WordPress Tutorial - How to install Option Tree plugin fo your theme?

In this tutorial, We will see how to install Option Tree plugin for our theme.

If you are creating custom theme, Option Tree  Plugin is very useful to create Theme Options. Here we are going to install plugin for theme mode. This is not normal install like other plugin installation.

We will do this from themes folder. Here are the steps,

1. Click the following url and download the plugin.

   https://wordpress.org/plugins/option-tree/

2. Now extract the downloaded plugin. Now you will get a folder named "option-tree"

3. Copy the folder and paste it into your theme folder,

The location will be like this

/wp-content/themes/theme-name/option-tree/

4. Now copy the following code and paste it into the functions.php file (inside the php tag) and save the file.

/**
 * Required: set 'ot_theme_mode' filter to true.
 */
add_filter( 'ot_theme_mode', '__return_true' );

/**
 * Required: include OptionTree.
 */
require( trailingslashit( get_template_directory() ) . 'option-tree/ot-loader.php' );

5. Now refresh your WordPress Dashboard. You will see theme options button under the Appearance tab.

6. Also you will see Option Tree panel to create custom option.

7. That's all. You are installed Option Tree, and ready to create Theme options for your theme.

Here is the video tutorial: