delete old VC via FTP from plugins folder, and upload the new version via FTP, is best way.

Delete VC via FTP; do clean install of VC via FTP.
Clear cache on site (if used) and in browser.
Resave permalinks from WP settings panel.
Clear all transients with wp-optimize plugin.

Good luck!

Note the support hours clearly posted top right of the page.
Seriously.

Facebook will use the OG tag in your meta data. If no OG tag it may try to guess and image from page/post.

Check your OG tags and make sure you end up with and OG image tag specifying your desired image, usually the ‘featured’ image; then test your post with Facebook debugger tool.

Probably good to check things that change category behaviors like permalink settings; Yoast SEO category strip and slug shortening, and try resaving permalinks as well as clearing transients.

Also adding explicit URL for website in the wp-config.php file can help too.

Yes, Jetpack slows down site; anything which “loads from another server,” such as Jetpack, ads, etc., slows down your site due to page load, and not related to theme. You either need to NOT use that stuff, or find a workaround for using something else.

WordPress offers Jetpack as something intended for bloggers intent on making content and not necessarily fasted speed scores.

Often checking your site, such as post page, with GTmetrix.com is best course of action to tune your site.

Also see my own long winded tutorial in the tutorials > best of forums section.