The Customizer is where you control the look and feel of your Memberlite site. Most visual settings live here, including your colors, fonts, header, footer, and layout options. You can preview any changes you make before you publish them.

To open the Customizer, go to Appearance > Customize in the WordPress Admin.

The sections below appear in the order you will see their panels in the Customizer.

Site Identity

Set your site title, tagline, site icon, and logo under Appearance > Customize > Site Identity. These appear in Memberlite’s default header, in browser tabs, and in the browser’s search results.

Add Your Logo

1. Click “Select logo” to upload an image for your site’s logo or to select an image from the Media Library.
2. The image should be uploaded at 360px x 100px for best appearance.
3. If needed, you will be able to “Crop” the image after uploading.
4. Click “Save Changes” to apply the logo to your site.
5. If you are using header or footer variations, you can use the Site Logo block to pull the logo you’ve set here.

Remove Your Logo

1. Click the “Remove” button to remove the logo.
2. Click “Publish” to save the change to your site.

Update Site Title and Tagline

1. You can set the Site Title and Tagline here. This will automatically display in Memberlite’s default header.
2. If you don’t want this to display in the header, uncheck the box next to Display Site Title and Tagline. If you are using a header image, you will most likely want to uncheck this box.
3. If you are using header or footer variations, you can use the Site Title and Site Tagline blocks to pull what’s saved in these settings.

Add a Site Icon

Your Site Icon will be shown in browser tabs (you may have heard this called “favicon” in the past), bookmark menus, and on the home screen of mobile devices.

1. Under the “Site Icon” section and click on the “Select Site Icon” button.
2. The recommended size is a 512px by 512px square image.

General

The settings under Appearance > Customize > General are where you can find global settings that apply across your entire site, including the back-to-top link and button styles.

Show Back to Top Link: Adds a link or floating button at the bottom of every page so visitors can scroll back to the top quickly. Choose between an inline link in the footer (applies to the default footer only, not a footer variation) or a floating button that gets fixed to the bottom-right corner of the screen.

Button Style: Sets the shape of buttons across your site. Choose Default, Sharp, or Pill. If you change the border radius or padding on a single Button block in the editor, that button keeps your change.

Override PMPro Button Style: Shows when Paid Memberships Pro is active. Check this box to have PMPro buttons match the Button Style you chose instead of using their own border radius.

Colors & Typography

Set your site’s color scheme, individual brand colors, and fonts for headings and body text across your site.

Colors & Typography →

Breadcrumbs

Control whether breadcrumb navigation appears on your site and which page types display it. Options include:

• Pages
• Posts
• Archives
• Attachments
• Search Results
• Profiles

Read more about breadcrumbs →

Header

Configure your site header here. For Memberlite’s default header, you can set the Columns Ratio, whether to show the Member Info, whether to show the search field, and enable sticky header. You also have the option to use header variations instead.

Read more about the Default Header and Footer →

Footer

Configure your site footer here. For Memberlite’s default footer, you can set the copyright text. You also have the option to use footer variations instead.

Read more about Header and Footer Variations →

Posts & Archives

Control how your blog and posts look with layout settings for Single Posts, the Blog & Archives, and Search Results, each with its own Columns Ratio, plus Archive Display to show full posts, excerpts, or a grid.

You also have settings to enable the Prev/Next Navigation and Author Block display, Featured Image settings, and the ability to customize the Post Meta that appears before and after a post.

Note: Post meta is the area that displays information like the post’s author, publish date, category, and more.

Read more about Layout Settings →

Pages

Control how your pages look with settings for Default Page Layout, Columns Ratio, and whether to display the Prev/Next Navigation.

Any page can override these settings in the block editor. Read more about page and post settings.

Read more about Layout Settings →

Other Post Types

This panel only shows when Memberlite detects a compatible custom post type, such as courses or lessons from the Courses for Membership Add On. Each post type gets its own section where you can set its layout separately from Posts & Archives.

Read more about Other Post Types →

Header Image

Set a default header image that displays in the site header background. This setting applies only when you are using Memberlite’s default header. If you are using a header variation, set images directly inside that header post’s block editor instead.

1. Go to Appearance > Header or Appearance > Customize > Header Image.
2. Click “Add New Image” to upload an image for your header or to select an image from the Media Library.
3. The suggested size is 1920px wide by 240px tall. Memberlite scales the image to cover the header area and centers it, so it doesn’t need to match exactly. A wide image around an 8:1 ratio works best. Taller images are cropped at the top and bottom, and narrower ones at the sides.
4. If needed, you will be able to “Crop” the image after uploading. Click “Save Changes” to apply the header image to your site.

Background Image

Set a background image that tiles or fills behind your site content. This is a standard WordPress option. Most Memberlite designs use a solid background color set from the Colors panel rather than a background image, but the option is available here if you need it.

1. Go to Appearance > Background or Appearance > Customize > Background Image.
2. In this section, you can upload a background image and set the appearance of the image including tiling/repeat, position, and fixed/scrolling.

Menus

This is a standard WordPress panel where you can build and assign your site’s navigation menus.

Widgets

This is a standard WordPress panel where you can add widgets to your mobile header, sidebar and Memberlite’s default footer. Block-based footer variations are managed under Appearance > Footers instead.

Homepage Settings

Instructions for how to set up your homepage can be found in our Getting Started guide.

Additional CSS

Add custom CSS rules that apply across your entire site under Appearance > Customize > Additional CSS. This is an advanced option intended for small, targeted style changes.

If you find yourself adding more than a few lines here, a child theme is a better long-term approach. A child theme keeps your changes separate from the theme files so they are not lost when Memberlite updates.

Learn how to create a child theme →