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GameSync Ludexa Theme

A wiki-style reference theme -- a fixed light "encyclopedia" look, a two-column article layout with an auto-generated Contents box and a quick-facts infobox, and a scale-aware "All Articles" A-Z index, for a site that reads like a reference work rather than a news feed or a review publication.

Works with or without the GameSync Game Data Importer -- falls back to a plain reference/blog theme everywhere if it isn't active
See it live

Try GameSync Ludexa on a real site

A full WordPress install running this theme with the premium Importer and more than 500 imported games. Click around -- nothing here is a screenshot.

Demo content is imported from IGDB for demonstration only. Newsletter, account and email features on the demos are for show.

Contents box
Quick-facts infobox

Every article gets a table of contents built automatically from its own headings, and a plain quick-facts panel -- developer, publisher, release date, platforms, genres and a score row -- the same table-of-facts convention a reference site's own articles use.

Built for reference, not a feed

A reference work, not a review outlet

Two-column article layout

Every game and post gets a quick-facts infobox in the right-hand column -- developer, publisher, release date, platforms, genres, mode(s) and a plain score row -- with a row simply left out whenever it has nothing to show.

Auto-generated Contents box

Every article's own H2/H3 headings become a nested jump-list above the body text, built automatically -- no manual anchor-linking, and it simply doesn't appear on a short article with nothing to list.

"All Articles" A-Z index

A quick-jump letter bar plus every article grouped under its first letter -- a classic wiki page-list -- for catalogs at or below a configurable size; a paginated card list takes over automatically above that so a very large catalog never renders everything on one request.

Random Article

A one-click "take me somewhere" nav link, picked with a single query regardless of catalog size -- the same convenience a reference site's own random-article link offers.

Featured Article

A simple checkbox flags a post or game to lead the front page, falling back to the latest article automatically if nothing's been picked yet -- so the front page is never empty.

A fixed, stable look

No dark mode and no accent-color picker -- deliberately: a reference site's whole point is a stable, neutral look a reader can rely on, not a brand a site owner tunes.

Everything, in detail

Full feature list

Article & infobox

A toggleable quick-facts infobox -- Developer, Publisher, Released, Platform(s), Genre(s), Mode(s), Series and Score -- each row independently switchable and simply omitted when it has nothing to show.
The score row reads the same priority order as the other two themes: the companion GameSync Review Breakdown plugin's own score, then GameSync Game Ratings', then a plain IGDB rating as a last resort -- shown as one plain stat row with a small colored dot, not a standalone badge.
An auto-generated Contents box built from the article's own H2/H3 headings, correctly nested for multi-level sections.
A "This page was last edited on..." line and a Categories bar at the foot of every article, the classic wiki reference conventions.

Browsing & discovery

A one-page A-Z "All Articles" index at or below a configurable catalog-size cutoff, falling back to pagination above it.
A "Random Article" nav link, an O(1) query regardless of how large the catalog gets.
A Featured Article panel on the front page, plus "Browse by Category" tiles and Recently Added / From the Blog sections.
An always-visible search box in the header -- a wiki's search is a primary tool, not a secondary one tucked behind a toggle.

Design & admin control

A dedicated GameSync Ludexa admin menu (not the Customizer): Display, Front Page, Archives, Article and Footer sections.
No color or appearance fields at all -- the fixed light "encyclopedia" scheme is by design, so it stays stable across updates.
Toggle the stats bar, the Random Article link, front-page section counts, the one-page index cutoff, and which infobox rows and article sections appear.
Footer about-text and copyright-line overrides.

Under the hood

Reads the importer plugin's post meta and taxonomies directly, exactly as GameSync PixelWire, GameSync Presswire and GameSync Lite all do.
Falls back gracefully to a plain reference/blog theme when the Importer isn't active -- every Games-specific template checks first.
Source Serif 4 (wordmark & article titles only) and Public Sans (everything else) fonts, loaded from Google Fonts at runtime.
No Freemius SDK or license check of its own -- like the other two premium themes, it's a Pro-license entitlement, not gated in code.

Common questions

Does it work without the Importer plugin?

Yes -- every Games-only section (the infobox, the Games archive/index, the score row) falls back to your regular blog posts instead. The Contents box, Featured Article, Random Article and every design option still work on ordinary posts.

How is this different from GameSync PixelWire and GameSync Presswire?

A different framing, not a recolor: GameSync PixelWire reads as games news, GameSync Presswire as editorial criticism, and GameSync Ludexa as a reference work someone looks something up in rather than reads start to finish -- a two-column infobox layout instead of a verdict badge, an auto-generated Contents box instead of a drop cap and pull quotes, a plain "All Articles" A-Z index instead of a card grid, and a fixed light scheme with no color picker at all.

Can I change the accent color or add a dark mode?

Not in GameSync Ludexa -- deliberately. The whole point of a reference theme is a stable, neutral look a reader can rely on, so there's no color or appearance section in its admin menu at all, unlike GameSync PixelWire's and GameSync Presswire's own options panels.

What happens on a very large game catalog?

The "All Articles" index automatically switches from a one-page A-Z list to a standard paginated, alphabetically-sorted list once your catalog passes a configurable size cutoff (500 articles by default, adjustable under GameSync Ludexa -> Archives), so a very large catalog never has to render everything on one request.

Turn your catalog into a reference site

GameSync Ludexa is included in every Pro license, alongside the GameSync PixelWire, GameSync Presswire and GameSync Nocturne themes and all four plugins.