1. WP Guppy - A live chat plugin compatible with workreap

2. Hide menu item from left or top user dashboard menu

3. How to change site icon

4. How milestone jobs works

5. How to change "from email name" in WordPress

6. How to Update Theme, When New Update release

7. Developer Guide

8. WordPress 5.8 widgets area issue

9. How to hire a freelancer and complete the project

10. How to start a conversation in workreap

11. How to create users from backend

12. How to set commission in Workreap

13. How to use elementor page builder in workreap theme

14. Page Speed

15. Users Verification Process

16. Why there is no ongoing service or project on hiring

17. How to change currency and formatting

18. How to setup CRON job for payouts and notifications

19. How to translate or rename strings in theme and plugins

20. Google Map API KEY

21. How to delete or remove report freelancers, jobs, employers and services from

22. Social Connect[ Facebook, LinkedIn and Google ] Settings

23. How to complete a job

24. How to Install Workreap WordPress Theme

25. How to create Mega Menu in Workreap

26. Server Requirements

27. How to extend Elementor shortcode

28. Funds Withdraw Request

29. How to add Post a Job or Post a Service link in Main Menu

30. How to extend plugin functionality in theme

31. Import demo pages separately

32. How to change placeholder images

33. How to remove Native APP Link

34. What is the difference in project expiry and project deadline date

35. Hiring Settings

36. How to create a login page in workreap

37. Unyson plugin issue with WordPress 5.5, and how to resolve

38. Geo location not working

39. How to override shortcodes of workreap theme in elementor in child theme

40. Preview Images Are Not Included in Theme Package!

41. How Payouts Works

42. How to change Currency

43. What is profile health and how it does work in workreap

44. How to translate "Home" word in breadcrumbs

45. Why WooCommerce doesn't update package or hiring statuses once used PayPal

46. How to enable real-time chat

47. Front-end Dashboard Access

48. How offline payments would works

49. How to change title bar banners

50. Why freelancers not showing

51. How to setup page templates

52. How to change dashboard icon images

53. How to setup trial packages

54. Why email took time to arrive or not working

55. How to enable or disable switch user in workreap

56. How do credits of freelancers work

57. How to hide search results for visitors and show a banner

58. "Help & Support" works in workreap?

59. Demo Content Import issue with LiteSpeed webservers

60. ​How admin can enable either jobs posting or service posting or both

61. System Access Type Either Free or Paid users

62. How to use AtomChat into Workreap Theme

63. How to change slug for custom post types

64. How to verify freelancers identity documents

65. How to hide menu items from both left and top menu

66. How to create a messenger page with WP Guppy

67. Server requirements

68. How to hide departments from the registration page

69. How to translate WP Guppy

70. ​How to install Workreap REST API Plugin​

71. Dashboard Access

72. ModSecurity and Theme Settings saving trigger 403 Errors

73. Workreap: Services search layout

74. How to enable social media account

75. Why email took time to arrive or not working

76. Assign menu location

77. ​How to Update Theme, When New Update release

78. Hourly rate settings for freelancers

79. How to add login or registration button into elementor menu

80. Start chatting with a specific user on the messenger page

81. How to enable send service quote and how it works

82. How to import the users from back-end by using excel file

83. How to change dashboard icon images

84. Why there is no ongoing service or project on hiring

85. Why WooCommerce doesn't update package or bookings once PayPal is used

86. Why some WooCommerce payment gateway doesn't complete the booking or hiring process

87. How to change currency and formatting

88. How to enable real time chat experience with WP Guppy

89. How to setup MailChimp for the newsletters in one of the footer

WP Guppy - A live chat plugin compatible with workreap

Workreap theme is compatible with WP Guppy - A live chat plugin compatible with workreap. Please make sure if you are using latest version of theme and plugins 2.3.4

You must buy this plugin and install this. After the installations go to

https://codecanyon.net/item/wpguppy-a-live-chat-plugin-for-wordpress/34619534?s_rank=1

Theme Settings > Directory Settings

Admin can select users roles to show the users on the front-end. Like You can show only employers to the freelancers or freelancers to show employers

Admin can also hide users listing tab from the Settings page

If still you see any issue, please create a support ticket and we will be happy to assist you

Hide menu item from left or top user dashboard menu

In the latest release 2.3.4 we have added the options to hide the top and left menus. By default, we hide some menus from the left and show them in the top menus.  Same for the top menu.

You can go to Theme Settings > Directory Settings and remove the default and it will show all the menu items in both menus

You can change the site Icon from WordPress settings

Appearance > Customize > Site Identity 

How milestone jobs works

During the job posting employer can select options either this Project is milestone based or normal

If employer have selected milestone based, then after create employer can see it in jobs listing. Now employer can click on button View Proposal

It will open a page where he/she can see all the proposals

Employer can select one of freelancer and click on Hire And Set milestones

It will open a new window where admin can create milestones within the Proposed Amount 

When all the Milestones would be created then employer will see a button Send Milestones to Freelancer

Then freelancer will get and email, if he accepted then project will be start. Now employer will be able start and pay one by one milestone.

Once all milestones would be completed then Employer would be able to  Complete the project.

How to change "from email name" in WordPress

By default, wp_email function sends emails from [email protected]

Use our theme settings

You can rename the name and email from Theme Settings > Email Settings 

Use third-party plugin

OR if would like to change this then you can use the below plugin SMTP plugins to change this  https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-mail-smtp/

How to Update Theme, When New Update release

Please download the latest version of the theme package from themeforest.net

Please go to your download section at themeforest and then download theme files :

And then you need to make sure that:

-- You have taken a complete backup of your theme and plugin(workreap_core) files. This is important because just in case you have made any mistakes or had made any changes in the theme or plugin, you can recover those from your backup.

-- Once the backup has been taken, you can either delete the theme and plugin and upload a newer one or replace files by using FileZilla or another file transfer protocol.

Please note: Don't import users or demo content. It will override and delete your database contents. You just need to replace/delete files.

Thanks!

Developer Guide

Filters to add or remove items from dropdown

There are no options to include new fields in the below mentioned fields from Theme Settings, however you can use filter in child theme to include new items in these fields.

- Project Type  [Filter] : workreap_filters_job_type

- Project Duration [Filter] : worktic_filters_duration_list

This will required changes at code level to add or delete items from them. We have used filter to add or remove settings 

For example if you would like to add or remove items in project level then below filter can be used to override in child theme functions.php

Projects Type

if (!function_exists('workreap_filters_job_type')) {
     add_filter('workreap_filters_job_type', 'workreap_filters_job_type', 1);
    function workreap_filters_job_type($list){
        //fw_print($list); //display all list
        unset( $list['fixed'] ); //remove 

        $list['new_item'] = esc_html__('New Job Type','workreap-child'); //add new

        return $list;
    }
}

same for above other filters

Remove Payouts methods( PayPal or Bank Transfer )

add_filter('workreap_filter_payouts_lists','workreap_filter_payouts_lists',10,1);
function workreap_filter_payouts_lists($list){
    unset($list['paypal']);
   //unset($list['bacs']);
   return $list;
}

Filter Employees list

add_filter('worktic_set_employees_list','worktic_set_employees_list',10,1);

function worktic_set_employees_list($list){

    unset($list['1']);
    $list['new_item_key'] = array( 
        'title' => esc_html__('3 Employees', 'workreap'),
         'search_title' => esc_html__('3 Employees', 'workreap'),
         'value' => 3,
    );
    return $list;
}

Filter payouts list

add_filter('workreap_filter_payouts_lists','workreap_filter_payouts_lists');
function workreap_filter_payouts_lists($list){
   unset($list['bacs']); //remove Bank Transfer( key : bacs ) or PayPal( key : paypal )
   return $list;
}

Change Hourly Rate Filter

add_filter('worktic_set_hourly_rate_list','worktic_set_hourly_rate_list'); 
function worktic_set_hourly_rate_list($list){    
   unset($list['0-5']); //remove first item
   $list['0-7'] =  esc_html__('$5 And Below', 'workreap'); //add new item
   return $list;
}

Reset/Edit/Remove/Add User Menu through child theme

add_filter('workreap_filter_dashboard_menu','workreap_filter_dashboard_menu',10,1);
function workreap_filter_dashboard_menu($list){
$list_new = array();
$list_new['insights'] = $list['insights'];
$list_new['chat']   = $list['chat'];
$list_new['manage-projects'] = $list['manage-projects']; //Freelancer
$list_new['manage-jobs'] = $list['manage-jobs']; //Employer
$list_new['manage-services'] = $list['manage-services']; //Freelancer
$list_new['manage-service'] = $list['manage-service']; //Employer
$list_new['saved'] = $list['saved'];
$list_new['invoices'] = $list['invoices'];
$list_new['disputes'] = $list['disputes'];
$list_new['help'] = $list['help'];
$list_new['preview'] = $list['preview'];
$list_new['profile-settings']   = $list['profile-settings'];
$list_new['account-settings'] = $list['account-settings'];
$list_new['payouts-settings'] = $list['payouts-settings'];
$list_new['switch-account'] = $list['switch-account'];
$list_new['logout'] = $list['logout'];
return $list_new;
}

WordPress 5.8 widgets area issue

In WordPress 5.8 widget area of Unyson has been deprecated, if you would use the Unyson plugin sidebar then please try to install and activate the Classic Widget plugin https://wordpress.org/plugins/classic-widgets/

How to hire a freelancer and complete the project

How to start a conversation in workreap

Only employers can start the conversation from the freelancer detail page by clicking the button "Send offer"

and then they can go to inbox and check the ongoing chats 

To create users from back-end.

Admin > Users > Add New User

When you will select role Employer or Freelancer then it will create a profile in the back-end As well.

How to set commission in Workreap

There are 3 types of commission in the workreap

1. Fixed
2. Percentage
3. Tiers

Now in the tiers, the admin can set fixed or percentage depends upon the project cost.

1) This can be done from Theme Settings > Payment Settings 

2) You can also set the same commission settings for the  individual projects 

We have commissions settings for both types of users, let 10% commission

1. If enabled for freelancer then if the job is $100 then freelancer will get $90 and admin will get $10
2. If enabled for employers too then if the job is $100 then the employer will pay $100 + $10 = $110 and the freelancer will get $90. So admin will get $20 from both users

WooCommerce Taxes

You may also use the WooCommerce taxes for both type of users. Like you can add tax while hiring a freelancer to employers

https://woocommerce.com/document/setting-up-taxes-in-woocommerce/

You can check this video guide how to use elementor page builder for the pages

Speed depends upon many things like your server speed, items being loaded on the page, images, and third-party scripts. To increase page speed you can use any cache plugins

https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-fastest-cache/

OR

https://wordpress.org/plugins/w3-total-cache/

And also optimize your images. 

https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-smushit/

If you go for the paid plugins then we will suggest you use the below plugins

WP Rocket : https://wp-rocket.me/

Nitro Pack : https://wordpress.org/plugins/nitropack/

Databases optimizations 

The last thing, you may use Load balancing techniques on your server 

https://kemptechnologies.com/load-balancer/load-balancing-algorithms-techniques/

For database, you can use Memcache or radis on your server etc https://www.baeldung.com/memcached-vs-redis

Users Verification Process

Admin can enable either user should be verified by email or by admin. If the admin set it to by email then users will get an email with a verification link and they can verify them

If set as admin approval then the admin will get an email to verify users manually

Verify users(freelancers and employers ) before publicly available. Note: If you select "Need to verify, after registration" then the user will not be shown in the search result until the user will be verified by site owner. If you select "Verify by email" then users will get an email for verification. After clicking link user will be verified and available at the website.

Why there is no ongoing service or project on hiring

We have used WooCommerce for the packages and hiring process and have used below the hook

• woocommerce_payment_complete 

Once any payment arrived successfully then above WooCommerce hook trigger to and move job or service to ongoing status. If any payment gateway failed to run below WooCommerce order function on payment success then it will not move job or service to ongoing

• $order->payment_complete()

Most payment methods use the above function to process the order.

Any gateways that default to On Hold or Pending Payment instead of Processing will not process the order against packages update or hiring.

Like any offline payment gateway like COD, Check Payment or Bank transfer will not move order to ongoing and when admin will complete the order from back-end then it will move to ongoing and freelancer balance will be updated

To make sure of this, you can try to use Stripe Credit card payments plugin, which sends the status processing and all the functions of our theme seem to be working fine.

How to change currency

Admin can change the currency from WooCommerce settings page

How to setup CRON job

First of install the Workreap CRON plugin and then 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.

Note : After change of cron job interval we need to deactivate and then active the Workreap Cron Plugin (for save intervals in wp cron job)

You can also use this plugin to run CRON manually https://wordpress.org/plugins/advanced-cron-manager/

below are actions which theme uses

• workreap_payout_listing
  
• workreap_post_job_notification
• workreap_update_featured_expiry_listing

After that we need to set cron job from cPanel for  wp-cron.php file located in WordPress root.

Go to the cPanel and then click on Cron Jobs

Then Setup a Cron Job according to your needs. 

Command will look something like that

wget -q - O - http://yoursite.com/wp-cron.php?doing_wp_cron >/dev/null 2>&1

Payouts

This CRON job will execute and create the payouts history in the WordPress admin panel and then admin can export the payouts list of the selected month and send the money to freelancers manually.

One more thing freelancer should have added their payout settings in their dashboard. As well as freelancers should have a minimum available balance in their account to withdraw. If the freelancer available balance is less than the minimum amount which the admin has added in Theme Settings > Payment Settings, then the system will not generate a payout list for the freelancers

Jon Notification 

For the job notifications, you must check if the user has enabled the job notifications from their panel.

If enabled then and freelancer skills are matched with project skills then the notification will be triggered to that freelancer.

Thanks

How to translate or rename strings in theme and plugins

This plugin can be used either for Translations into a different language or to change any string without changing the language. Like if your site has the English language then you can create a template for the English language and star changing strings

You can use the Loco Translate plugin to translate the theme to any language or to update/change any text in the theme and plugin.

