This documentation provides all the details you need to use the Mentoring theme, understand how Mentoring is structured, and perform the most common tasks. If you require further assistance on topics not covered in this documentation, please contact us via our support forum.
We assume that you already have WordPress installed and ready to use. If you do not, please see the WordPress Instructions section below to help you get started.
To use the Mentoring theme, you need WordPress 6.4 or higher, PHP 8.0 or higher, and MySQL 5.6 or higher. Apart from the necessary WordPress requirements, the following server configuration settings are recommended to ensure the theme works properly.
- WordPress Before Install – general info before you install WordPress.
- WordPress Requirements – general info for WordPress requirements.
- WordPress Installation – general info about WordPress and installation instructions.
- WordPress Lessons – general lessons for WordPress.
To use the Mentoring WP theme, you need WordPress 6.4 or higher, PHP 8.0 or higher, and MySQL 5.6 or higher. This theme has been tested on PHP 8.0, 8.1, and 8.2. PHP 7.x is not supported. In addition to the necessary WordPress requirements, the following server configuration settings are recommended to ensure the theme works properly.
- WordPress – Version 6.4 or higher (tested up to 6.7)
- PHP – Version 8.0 or higher (PHP 8.2 recommended)
- MySQL – Version 5.6 or higher ( OR MariaDB version 10.1 or higher)
- memory_limit – 512M or higher
- max_execution_time – 300 or higher
- upload_max_filesize – 256M or higher
If you are not sure about your current server configuration, you can use the following guide to adjust the settings as needed. Changing server requirements. We still recommend contacting your hosting provider for assistance with these changes.
We assume that your WordPress website is already set up. The next step is to install the theme. To get started, download the full package from your Envato / ThemeForest Downloads page and locate the Mentoring theme.
The downloaded package contains:
- Mentoring.zip – the installable parent theme file
- Mentoring-child.zip – the child theme (use this for all customisations)
- documentation/ – this documentation
The Mentoring Core and Mentoring Widgets plugins are bundled inside the theme at Mentoring/inc/tgm-activation-plugin/. They are registered and installed automatically via the TGM Plugin Activation library. You do not need to upload these plugins manually — WordPress will prompt you to install them as required plugins immediately after you activate the theme.
There are two ways to install the theme in your WordPress environment:
FTP Client:
You can use an FTP client (e.g., FileZilla) to upload the theme and plugins directly to your server.
Through WordPress Admin:
You can install it directly using the WordPress theme upload interface (recommended for most users).
Step 1:
Log into your web server with FTP client software (e.g., FileZilla).
Step 2:
Unzip the downloaded package. Locate Mentoring.zip inside the package and unzip it to get the Mentoring theme folder.
Step 3:
Upload the extracted Mentoring theme folder to wp-content/themes/ on your server.
Step 4:
Activate the theme. Go to Appearance → Themes and click Activate on Mentoring.
Step 5 – Install bundled plugins via FTP:
The downloaded package includes a /Mentoring/inc/tgm-plugin-activation/ folder containing the Mentoring Core and Mentoring Widgets plugin ZIPs. Unzip each and upload the extracted plugin folders to wp-content/plugins/. Then activate each plugin via Plugins → Installed Plugins in WordPress Admin.
Before you start importing the demo content, make sure you have installed all the required plugins so that the demo content imports properly. Install and activate each plugin one at a time in the order listed below.
Note: Install & Activate plugins one by one in the order shown.
| Plugin Name | Source | Version Tested | Free / Premium |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mentoring | Bundled inside theme — auto-prompted via TGM Plugin Activation (inc/tgm-activation-plugin/) |
1.2.9 | Bundled with theme |
| Mentoring Cron | Bundled inside theme — auto-prompted via TGM Plugin Activation (inc/tgm-activation-plugin/) |
1.2.9 | Bundled with theme |
| Mentoring CPT | Bundled inside theme — auto-prompted via TGM Plugin Activation (inc/tgm-activation-plugin/) |
1.2.9 | Bundled with theme |
| Mentoring Elementor | Bundled inside theme — auto-prompted via TGM Plugin Activation (inc/tgm-activation-plugin/) |
1.2.9 | Bundled with theme |
| Simple Shortcode | Bundled inside theme — auto-prompted via TGM Plugin Activation (inc/tgm-activation-plugin/) |
1.2.9 | Bundled with theme |
| Redux Framework | WordPress.org | 4.4.x | Free |
| WooCommerce | WordPress.org | 8.x | Free |
| Elementor | WordPress.org | 3.x | Free |
| One Click Demo Import | WordPress.org | 3.x | Free |
| Contact Form 7 | WordPress.org | 5.x | Free |
To import the demo, go to Appearance → Import Demo Data. Click Import Demo Data, then click the Import Demo button and wait a few minutes for the process to complete.
After importing the demo content, go to Elementor → Settings → Features Tab → Inline Font Icons and change the setting from DEFAULT to INACTIVE. This is required for icons to render correctly.
If the demo import times out or shows a white screen, try the following:
- Add
define( 'WP_MEMORY_LIMIT', '512M' );to yourwp-config.phpfile. - Ask your host to set
max_execution_timeto 300 or higher. - Re-run the import from Appearance → Import Demo Data.
- If images are missing after import, go to Tools → Import and re-run the media import.
The downloaded package is organised as follows. All custom modifications should be made in the Mentoring-child theme — never edit the parent theme files directly, as they will be overwritten on update.
