{"id":2663,"date":"2026-10-20T08:35:26","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T07:35:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/article\/geodirectory-with-avada-theme\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T08:40:40","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T07:40:40","slug":"geodirectory-with-avada-theme","status":"publish","type":"gd_place","link":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/article\/themes\/geodirectory-with-avada-theme\/","title":{"rendered":"Using GeoDirectory with the Avada theme"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">GeoDirectory works with Avada and its Fusion Builder. GeoDirectory includes compatibility code for Avada, so directory pages follow Avada&#8217;s sidebar, page template and width settings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Where GeoDirectory pages get their Avada layout<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">GeoDirectory shows categories, listings and search results through template pages that you choose at GeoDirectory &gt; Settings &gt; General &gt; Pages (Archive page, Details Page, Search Page and so on). With Avada, the layout of each kind of GeoDirectory page comes from its template page:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>To change the sidebar on category pages, edit your Archive page and choose the sidebar in its Avada page options. Do the same on the Details Page for listing pages.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To make a GeoDirectory page full width, give its template page Avada&#8217;s 100% Width or Blank page template.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Avada&#8217;s page options are hidden when you edit individual listings, because listings take their layout from the Details Page.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Build the content of those template pages with Fusion Builder or the block editor, using GeoDirectory&#8217;s widgets and shortcodes. <a href=\"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/article\/getting-started\/using-a-builder-with-geodirectory\/\">Using a builder with GeoDirectory<\/a> explains how the template pages work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Page speed<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Avada is a large theme and a directory adds maps and listing scripts on top, so the hosting and caching set-up matters. If pages are slow, set up page caching with the exclusions in <a href=\"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/article\/caching\/geodirectory-and-caching-compatibility\/\">GeoDirectory and caching compatibility<\/a> and switch off the Avada features you don&#8217;t use in Avada&#8217;s own performance options.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the GeoDirectory side, Lazy Load Maps at GeoDirectory &gt; Settings &gt; General (click Show Advanced) can load each map only when it scrolls into view, or when the visitor clicks a button. See <a href=\"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/article\/how-tos\/how-to-lazy-load-maps-in-geodirectory\/\">How to lazy load maps in GeoDirectory<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GeoDirectory works with Avada and its Fusion Builder. GeoDirectory includes compatibility code for Avada, so directory pages follow Avada&#8217;s sidebar, page template and width settings. Where GeoDirectory pages get their Avada layout GeoDirectory shows categories, listings and search results through template pages that you choose at GeoDirectory &gt; Settings &gt; General &gt; Pages (Archive page, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"article\/tags":[],"article\/categories":[386],"class_list":["post-2663","gd_place","type-gd_place","status-publish","hentry","gd_placecategory-themes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/2663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/gd_place"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2663"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/2663\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2807,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/2663\/revisions\/2807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"gd_place_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/tags?post=2663"},{"taxonomy":"gd_placecategory","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/categories?post=2663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}