-- Install loco translate plugin

-- Please note: For translations, your WordPress should have selected the same language as the language created in Loco translation.

-- Please note, Due to the plugin territory  some of our theme functionality can be found in the plugin. So you need to translate the both theme and plugin(workreap_core).

-- Please make sure you have sync the pot templates for both theme and plugin 

-- Then create and sync the  language  templates before add your translations.

Please create template into custom folder rather than in theme or plugin 

Now you can find your each string in .po template

-- Please avoid to search long strings. Long string may be in parts so start typing word by word. For example don't search "Find your NEAREST" but search by typing "Find"

One thing which is more important : Please check loco translate settings. Extracting Strings should have minimum size : 1000k

Very Important

Please note: There can be a google map API key in demo contents. We suggest you to change google map API key before use our theme and google maps. 

Also please note, you must enable the billing for your Google project and then you must enable below API in your project to work the google maps with our theme

https://developers.google.com/maps/billing/gmp-billing?hl=en

https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/get-api-key

Please enable the following API for google Map

1. Maps JavaScript API
2. Geolocation API
3. Places API
4. Geocoding API

To change google map API key go to Theme Settings > API Settings > Google

How to delete or remove report freelancers, jobs, employers and services from

Admin can hide report freelancers, jobs, employers and services form from Theme Settings > Directory Settings > General Settings

Social Connect[ Facebook and Google ] Settings

Please enable the social logins from the Theme Settings

Please note to use Social Login you should install latest version of theme and plugin( workreap_core )

Google Settings

Add you system to google domain Add your domain to Google system! and then create your own API key You have to create and API access

Required Things : 

1. Authorized redirect URIs, Copy redirect URL from Theme settings > Social Connect > Google and add in your project

2. Client ID 3. Client secret

4. Application name( Optional )

APP Preview

Facebook Settings

Please note Facebook has changed their policy to use Facebook login, they need SSL( HTTPS ) to be active on the domain 

Register your app and get APP ID and APP Secret Create APP

Required Fields

1. Authorized redirect URIs ( Copy redirect URL from Theme Settings and add it in Facebook APP )

2. APP ID
3. APP Secret

and then Create a product for Facebook login and then copy URL from Theme Settings and add it into Facebook Login Product Redirect URL

LinkedIn Settings

1. First of all you would have to create an APP on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/developers/secure/developer

2. Copy Client ID and Client Secret from APP Auth section  and paste into Theme Settings 

Also please add below link into OAuth 2.0 settings

Link should be like this http://yourdomain.com/?action=linkedin_login

replace http://yourdomain.com with your site URL

Now you are ready to sign in and sign up with LinkedIn

How to complete a job

Employers can complete the job by going to Ongoing Jobs section and then click View Details button to go on history page and then go to View History Button and you will see the history page where you can complete the job. 

 Step 1

 Step 2

 Step 3

Import Demo Contents

Before importing demo content, please make sure your server meet minimum server requirements to work smoothly with workreap theme.

On demo content installation's your current changes will be loss, so back your database before install the demo contents

• PHP Version Should be > 7.0
• PHP Zip extension Should be installed
• max_execution_time  > 300
• max_input_time = 300
• memory_limit = 512
• post_max_size = 100M
• upload_max_filesize = 100M

At this point theme, plugins and required extensions should be installed. To import demo content just follow below mentioned process.

Step 1:  Now Go to Admin » Tools » Demo Content Install and you'll see something like shown below. 

Just click on install button and wait for demo content importing process.

Step 2:  Now Go to Workreap » Import Users section and click the Import Dummy button .Now,wait for demo users import process.

Congratulations!

You’ve setup your theme and ready to go

Due to server memory limit and time execution, may be images(placeholders) will not download properly. So Don't worry.

You can install this plugin : Regenerate Plugin  and can Regenerate Thumbnails.

How to create Mega Menu in Workreap

To use mega menu, please install mega menu extension first.

Go to Unyson > Download Mega Menu extension

Then go to Appearance > Menus and create your menus

MegaMenu from

Below are the server requirements for the theme

1. The PHP version should be 7.4(PHP 8.0 is not tested offically with our theme)
2. PHP Zip extension Should be Installed
3. max_execution_time = 300
4. max_input_time = 300
5. memory_limit = 512
6. max_input_vars = 4000
7. post_max_size = 50M
8. upload_max_filesize = 50M
9. CURL should be enabled to download Unyson extensions and demo content.
10. Node.js server should be installed( required only for real-time chat ) 
11. allow_url_fopen and allow_url_include 
12. Make sure GD & Imagemagick libraries should be installed on your server. Which is required to upload and generate images sizes
    
    

Please note due to a lot of Theme Options, your server should have max_input_vars = 4000 minimum, otherwise your last tabs settings will not be saved

 Extend Elementor shortcode

Create folder extend/elementor/shortcodes in child theme and copy the shortcode file from Wrokreap_Core/elementor/shortcodes to this folder.

e.g to extend the to-freelancer shortcode.

Funds Withdraw Request

Freelancers can send a request for the funds withdrawal. From their dashboard freelancers can select payment gateway and also payment to withdraw. 

On new request admin will receive an email for the funds request

Admin will send the money to freelancers manually. And then admin have to change the status of withdraw request. On change request status, freelancers will get an email that funds has been sent.

Please make sure settings for the payouts in Theme Settings > Payment Settings 

Either enable to allow the users to create a withdrawal request from front-end or only admin can generate withdrawal from back-end by using CRON JOB

OR Second way is Payout by admin

How Payouts Works

How to add Post a Job or Post a Service Button in Main Menu

Now you can create button in main menu 

1. To Create Post a Service, please add below in Custom Link URL Area

#post_service_button#

2. To Create Post a Job, please add below in Custom Link URL Area

#post_job_button#

***************************************************************************************************************

Note :

Please note when user will be logged in as freelancer then  Post a service Button will display and job button will be removed. 

And when user will be logged in as employer then  Post a job Button will display and service button will be removed. 

In other cases both button will be removed. When no one is logged in then both button will be appear.

How to extend plugin functionality in theme

Please follow steps how to extend plugin functionality into the theme.

Create a folder in child theme with name extend

and then copy the shortcodes and hooks folder from plugin( workreap_core ) and paste into extend folder

Then you can find registration and login form and make the changes in it

in this way you can extend your plugin functionality into the theme and on theme update, your changes will not loss.

Please note : If you are using child theme then you can add extend folder in child theme.

We have demo content for all the pages. Please don't try to import demo content because it will erase your current data. So backup files and database before import the demo data.

Or import demo data on the staging site and then export elementor templates and import into your live site

Hi,

Thank you for contacting us

There are some images coming from the elementor page builder, some of them are coming from the pages, posts, taxonomies, theme settings etc.

You must edit pages, posts, taxonomies, theme settings and also with page builder to change those images.

How to use elementor page builder in workreap theme

How to change title bar banners

How to change dashboard icon images

If you have any support related query please let us know.

Thanks

How to remove Native APP Link

Admin can remove/disable from Appearance > Theme Settings > General Settings > APP Link

What is the difference between project expiry and project deadline date

Project expiry: This means when the project will expire and the freelancer will not be able to apply on the project

Project deadline: This means that when the freelancers have to deliver the project

Hiring Settings

First of all please enable the hiring from Theme Settings.

Then go to Product/Packages section and create a hiring product for payments.

Please make sure you have checked the Hire Freelancer. Then set the price to 1 or what you want, this price will be overridden by the project price while hiring.

For example when an employer will hire a freelancer for the bid $100 then this product price will be overridden with the $100 and WooCommerce order will be placed with that custom price

No need to setup this checkbox for each product or package for freelancer or employers

How to create a login page 

1) Create a page with a login shortcode
2) Assign Login page in Theme Settings
3) Please note login type should be as pages in Theme Settings 
4) You are ready now 

Please check below video guide

https://www.loom.com/share/80f94d14a4c0424aa311cf159f287f7e

Unyson plugin issue with WordPress 5.5, and how to resolve 

Please try to delete unyson plugin and install this one http://amentotech.com/plugins/unyson.zip

https://github.com/ThemeFuse/Unyson/issues/4029

Well this issue will be soon resolved by the plugin author. Also please try to update theme and plugins as well with latest release 1.6.4

We are trying to fix that and we will keep updating you on it.

Please uninstall unyson plugin and then go to Appearance > Install plugin > ALL

Geo location not working

Geo Location works on secure origin. https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2016/04/geolocation-on-secure-contexts-only

Please install SSL on your domain. Or ask you hosting and domain providers to install SSL on your domain. 

How to override shortcodes of workreap theme in elementor in child theme

To edit any shortcode of our theme for elementor page builder, you can copy shortcode file from workreap_core plugin and then add into child theme. Below is the path for plugin 

wp-content\plugins\workreap_core\elementor\shortcodes\

and paste file into below folder of child theme

wp-content\themes\workreap\extend\elementor\shortcodes\

Important Note : Please note that demo images are not part of our theme and these are not included in the theme package. These are just for our demo purpose. 

We have also mentioned this on our item detail page. 

If you have any questions, please let us know.

Thanks!

How Payouts Works

Freelances can select their withdraw method, 

Please note freelancers should have write their payout account details to get all the earnings. If freelancer will leave empty details then system will not create payout. 

and admin can set CRON job to generate payouts 

How to setup CRON job for payouts

then admin can export the list from back-end 

then admin will send money to freelancers manually. Please note their is no automated system to send payments to freelancers. So admin have to send the payments to freelancers manually.

Once payout list will be generated then you have to download and pay all the freelancers manually and also update status of payouts from inprogress to completed  back-end of WordPress admin panel  

How to change Currency 

Currency Can be change from Woo Commerce Settings

Go to WooCommerce > Settings and select the currency

What is profile health and how it does work in workreap

Profile health were introduce in release 1.7.3 version. It includes 6 steps and admin can include from them or exclude them.

Fields to include

1) Tagline
2) Description
3) Identity Verification
4) Profile Picture
5) Experience
6) Skills

Please select what you want to include for Profile health, please add percentage, please make sure total percentage should be 100. Like if you select two fields then it could be
50 + 50 or 30 + 70 or what ever you want to add.

Admin can enable to show the profile health on freelancers profiles. This is basically to attract employer and get hires. 

Admin can also set minimum percentage if user profile health less than to admin given percentage then user will not show in search listing. 

For previous freelancers, you have to update profile health. So you can update from Theme Settings > Profile Health. Just click on link and it will update the all freelancers.

How to translate "Home" word in breadcrumbs

You can go to Unyson > Extensions > Breadcrumbs

Why WooCommerce doesn't update package or hiring statuses once used PayPal

We have used WooCommerce for the packages and hiring process and have used the below hooks

• Hook: woocommerce_payment_complete
• Function: $order->payment_complete(). 

Most payment methods use the above hook and function to process the order.

Any gateways that default status goes to On Hold or Pending Payment instead of Processing will not process the order against packages update or hiring.

You may try the PayPal Express Checkout plugin and it should work. You can check documentation here https://docs.woocommerce.com/document/paypal-standard/

Since WooCommerce version 5.5.0, PayPal Standard is hidden for new installations. This change doesn’t affect existing stores. We strongly encourage everyone using PayPal standard to use the recommended PayPal Payments extension instead, which is our full-stack solution (credit card processing, PayPal checkout, subscriptions, pay later options, etc).

For this, you also contact PayPal about this situation. To make sure of this, you can try to use Stripe Credit card payments plugin, which sends the status processing and all the functions of our theme seem to be working fine.

*****************************************************************************************************************How to enable real-time chat

Please note real-time chat will only work if your server does support node.js and you are allowed to run forever commands to run server file. Mostly VPS and Dedicated servers allow you to run node server files.

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Admin can enable real-time chat from Theme Settings.

First, make sure that you have installed the node on your server. 

Either it's shared hosting or dedicated hosting, and also make sure from your hosting provider that the port is enabled on which you have sent requests.

On shared hosting, contact your hosting provider and ask them to install node, so you can easily run the server.js file by writing this command node server.js from the terminal.

In the case of a dedicated server, you have full access to install the node.

After verifying Please ask your hosting provider to run server.js file through SSH commands

themes > workreap > js > server.js

If you have not used any SSL certificate for your domain then without any problems you can run node chat server file. Just follow the below instructions.

Then from Theme Settings, you can enable either Inbox or real-time chat.

Please replace the hostname with your site name like below

https://yourdomain.com

Just add your host and open port in Theme Settings. Please note if you have used port other than 81 then please update port in server.js as well.

In simple inbox system, users will get messages on page refresh while in real-time chat system users will get instant messages without refreshing the page. 

If you have used SSL certificate for your domain, then make sure that you have access to your certificate files on your Cpanel.

Normally SSL certificate files could be found below the path on cpanel.

To make sure that which keys and cert file have been used for the SSL certificate, you can find that information on Cpanel SSL/TLS

After that click on Manage SSL

After clinking on Managed SSL Sites.

Copy the name of the certificate file and then go to SSL folder path. ( ssl/certs )

Download the file on your PC and then go to SSL/keys folder to download the key file.

After that go to your theme directory and create the below folder path in your theme root location.

/workreap/chat_ssl/

Rename both files so you can remember them easily.

And upload your downloaded key and cert file to this folder.

Now open workreap/js/server-ssl.js file

Now run the node server file from the terminal like this node server-ssl.js

And check the chat it will work now on HTTPS secure protocol.

Note: Only Authorized certificates install on your domain will be recognized for your chat node server and no self-signed certificate will work on the production server.

Extra Notes:

The below process is same for both situations either with SSL or without SSL.

Node JS Chat server is only available or worked if the terminal open, If you have mistakenly closed the terminal or logged out of your session then the node chat server will be stopped.

To run the node js chat app in background process install the npm process manager which is forever.

Run the below commands from your terminal.

npm install forever -g

It will install forever package globally, Note: If you have not installed forever globally then it will not work.

To start the node chat server run the following command.

forever start server-ssl.js

Do not bother the warnings it will run your application in the background now.

To check which node processes are running on the background enter the following command.

forever list

(It will list down all running processes for node js)

And to stop the node chat server enter the below command.

forever stop server-ssl.js

For your eyes only

Admin can't access dashboard from front-end. 

Dashboard is only accessible for Employers and Freelancers from front-end.

Please make sure you have logged in via Employers or Freelancers account. If you will login with admin account details from front-end then it will not show you dashboard. 

When payments are enabled with WooCommerce

First, please log in as admin and go to Theme Settings > Payments Settings and then select the Enable Payments

This means that you are using WooCommerce checkout process and 

Now, You need to active WooCommerce offline payment methods. Go to admin > WooCommerce > Settings > Payments and active the offline payment methods like Cash on delivery, Direct bank transfer etc.

After successfully completing the checkout process, the Order is received as an On Hold status. Now, after receiving the amount admin need to complete the order.

After completing the order, the packages package will be updated. The same thing would be for job and services hiring. When the admin will update the order then the job will be assigned to a freelancer and both will get emails.

When payments are disabled

Now you can also disable the WooCommerce checkout process, this means when you will disable then the system will not use the Woocommerce checkout process and start the job when you will click on hire now button

How to change title bar banners

You can add banner from each page settings. It is title bar settings of each page and default could be set from Theme Settings

Default Settings 

Why freelancers not showing 

Can you please make sure if two filters are not enabled in Theme Settings

1) Show freelancers if have avatar

2) Show freelancer if specific profile health

How to setup page templates

You need to setup below template pages.

1. Search Projects
2. Search Freelancers
3. Search Employers
4. Search Services
5. Dashboard
6. Proposal Page

First of all you need to create a page for example "Search Projects" and assign it "Search Project" Template

Then go to Theme Settings > Directory Settings and select created page in the settings

Same thing for other search and dashboard templates.

How to change dashboard icon images

You can download icons from this site https://www.flaticon.com/

Please go to Appearance > Theme Settings > Directory Settings > Images Settings 

here you can change the icon images

How to setup trial packages

Admin can setup a trial package for new users. This trial package will be assigned to new registered users on the site. 

This package will be assigned automatically. Also users  will not see any trial package in their dashboard. 

To create trial package go to Packages/Products > Select Trial for Freelancers or Employer

Admin can create only one trial package for freelancers and employers

Why email is not working

Please make sure if emails are not in spams or junks folders.

Why email took time to arrive

Email delay(arrival to the inbox) could be due to any reason. First of all, this could be your email content. Some email providers like Gmail take time to read content and decide to either put it to spam or in the inbox.

So your content should be strong and don't write such kind of content which could be suspicious.

This is not related to the theme because when any event trigger then it send an email because PHP functions run.

For testing purposes, you can install this plugin https://wordpress.org/plugins/email-log/

When your click it will trigger an email and you can see the email log it on the back-end.

How to remove switch Account Settings from dashboard

Please go to Theme Settings > Directory Settings

How do credits of freelancers work

When user will subscribe to a package then freelancer would get Credit to apply on the jobs. Admin can set how many number of credits required to bid on the projects.

Let say freelancer have 60 credits and admin have set per job 5 credits. Then freelancer can apply on 12 jobs.

After applying on first job 5 credits would be excluded from his/her package.

Total Credits - Required Credits to Apply =  Remaining

How to hide search results for visitors and show a banner

You can enable or disable to show a specific number of posts and then show a banner from 

Theme Settings > Search Settings > Search Filters > Hide search result

This is for Projects, services and freelancers search result pages

Help and support section can be enabled from the back-end

Theme Settings > Directory Settings > Help Settings

This will send an email to the admin, please make sure if you have added the email address in the email template.

So admin will get an email whenever any user send a message from front-end help and support section

Theme Settings > Email Settings > Admin Templates > Help and support

Demo Content Import issue with LiteSpeed webservers

For LightSpeed servers you need to add below line of code in .htaccess files

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule .* - [E=noconntimeout:1]

You can read more about LightSpeed servers

https://www.litespeedtech.com/support/wiki/doku.php/litespeed_wiki:php:run-without-timeouts

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Run PHP without Timeouts

This wiki covers how to set up LiteSpeed Web Server so that a long-running PHP script will not be interrupted before it has finished.

Reason

Some PHP scripts need to run for long periods of time without interruption. Examples include WordPress modules such as BackupBuddy, ImportBuddy, or any other module that relies on a WordPress built-in cron job. Whenever a PHP application rebuilds MySQL indexes, the process may run for a long time.

How-To's

Generally, allowing a PHP script to run forever is not desirable. Thus there are a number of features (in LSWS and built into PHP) that may prevent a PHP process from running long enough to finish. You may need to set up more than one of the following configurations to ensure your application works correctly.

Turn off aborting for a broken connection

When a user closes a connection (by closing a window, for example), LSWS will abort processing that PHP script by killing the PHP process. This is to avoid wasting system resources and prevent certain types of DoS attacks.

In some cases, though, it is preferable to not to abort the PHP script regardless of whether the connection has been closed. For example, Wordpress built-in cron jobs start a background job by sending a request to wp-cron.php then immediately closing the connection without waiting for response. In order for the cron job to complete, though, the web server must keep the PHP engine running without interruption.

With Apache mod_php, the ignore_user_abort setting allows a user to trigger a long-running process and then close the browser or navigate away from the page without killing the PHP/MySQL process. This setting is not supported by LSWS (or any Apache suEXEC setup).

Aborting for a broken connection can instead be turned off at the server level in LSWS's WebAdmin console or by using LiteSpeed's “noabort” environment variable.

Globally via the WebAdmin

WebAdmin console > Configuration > Server > General > External Application Abort

Set External Application Abort to “No Abort” to stop all applications from aborting even when a connection has been broken.

Through the "noabort" environment variable

Aborting for a broken connection can be turned off by using the request-level “noabort” environment variable. This can be done in a rewrite rule or using the SetEnv/SetEnvIf directives. “noabort” is a LiteSpeed-specific environment variable, so all the following rules should be placed in

<IfModule Litespeed> ... </IfModule>

The [E=noabort:1] flag can be added to any rewrite rule. The rewrite rule can be in an Apache .htaccess file or vhost-level configuration file. The rewrite flag should usually be used for a single account only. If you need to do a server-level configuration that will apply to all accounts (though perhaps only for certain scripts), you should use the SetEnvIf directive.

Rewrite rule examples:

• For all requests.

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule .* - [E=noabort:1]

• For wp-cron.php, backupbuddy.php, and importbuddy.php only.

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule (wp-cron|backupbuddy|importbuddy)\.php - [E=noabort:1]

SetEnv/SetEnvIf directive examples:

• For all requests.

SetEnv noabort 1

• For certain URIs (i.e. wp-cron.php, backupbuddy.php, and importbuddy.php).

SetEnvIf Request_URI "(wp-cron|backupbuddy|importbuddy)\.php" noabort

Note: Rewrite rules cannot be easily inherited. Thus, if you want to affect all accounts with one setting, the SetEnvIf directive should be used.

LiteSpeed connection timeout override

If a script does not send back anything for a long time, this can trigger a connection timeout and the server will close the client connection. This is done to prevent poorly written PHP scripts from tying up the server. To get desired functionality from your web applications, though, you may need to prevent the connection from being timed out. (If the “noabort” environment variable above has been set, the script will continue to run even though the connection has been broken. Your application, though, may require the connection to stay open for correct functionality.)

Connection timeout can be prevented by either increasing the global connection timeout setting (via the WebAdmin console) or using LiteSpeed's “noconntimeout” environment variable.

Globally via the WebAdmin

WebAdmin CP > Configuration > Server > Tuning > Connection Timeout (secs)

This setting can be increased to allow scripts to run longer (though they will still time out after the specified time has elapsed).

If LiteSpeed ADC is running in front , ADC connection timeout also need to adjust.

Through "noconntimeout" environment variable

Similarly to the “noabort” environment variable, you can add the “noconntimeout” environment variable via a rewrite rule or using the SetEnv/SetEnvIf directives. (The rewrite flag is preferred for controlling a single account. The SetEnv/SetEnvIf directives are preferred for rules that will apply to all accounts.) “noconntimeout” is a LiteSpeed-specifc environment variable, so all the following examples should be placed inside:

<IfModule Litespeed> ...
</IfModule>

Rewrite rule examples:

• For all requests.

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule .* - [E=noconntimeout:1]

• For wp-cron.php, backupbuddy.php, and importbuddy.php only.

RewriteRule (wp-cron|backupbuddy|importbuddy)\.php - [E=noconntimeout:1]

• Combined with the “noabort” environment variable.

RewriteRule (wp-cron|backupbuddy|importbuddy)\.php - [E=noabort:1, E=noconntimeout:1]

SetEnvIf Request_URI "(wp-cron|backupbuddy|importbuddy)\.php" noconntimeout

SetEnv/SetEnvIf directive examples:

• For certain URLs (i.e. wp-cron.php, backupbuddy.php, and importbuddy.php).

SetEnvIf Request_URI "(wp-cron|backupbuddy|importbuddy)\.php" noabort noconntimeout

"LSAPI_MAX_PROCESS_TIME" environment variable

In ProcessGroup mode, the "LSAPI_MAX_PROCESS_TIME" environment variable (default 3600 seconds) controls the maximum processing time allowed when processing a request. If a child process cannot finish processing the request in the given time period, it will be killed by the parent process. This option can get rid of a dead or a runaway child process.

Set the environment variable in your external application settings (WebAdmin > Configuration > Server(or Vhost) > External App > your external application > Environments).

PHP execution time in php.ini

The max_execution_time setting sets the maximum time in seconds a PHP script is allowed to run before it is terminated by the parser. This helps prevent poorly written scripts from tying up the server. This time does not include time spent in system calls or network I/O (unlike the “LSAPI_MAX_PROCESS_TIME” environment variable above). Thus a process will usually trigger “LSAPI_MAX_PROCESS_TIME” before triggering a max_execution_time setting of a similar length. The default setting is 30.

Example setting (in a php.ini file):

    max_execution_time=36000

PHP coding

One of our customers had success making sure a PHP script did not time out by adding the following PHP code:

<?php
//avoid apache to kill the php running
ignore_user_abort(true);
//start buffer output
ob_start();
echo "show something to user";
//close session file on server side to avoid blocking other requests
session_write_close();
//send length header
header("Content-Length: ".ob_get_length());
header("Connection: close");
//really send content, can't change the order:
//1.ob buffer to normal buffer, //2.normal buffer to output
ob_end_flush();
flush();
//continue do something on server side
ob_start();
//replace it with the background task
sleep(50); ob_end_clean();
?>

Note: You need to turn off keepalive connections for this request. This can be done with a rewrite rule.

Troubleshooting

"noabort" rule should be placed at the top of the .htaccess

A test.php script sets sleep time to 320 seconds, like so:

?php
//Store the micro time so that we know
//when our script started to run.
$executionStartTime = microtime(true);
// displaying time
echo date('h:i:s')."\n" ;
// delaying execution of the script for 2 seconds
sleep(320);
// displaying time again
echo date('h:i:s');
//At the end of your code, compare the current
//microtime to the microtime that we stored
//at the beginning of the script.
$executionEndTime = microtime(true);
//The result will be in seconds and milliseconds.
$seconds = $executionEndTime - $executionStartTime;
//Print it out
echo "This script took $seconds to execute.";
?>

When it is run, however, it errors out and stops at 300 seconds (5 minutes). phpinfo.php shows max_exectution_time is 600. The script times out due to LiteSpeed Web Server's default 300-second timeout. The default, however, can be overridden by a noabort or noconntimeout rule.

In this example, .htaccess does have a noabort rule, but the test script still stops at 300 seconds:

Oct8ne                <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>                RewriteEngine on                RewriteRule ^oct8ne/frame/([a-zA-Z]+)$ index.php?fc=module&module=oct8ne&controller=oct8neconnector&octmethod=$1&%{QUERY_STRING} [QSA,L]                </IfModule>                #End_Oct8ne                # ~~start~~ Do not remove this comment, Prestashop will keep automatically the code outside this comment when .htaccess will be generated again
# .htaccess automaticaly generated by PrestaShop e-commerce open-source solution
# http://www.prestashop.com - http://www.prestashop.com/forums
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
<IfModule mod_env.c>
SetEnv HTTP_MOD_REWRITE On
</IfModule>
RewriteEngine on
#
RewriteRule . - [E=REWRITEBASE:/]
RewriteRule ^api$ api/ [L]
RewriteRule ^api/(.*)$ %{ENV:REWRITEBASE}webservice/dispatcher.php?url=$1 [QSA,L]
# Images
RewriteRule ^([0-9])(\-[_a-zA-Z0-9-]*)?(-[0-9]+)?/.+\.jpg$ %{ENV:REWRITEBASE}img/p/$1/$1$2$3.jpg [L]
RewriteRule ^([0-9])([0-9])(\-[_a-zA-Z0-9-]*)?(-[0-9]+)?/.+\.jpg$ %{ENV:REWRITEBASE}img/p/$1/$2/$1$2$3$4.jpg [L]
RewriteRule ^([0-9])([0-9])([0-9])(\-[_a-zA-Z0-9-]*)?(-[0-9]+)?/.+\.jpg$ %{ENV:REWRITEBASE}img/p/$1/$2/$3/$1$2$3$4$5.jpg [L]
RewriteRule ^([0-9])([0-9])([0-9])([0-9])(\-[_a-zA-Z0-9-]*)?(-[0-9]+)?/.+\.jpg$ %{ENV:REWRITEBASE}img/p/$1/$2/$3/$4/$1$2$3$4$5$6.jpg [L]
RewriteRule ^([0-9])([0-9])([0-9])([0-9])([0-9])(\-[_a-zA-Z0-9-]*)?(-[0-9]+)?/.+\.jpg$ %{ENV:REWRITEBASE}img/p/$1/$2/$3/$4/$5/$1$2$3$4$5$6$7.jpg [L]
RewriteRule ^([0-9])([0-9])([0-9])([0-9])([0-9])([0-9])(\-[_a-zA-Z0-9-]*)?(-[0-9]+)?/.+\.jpg$ %{ENV:REWRITEBASE}img/p/$1/$2/$3/$4/$5/$6/$1$2$3$4$5$6$7$8.jpg [L]
RewriteRule ^([0-9])([0-9])([0-9])([0-9])([0-9])([0-9])([0-9])(\-[_a-zA-Z0-9-]*)?(-[0-9]+)?/.+\.jpg$ %{ENV:REWRITEBASE}img/p/$1/$2/$3/$4/$5/$6/$7/$1$2$3$4$5$6$7$8$9.jpg [L]
RewriteRule ^([0-9])([0-9])([0-9])([0-9])([0-9])([0-9])([0-9])([0-9])(\-[_a-zA-Z0-9-]*)?(-[0-9]+)?/.+\.jpg$ %{ENV:REWRITEBASE}img/p/$1/$2/$3/$4/$5/$6/$7/$8/$1$2$3$4$5$6$7$8$9$10.jpg [L]
RewriteRule ^c/([0-9]+)(\-[\.*_a-zA-Z0-9-]*)(-[0-9]+)?/.+\.jpg$ %{ENV:REWRITEBASE}img/c/$1$2$3.jpg [L]
RewriteRule ^c/([a-zA-Z_-]+)(-[0-9]+)?/.+\.jpg$ %{ENV:REWRITEBASE}img/c/$1$2.jpg [L]
# AlphaImageLoader for IE and fancybox
RewriteRule ^images_ie/?([^/]+)\.(jpe?g|png|gif)$ js/jquery/plugins/fancybox/images/$1.$2 [L]
# Dispatcher
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -s [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -l [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^.*$ - [NC,L]
RewriteRule ^.*$ %{ENV:REWRITEBASE}index.php [NC,L]
AddType application/vnd.ms-fontobject .eot
AddType font/ttf .ttf
AddType font/otf .otf
AddType font/woff2 .woff2
AddType application/x-font-woff .woff
<IfModule mod_headers.c>        <FilesMatch "\.(ttf|ttc|otf|eot|woff|woff2|svg)$">                Header set Access-Control-Allow-Origin "*"        </FilesMatch>
</IfModule>
#If rewrite mod isn't enabled
ErrorDocument 404 /index.php?controller=404
# ~~end~~ Do not remove this comment, Prestashop will keep automatically the code outside this comment when .htaccess will be generated again
# # BEGIN litespeed noconntimeout noabort
<IfModule Litespeed> RewriteEngine On RewriteRule .* - [E=noabort:1]
</IfModule>
# # END litespeed noconntimeout noabort
# php -- BEGIN cPanel-generated handler, do not edit
# Set the “ea-php70” package as the default “PHP” programming language.
<IfModule mime_module>  AddHandler application/x-httpd-ea-php70 .php .php7 .phtml
</IfModule>
# php -- END cPanel-generated handler, do not edit
# BEGIN cPanel-generated php ini directives, do not edit
# Manual editing of this file may result in unexpected behavior.
# To make changes to this file, use the cPanel MultiPHP INI Editor (Home >> Software >> MultiPHP INI Editor)
# For more information, read our documentation (https://go.cpanel.net/EA4ModifyINI)
<IfModule php7_module>   php_flag display_errors Off   php_value max_execution_time 600   php_value max_input_time 600   php_value max_input_vars 6000   php_value memory_limit 1024M   php_value post_max_size 1024M   php_value session.gc_maxlifetime 1440   php_value session.save_path "/var/cpanel/php/sessions/ea-php73"   php_value upload_max_filesize 1024M   php_flag zlib.output_compression Off
</IfModule>
<IfModule lsapi_module>   php_flag display_errors Off   php_value max_execution_time 600   php_value max_input_time 600   php_value max_input_vars 6000   php_value memory_limit 1024M   php_value post_max_size 1024M   php_value session.gc_maxlifetime 1440   php_value session.save_path "/var/cpanel/php/sessions/ea-php73"   php_value upload_max_filesize 1024M   php_flag zlib.output_compression Off
</IfModule>
# END cPanel-generated php ini directives, do not edit

The problem is the position of the noabort rule. it was placed nearly at the end of .htaccess, and as such, it is prevented from being executed by the other rules that come before it. RewriteRule .* - [E=noabort:1]

Move the rule to the very top of all .htaccess rewrite rules, and the test script will no longer time out.

How admin can enable either jobs posting or service posting or both

Admin can enable either site would be like upwork where only employers can post jobs and freelancers can bid on these jobs or like fiverr where only freelancer can post their services and employers can only buy these services.

Appearance > Theme Settings > Directory Settings > Application Access 

System Access Type Either Free or Paid users

Admin can set from Theme Settings > General Settings > Directory Settings > System Access type 

Please select only one of the options.

1) In "Paid Listings for both" means both employers and freelancers have to buy a package to access all the features of the site
2) In "Free listings for employer" all features would be free for only employers not for freelancers.
3) In "Free for both", In this settings all the site features would be free for both employers and freelancers

How to use AtomChat into Workreap Theme

AtomChat is not part of the theme, this is optional chat integration 

1) Please install the AtomChat plugin and then subscribe to a package. You need to buy AtomChat Go Plan

https://www.atomchat.com/pricing

https://help.atomchat.com/installing-atomchat-on-wordpress

Download Plugin: https://wordpress.org/plugins/atomchat/

2) After Buy you can go to https://app.atomchat.com/users/login and copy the License Key and add it to the AtomChat plugin in WordPress

Please make sure you have selected Third Party AtomChat in Theme Settings 

3) After that please go to the dashboard by clicking on the Manage button in the AtomChat dashboard Then go to Settings > API Key > and Copy the API and add it into the AtomChat plugin in WordPress

4) Now you are ready to use AtomChat. Employers can invite the freelancers to initiate chat 

How to change slug for custom post types

This can be changed from Workreap > Settings 

Please note, WordPress has some reserved words and you can't use those like category

https://codex.wordpress.org/Reserved_Terms

It will look like this

How to verify freelancers identity documents.

