Title: Making my website mobile/responsive Last modified: August 21, 2016 --- # Making my website mobile/responsive * Resolved [Mark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/elduck/) * (@elduck) * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/making-my-website-mobileresponsive/) * Hello, I’ve just tried a search but I got a bit bogged down in the results. There seemed to be plugins, code hacking and all sorts and I guess by now that as WP is such a friendly platform there is a friendly answer. * I’m sure this has been discussed to death so no need for full info here, just a pointer to the right place would be fine. * I’m not a coder. I’m a “add a plugin and configure” kind of user! * I have a site that has a theme which the theme designers say degrades to mobile neatly. It doesn’t do so particularly well as far as I am concerned. * I wasn’t going to look at mobile just now but had an incoming sales call that made me think about it. * I guess that one either sets up another website that is mobile and somehow redirects to it via a plugin… * …OR I guess that one somehow adds a mobile theme/plugin alongside a regular theme( is that possible?) and configures that plugin/theme combo to show what one wants. * Is there an idiot’s guide for people that don’t want to get into code but just want to harness the power of wordpress to create a mobile version of their site? * Thanks. Viewing 9 replies - 1 through 9 (of 9 total) * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/making-my-website-mobileresponsive/#post-4861700) * What theme are you using? Where did you download it from? * Thread Starter [Mark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/elduck/) * (@elduck) * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/making-my-website-mobileresponsive/#post-4861704) * I’m using the ProPhoto theme from prophoto.com but not the newest version as the version I have has been (thus far) fine for me. I know they’ve done some work on mobile in the latest version but I’m exploring options rather than just buying the latest theme only to find it doesn’t do what I want any more than the last version of the theme did. * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/making-my-website-mobileresponsive/#post-4861721) * I’m sorry but as you appear to be using a non-WPORG theme, you need to seek support from the theme’s developers – paid or otherwise. We only support themes downloaded from wordpress.org here. * Thread Starter [Mark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/elduck/) * (@elduck) * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/making-my-website-mobileresponsive/#post-4861726) * Sorry, esmi. I didn’t realise I was asking a theme specific question. * I was hoping that I could somehow set up a parallel site with different information( cut down information and different presentation) using WP to host it. And moreover that it was on the same admin panel as my main site. * Are you saying that all mobile sites are driven from the theme then? * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/making-my-website-mobileresponsive/#post-4861732) * > Are you saying that all mobile sites are driven from the theme then? * These days, yes. What you need to look for is a _responsive_ theme. This is a theme/design that responds to different viewport sizes by altering its display to maximise effective site functionality over a range of devices. Examples of responsive themes include: – Twenty Twelve – Twenty Thirteen – Twenty Fourteen– Responsive * Thread Starter [Mark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/elduck/) * (@elduck) * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/making-my-website-mobileresponsive/#post-4861736) * Ok. Thanks. * In which case can I ask a slightly different question? * If I were to design a mobile site specifically for mobiles (so I can stay with the theme I’m using and which I like but have maybe a separate subdomain or . mobi website for mobile) is there some way to re-direct to that neatly when a mobile device comes along? Or is that down to the theme again? * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/making-my-website-mobileresponsive/#post-4861739) * I think there are still [some plugins](http://wordpress.org/plugins/search.php?q=mobile) that might be able to do this but, with the increasing popularity of responsive themes as opposed to secondary sites for mobile devices, I couldn’t say if – or for how long – these plugin would be compatible with the latest version of WordPress. Might be worth a try though. * Thread Starter [Mark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/elduck/) * (@elduck) * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/making-my-website-mobileresponsive/#post-4861740) * Thanks for the advice, esmi. * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/making-my-website-mobileresponsive/#post-4861744) * Glad I could help 🙂 Viewing 9 replies - 1 through 9 (of 9 total) The topic ‘Making my website mobile/responsive’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [mobile](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/mobile/) * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 9 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * Last activity: [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/making-my-website-mobileresponsive/#post-4861744) * Status: resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics