Title: Trying out the plugin, having problems
Last modified: March 24, 2018

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# Trying out the plugin, having problems

 *  Resolved [shooi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shooi/)
 * (@shooi)
 * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trying-out-the-plugin-having-problems/)
 * Hello,
 * Trying out your plugin because it looks a lot easier than what I’ve been doing
   before!
    However, having uploaded one sermon to give it a try, the formatting
   looks fairly…er…not what I was expecting (i.e. nothing like it is in your live
   demo).
 * Any help would be much appreciated!
 * Thanks,
 * Phil
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Ftrying-out-the-plugin-having-problems%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  [DavidN78](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davidn78/)
 * (@davidn78)
 * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trying-out-the-plugin-having-problems/#post-10113549)
 * Phil
    I had a problem with appearance but found a box to tick: Sermon Manager/
   Settings / General / Theme Compatibility
 *  Thread Starter [shooi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shooi/)
 * (@shooi)
 * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trying-out-the-plugin-having-problems/#post-10113560)
 * Hello,
    Thanks for the response. Yeah I found that – it’s worse when I don’t 
   have that ticked, but the format you’re seeing has that box ticked… Phil
 *  [Nikola](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nikolam/)
 * (@nikolam)
 * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trying-out-the-plugin-having-problems/#post-10138324)
 * Hi!
 * Apologies for the delay.
 * To fix the issue, we just need a bit of CSS magic 🙂
 *     ```
       .wpfc-sermon {
         width: 100% !important;
       }
   
       // remove unneeded padding
       .wpfc-sermon .post-content {
         padding: 0 !important;
       }
   
       // hide repeated metadata
       .wpfc-sermon .post-meta .date, .wpfc-sermon .meta-author, .wpfc-sermon .meta-category {
         display: none;
       }
       ```
   
 * Also, I’d recommend you to temporarily install development version of Sermon 
   Manager, since it has couple fixes regarding display. To do so:
    1. Deactivate and remove existing version of Sermon Manager (**no data will be 
       lost**)
    2. Download and install [development version](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/sermon-manager-for-wordpress.zip)
 * Let us know if you need more help! 🙂
 *  Thread Starter [shooi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shooi/)
 * (@shooi)
 * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trying-out-the-plugin-having-problems/#post-10147702)
 * Hi Nikola,
 * Thanks for getting back to me. I’ve done what you’ve suggested.
    If you look 
   now you can see that the formatting of the sermons looks better but the filters
   are gone. If I uncheck the compatibility box, the filters come back, but the 
   sermons have no spacing between them. Any more help much appreciated. Thanks,
 * Phil

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 * Last reply from: [shooi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shooi/)
 * Last activity: [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trying-out-the-plugin-having-problems/#post-10147702)
 * Status: resolved