This feature was added in release 1.6.2, so please update both theme and plugins to get it work. You can also disable from  Theme Settings > Directory Settings

How to hide menu items from both left and top menu

Admin can hide menu items from Theme Settings > Directory Settings 

How to create a messenger page with WP Guppy

Admin can create a message page with WP Guppy plugin. We have Elementor & WP Bakery Page builder compatibility as well as the shortcode options to create the messenger page

Below are the server requirements for the theme

1. The PHP version should be 7.4(PHP 8.0 is not tested officially with our plugin/theme)
2. PHP Zip extension Should be Installed
3. max_execution_time = 300
4. max_input_time = 300
5. memory_limit = 512
6. max_input_vars = 3000
7. post_max_size = 50M
8. upload_max_filesize = 50M
9. CURL should be enabled to download Unyson extensions and demo content.
10. Node.js server should be installed( required only for real-time chat ) 
11. allow_url_fopen and allow_url_include 
12. Make sure GD & Imagemagick libraries should be installed on your server. Which is required to upload and generate images sizes

Please note due to a lot of Theme Options, your server should have max_input_vars =3000 minimum, otherwise, your last tabs settings will not be saved

How to hide departments from the registration page 

Admin can disable the departments and employees section from the registration page, filters and from the dashboard

Theme Settings > Directory Settings > Company Settings 

The departments list can be changed from back-end but no of employees section can't be changed

How to translate WP Guppy

You can change any string from the WP Guppy > Translation or you can also use the loco translate plugin to find the strings and replace them with your own strings

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BOMzVC3aqU

How to install Workreap REST API Plugin

You can download latest API plugin in our theme by going to Appearance > Install Plugins

Or you can download it directly from This URL

http://amentotech.com/autoupdate/workreap/workreap_api.zip

You can poy above URL and then paste into your browser and hit this

Admin can't access dashboard from front-end. 

Dashboard is only accessible for Doctors,Hospitals and Patients or regular user from front-end.

Please make sure you have logged in viaDoctors, Hospitals and Patients or regular user account. If you will login with admin account details from front-end then it will not show you dashboard. 

ModSecurity and Theme Settings saving trigger 403 Errors

If while saving the Theme Settings, your server is throwing the 403 error then this means that your server is blocking the request.

So you must consult with your hosting provider by telling them that this issue appears while saving some data. 

They will be able to fix that issue, this issue could be maybe because of some ModSecurity settings or something else with your hosting permissions 

What is ModSecurity

ModSecurity is for increasing the security of servers. It is an Apache module that works as a web application firewall. It blocks known exploits and provides protection from a range of attacks against web applications. Its activity may cause such issues from time to time when requests sent to the server match with ModSecurity rules. Sometimes such requests are false-positive

If still, you are facing an issue, please provide requested details to our support team and we will be happy to investigate the issue

Workreap: Services search layout

We have 3 services layout and settings can be enabled from

Theme Settings > Directory Settings > Services Settings > Services layout

Admin can enable the social media profiles for both types of users from the back-end

Theme Settings > Social Profile Settings

And then users will be able to add social links from front-end 

Why email took time to arrive or not working

1) Why email are not working

Please make sure if emails are not in spams or junks folders.

2) Why email took time to arrive

Email delay(arrival to the inbox) could be due to many reason. First of all this could be your email content. Some email providers like gmail take time to read content and decide either put it to spam or in inbox.

So your content should be strong, and don't write such kind of content which could be a suspicious.

This not related to application because when any event trigger then it send email because php functions runs.

You might check other SMTP host other than gmail, like sendgrid which give the 100% accuracy to target the inbox and send emails timely

https://sendgrid.com/docs/for-developers/sending-email/laravel/

On some servers due to max execution time or memory limit, menus will display the below screenshot. This happens when during demo content import, the system doesn't assign the menu location to the menus.

What you have to do is, just open the WordPress admin > Appearance > Menus > Manage location

Select the location and then save. This will correct the menus

How to Update Theme, When New Update release

Please download latest version of theme package from themeforest.net

Please go to your download section at themeforest and then download theme files :

And then you need to make sure that:

-- You have taken a complete backup of your theme and plugin(tuturn) files. This is important because just in case you have made any mistakes or had made any changes in the theme or plugin, you can recover those from your backup.

-- Once the backup has been taken, you can either delete the theme and plugin and upload a newer one or replace files by using FileZilla or another file transfer protocol.

Please note: Don't import users or demo content. It will override and delete your database contents. You just need to replace/delete files.

Thanks!

Hourly rate settings for freelancers

Admin can enable to show/hide the hourly rate for freelancers.

Theme Settings > Directory Settings > Freelancers Settings

And then freelancers can also hide show this from their dashboard settings

Admin can also enable the hourly rate range for freelancers from Theme Settings > Directory Settings > Freelancers Settings

How to add login or registration button into elementor menu

As you are using elementor, so you can drag shortcode for login or registration

Start chatting with a specific user on the messenger page

You may create a messenger page and then you can open the link below to start a chat with a specific user

https://yoursite.com/messenger/?chat_id=606&chat_type=1

chat_id => This is WordPress user ID
chat_type=1 => Leave this as it is

How to enable sending service quotes and how it works

You can enable the send service quote options from Theme Settings > Directory Settings > Services Settings 

Once activated then all the employers who contacted the freelancer will show in the listing to send an offer. Freelancer must select service and then employer with a custom price to send the offer 

How to import the users from back-end by using excel file 

Admin can import the Freelancers and Employersin bulk by using excel file 

Here is a sample file for the users

How to change dashboard icon images

Please go to Theme Settings > Directory Settings and Dashboard Settings section

here you can change the icon images

Why there is no ongoing service or project on hiring

We have used WooCommerce for the packages and hiring process and have used below the hook

• woocommerce_payment_complete 

Once any payment arrived successfully then the above WooCommerce hook trigger and move the project or service to ongoing status. If any payment gateway failed to run below WooCommerce order function on payment success then it will not move the project or service to ongoing

• $order->payment_complete()

Most payment methods use the above function to process the order.

Any gateways that default to On Hold or Pending Payment instead of Processing will not process the order against packages update or hiring.

Like any offline payment gateway like COD, Check Payment or Bank transfer will not move the order to ongoing and when the admin will complete the order from back-end then it will move to ongoing and the freelancer balance will be updated

To make sure of this, you can try to use the Stripe Credit card payments plugin, which sends the status processing and all the functions of our theme seem to be working fine.

Why WooCommerce doesn't update package or bookings once PayPal is used

We have used WooCommerce for the packages and bookings process and have used below hooks

• woocommerce_payment_complete
• $order->payment_complete(). 

Most payment methods use the above hooks to process the order.

Any gateways that default to On Hold or Pending Payment instead of Processing will not process the order against packages update or booking.

For this, you also contact to PayPal about this situation. To make sure of this, you can try to use Stripe Credit card payments plugin, which sends the status processing and all the functions of our theme seems to be working fine.

We have used WooCommerce for the packages and booking process and have used the below hooks

• Hook: woocommerce_payment_complete
• Function: $order->payment_complete()

Any gateways that default status goes to On Hold or Pending Payment instead of Processing will not process the order against packages update or booking.

As this is not a delivery order which needs to be processing, this should be complete the order straightforward because online bookings

In your payment gateway, this doesn't call the WooCommerce hook which we have used once the order gets completed

How to change currency

Admin can change the currency from WooCommerce settings page

How to enable real time chat experience with WP Guppy

We have used Pusher Channel API for the real-time experience https://pusher.com/channels

You just need to create a channel api and add this into WP Guppy

https://wp-guppy.com/documentation/#ins_step7

We are using the MailChimp and you must add the Mailchimp API and then select the list where you want to subscribe your users

Get API key From Get API KEY
You can create a list here