General Settings

When first logging into the WordPress admin you'll need to make a few updates to the general settings. From the admin menu:

From the admin menu:

Settings > General

• Tagline: remove default tagline "Just another WordPress site"

• User Default Role: Ensure this is set to "Subscriber"

• Timezone: Set New York as the default

Settings > Reading

• Search Engine Visibility: Ensure the box to disable indexing is checked. We don't want search engines indexing our staging site.

Settings > Discussion

• Uncheck all boxes

• Ensure Avatars are set to the default "Mystery Person"

Settings > Permalinks

• Permalink Structure: Set to Post name

Settings > Bootstrap Blocks

• If not already installed, be sure to install the Bootstrap Blocks plugin

• Bootstrap Version: Set to 5.x (This is based on the latest version of Bootstrap which is currently v5.2. To double check this you can reference the Bootstrap folder in the /wp-content/themes/thegrove/lib/bootstrap/ directory. Open any file and note the version in the comments)