Recipes
Step-by-step walkthroughs for specific outcomes. Pick the recipe that matches what you want to build, follow it end-to-end, and you’ll have the result.
Recipes assume you’ve already done the first-time setup. If you haven’t, do that first - most recipes build on top of it.
Available recipes
Section titled “Available recipes”| Recipe | What you’ll build | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Match the demo design | Your site looks like the published BuddyX Pro demo - same colors, fonts, header layout, footer | ~30 min |
| Brand your dark mode | A custom dark palette that matches your brand (not the default midnight-blue) | ~30 min |
| Customize the login flow | Visitors sign in via a branded popup or page instead of WordPress’s default /wp-login.php |
~20 min |
| Launch a private community | A members-only site where only logged-in users see content, with optional paid signup | ~1-2 hours |
| Build your homepage | A designed landing page as your front page, from patterns and blocks | ~30 min |
| Add a navigation menu | A menu assigned to the header, styled with the Pro header controls | ~20 min |
| Speed up your site | A faster site - local fonts, caching, lazy loading, lean components | ~30 min |
How recipes differ from reference docs
Section titled “How recipes differ from reference docs”Reference docs (rest of docs/website/) |
Recipes (this folder) |
|---|---|
| Organized by customizer panel (“Site Skin” / “Header” / etc.) | Organized by customer goal (“Match the demo” / “Brand dark mode”) |
| Cover every setting and what it does | Skip over settings that don’t matter for the goal |
| Read for understanding | Read for action |
| Answer “what does this control do?” | Answer “what do I have to do to get X?” |
You’ll usually want both. Recipes route you through a workflow; reference docs explain individual controls in depth when you want to customize further.
When recipes don’t fit
Section titled “When recipes don’t fit”If none of the recipes here matches what you’re trying to do:
- Try Choose Your Path for site-type-driven setup (community / store / courses / blog / marketplace / private)
- Browse the docs index for topic-driven navigation
- Search the docs (Cmd+F in the docs index)
- Email us at support@wbcomdesigns.com and tell us what you’re trying to build - we may be able to write a recipe for it
Coming soon
Section titled “Coming soon”Recipes are being added gradually. The list above will grow with each release. If there’s a workflow you want covered, let us know.