Mentoring-package/
├── Mentoring.zip ← Installable parent theme
├── Mentoring-child.zip ← Installable child theme (use for all customisations)
└── documentation/ ← This documentationThe Mentoring Core and Mentoring Widgets plugins are bundled inside the theme at Mentoring/inc/tgm-activation-plugin/. There is no separate plugins folder in the download package. After you activate the theme, WordPress will automatically display a prompt to install these required plugins via the TGM Plugin Activation library.
Never modify files inside the Mentoring/ parent theme folder directly. Always use the Mentoring-child theme or WordPress hooks/filters for customisations.
A child theme is required for any customisations you want to survive theme updates. The download package includes a pre-built child theme — Mentoring-child.zip — which you should install and activate instead of modifying the parent theme directly.
Installing the Child Theme
- Go to Appearance → Themes → Add New → Upload Theme.
- Upload
Mentoring-child.zipand click Install Now. - Click Activate. The parent Mentoring theme must also be installed (but does not need to be active).
Child Theme functions.php — Minimum Setup
The child theme's functions.php correctly enqueues the parent theme styles. The essential code is:
<?php
/**
* Mentoring Child Theme functions.php
*/
add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'Mentoring_child_enqueue_styles' );
function Mentoring_child_enqueue_styles() {
wp_enqueue_style(
'Mentoring-parent-style',
get_template_directory_uri() . '/style.css'
);
wp_enqueue_style(
'Mentoring-child-style',
get_stylesheet_uri(),
array( 'Mentoring-parent-style' )
);
}In this theme, we have three different header styles. You can select your preferred header style by navigating to Appearance → Theme Options → Header .
To change the header style for a specific page, go to Pages → Quick Edit → Header Style and choose the option you want.
You can select the Login Page, Register Page, Forgot Password Page, and Terms & Conditions Page from the theme options.
Using the page settings, you can manage the page sidebar position, and the width of the pages.
Page Sidebar - You can select the sidebar position for pages.
Page Layout - Select whether you want the pages to be boxed or full width.
Note: This option can be specified for every individual page if you desire. Check Meta Fields > Page tab in the documentation
Here you can manage the 404 page for your website.
404 Page Type - Similar to footer type, you can select from either Static, Slider Revolution or Page Template. The only new addition is that you get to select a slider revolution template which will show in your 404 page.
404 Page Title - Sets the title for the 404 page
404 Page Description - Sets the description for the 404 page
404 Background - Sets the background image / color for the 404 page
Back to Home - Check if you want to show the Back to Home button in the 404 page
After appointment booking process, the status of mentor's amount is listed in admin > mentor > Earning.
When the appointment is completed, the status of earing is changed to completed.
For payrol, we need to set cron job interval to run the cron job as "once a monthly, once a weekly or once a day" in Admin > Appearance > Theme Settings > Payment Settings. After that need to set cron job from cpanel for root folder cron.php file.
Cron change the status of earing completed to "processed" and copy to payout table. We will see in Admin > Mentor > Payouts.
Note : After change of cron job interval we need to deactivate and then active the Mentoring Cron Plugin (for save intervals in wp cron job)
Payout doctor need to check the payment method and email address. Doctor's payouts are listed in dashboard.
We have created different sidebars for the widgets. There are the individual sidebars for the Blog page.You can use the widgets to set the widgets as per your requirements. There are also other Fours sidebars for the footer area named Footer 1, Footer 2, Footer 3, Footer 4 to create the different grid layout for the footer.
Blog Sidebar – Sidebar for the blog details and the blog archive page.
Page Sidebar – Sidebar for pages.
Footer column 1 – Footer area for footer column 1.
Footer column 2 – Footer area for footer column 2.
Footer column 3 – Footer area for footer column 3.
Footer column 4 – Footer area for footer column 4.
Custom Header Widget – Widget for Header Phone Number.
Appointment booking process have the following steps
Create a dummy product
Chose "Booking" in product data that will be used to make the payment for the appointment.
Assign Regular price 1 that replace to the appoitment price in booking process.
You can manage the wordpress language settings.
Step 1 : Please install Loco Translate Click here
Step 2 : Translate your theme
Step 3 : Translate your theme required plugins same like theme
Note : Please refer the right side image for your reference
Mentoring is developed by Dreams Technologies and is available under both Envato Extended & Regular License options.
Regular License
Usage by either yourself or a single client is permitted for a single end product, provided that end users are not subject to any charges.
Extended License
For use by you or one client in a single end product for which end users may be charged.
What are the main differences between the Regular License and the Extended License?
If you operate as a freelancer or agency, you have the option to acquire the Extended License, which permits you to utilize the item across multiple projects on behalf of your clients.
| NAME | URL |
|---|---|
| Bootstrap | https://getbootstrap.com/docs/ |
| jQuery | https://jquery.com/ |
| Fontawesome | https://fontawesome.com/ |
| Select2 | https://github.com/select2/select2 |
| Date Timepicker | https://cdnjs.com/libraries/jquery-datetimepicker |
| Google Fonts | https://fonts.google.com/ |
| Fancy Box | https://biati-digital.github.io/glightbox/ |
| Moment JS | https://momentjs.com/ |
| theia-sticky-sidebar | https://github.com/WeCodePixels/theia-sticky-sidebar |
| Range-Slider | https://ionicframework.com/docs/api/range |
Need Support?
If this documentation does not address your questions, please feel free to contact us via email at support@dreamstechnologies.com
Reach the team at GMT+5:30. Typical reply within 12–24 hours on weekdays — rarely up to 48 hrs during holidays. Support is available to verified buyers for template-related issues.
Contact SupportImportant Note : We strive to offer top-notch support, but it's only available to verified buyers and for template-related issues such as bugs and errors. Custom changes and third-party module setups are not covered.
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