Hedmark 2.0 Documentation

1.Getting started

Hedmark is a clean, minimal and fast personal blog theme. It keeps the look and the simple way of working of Hedmark 1.x: a standard blog home, a sidebar with widgets, a Page Builder template for list and standard layouts, and audio, video and gallery posts. Version 2.0 is a maintenance release: it runs cleanly on current PHP and WordPress, it is faster and lighter, and the demo import is safe.

Requirements

What is in the download

Install the theme

1. Go to Appearance › Themes › Add New › Upload Theme.
2. Choose hedmark.zip and click Install Now, then Activate.
3. A notice asks you to install the plugins. Click Begin installing plugins (next section).

Plugins

All plugins come from wordpress.org and are installed from Appearance › Install Plugins. Nothing is bundled inside the theme any more.

2.Updating from Hedmark 1.x

Your posts, pages, widgets and Theme Options are kept. Hedmark 2.0 reads the same option name (hedmark_option) and the same custom field names, so nothing has to be re-entered.

1. Make a backup of your site (files and database).
2. Replace the theme: Appearance › Themes › Add New › Upload Theme › hedmark.zip › Replace active with uploaded.
3. Go to Plugins and deactivate the old Advanced Custom Fields 4 and Instagram Slider Widget.
4. Appearance › Install Plugins: install and activate Secure Custom Fields. (Using ACF PRO? Keep it active instead.)
5. Appearance › Widgets: put the new Hedmark Instagram Grid widget in the Instagram area and choose your photos (see Widgets).

3.One-click demo import

The importer creates the demo posts, pages, images, menu, widgets, Theme Options, the author profile and the site icon, so your site looks like the live demo. Use it on a new WordPress site.

1. Install and activate the required plugins (and Contact Form 7 if you want the contact form).
2. Go to Appearance › Theme Options › Demo Importer.
3. Hover over Hedmark Demo and click Import Demo. Wait until it says the import is complete (1–3 minutes; the images are downloaded).
4. Visit your site. The front page shows the latest posts, like the demo.

How it works

• The demo files are downloaded from https://hedmark.fekbd.com/demo-data/2.0.0/ and checked (size and SHA-256) before anything is imported.
• Post dates are refreshed: the newest post is dated one hour ago and the others follow, so your blog looks current.
• Links inside the demo point to your own site after the import; the gallery, the Instagram strip and the contact form are linked to the imported images and form.
• Safe to run again. A second import finds the posts, images and menu items from the first run instead of creating copies, and replaces the demo widgets.

If the download fails (manual import)

Some servers cannot download files from other sites. The importer then shows a message. In that case:

1. Download https://hedmark.fekbd.com/demo-data/2.0.0/hedmark-demo-data-2.0.0.zip on your computer and unzip it.
2. Upload the five files (content.xml, widgets.txt, theme-options.json, categories.json, authors.json) to wp-content/uploads/hedmark-demo-data/2.0.0/ with FTP or your host's file manager.
3. Click Import Demo again. The importer uses your uploaded files.

4.Theme Options

Open Appearance › Theme Options. Change a value and click Save Changes.

General Settings

Header

Typography

Blog Settings

Footer

Custom Code and Import / Export

Custom CSS is added to every page. Custom JavaScript (header or footer) is for tracking codes – do not include the <script> tags. Import / Export saves or restores all Theme Options as a file.

5.Posts and post formats

Write posts in Posts › Add New. Set a Featured image (about 1200 px wide) – it is shown on the blog home, in widgets and on the single post.

6.Page Builder template

The Page Builder template builds a page from sections, like the demo's List and Standard pages.

1. Pages › Add New. In Page Attributes › Template choose Page Builder and save. The page switches to the builder screen.
2. Click Add Section and pick a section. Add as many as you like and drag them to reorder.
3. Publish. Page Builder pages are full width (no sidebar).

7.Pages, About and Contact

The demo About Me and Contact Me pages use normal WordPress blocks (Columns, Image, List), so you can edit every word and photo in the block editor.

8.Widgets

Appearance › Widgets has two areas: Sidebar and Instagram (the full-width photo strip above the footer).

9.Menu

1. Appearance › Menus: create a menu and add pages, categories or custom links.
2. Tick Top Nav under Menu Settings and save.
3. Drop-downs: drag an item slightly to the right under another one.

10.Author box and profile photo

Users › Profile (or edit another user) has a Hedmark section: Profile Photo (used instead of Gravatar) and social profiles (a user name or a full URL). Write a short bio in Biographical Info. Turn the box on in Theme Options › Blog Settings › Author Box.

11.Speed tips

• Hedmark loads no jQuery on most pages and only a 6 KB icon font. Keep it light: avoid plugins that add sliders or page builders on every page.
• Upload photos about 1200–1600 px wide (JPG quality 80 or WebP). WordPress creates the smaller sizes and the browser picks the right one.
• Use a cache plugin (for example LiteSpeed Cache on LiteSpeed hosting, or WP Super Cache).
• Icons: the theme ships a small subset of Font Awesome 7 Free. Need other icons in your own content? Add add_filter( 'hedmark_full_font_awesome', '__return_true' ); to a child theme to load the full set.

12.Translation and child theme

All theme texts use the text domain hedmark. Translate them with the Loco Translate plugin, or create hedmark-xx_XX.po/.mo files in wp-content/languages/themes/. For code changes use a child theme so updates do not overwrite them.

13.FAQ and troubleshooting

14.Changelog

2.0.0 – October 2026

• PHP 8.2–8.5 and WordPress 7.1: no warnings or notices.
• Page Builder and post format fields on Secure Custom Fields / ACF PRO (same field names; nothing bundled). Fixed: the WP Editor section printed nothing.
• New Hedmark Instagram Grid widget (no Instagram API); the dead Instagram Slider plugin is no longer installed.
• One-click demo import from hedmark.fekbd.com with checks, manual fallback, fresh dates and safe re-runs.
• New: sticky sidebar, author profile photo, author box with social links, “More About me” link in the About Me widget.
• Search window covers the whole page and works with the keyboard.
• Faster: no jQuery on most pages, Bootstrap 3.4.1 CSS, Font Awesome 7 icon subset (X logo), lazy images and players.
• Security: escaped output, sanitized widget settings, nonce on profile fields.
• Google+ removed from the front end; phones: List layout and 404 page fit narrow screens.

1.1

Previous release.

15.Support and credits

Questions? Visit fekbd.com. Please include your WordPress and PHP version and a link to the page.

Demo photos (live demo and demo import only; Unsplash License): Troy Spoelma (author portrait), GN Group (cafe), Kateryna Hliznitsova (desk), Guilherme Stecanella (city), Sincerely Media, Lauren Sauder, Sixteen Miles Out, Kailun Zhang, Zach Reiner, Julian, Fer Troulik, Declan Sun, Taisiia Stupak, Kadarius Seegars, Fahmi Fakhrudin, Davey Gravy, Ryan Mayer, Joseph Corl, Mike Chavarri, Wendell Fernandes, Fujiphilm, Tamara Bellis, Tânia Mousinho, Priscilla Whendy, Jason Mavrommatis, Geio Tischler, Diego Arenas de Rodrigo, Antonio Araujo and the photographers of the Unsplash photos used on the demo travel posts.