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title: "General"
date: 2021-12-16
author: "nK"
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# General

**Visual Portfolio → Settings → General.**

## Post Type Settings

![](https://staging.visualportfolio.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Shot-2024-07-18-at-13.48.51-1024x573.png)![](https://staging.visualportfolio.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Shot-2024-07-18-at-13.48.51-1024x573.png)    SettingDefaultNotes**Register Portfolio Post Type**onOff removes Projects, Categories and Tags from the menu and the project capabilities from roles; galleries from Media and other post types keep working. Existing projects stay in the database## Archive Settings

![](https://staging.visualportfolio.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Shot-2024-07-18-at-13.50.04-1024x573.png)![](https://staging.visualportfolio.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Shot-2024-07-18-at-13.50.04-1024x573.png)    SettingDefaultNotes**Archive Page**The auto-created Portfolio pageThe page that lists projects. Shown only with the post type on. See [Portfolio page](https://staging.visualportfolio.com/docs/portfolio-archive/)**Archive Page Items Per Page**6Projects per page on the Portfolio page and on category and tag views. `-1` shows all (up to 9999)## Taxonomy Settings

![](https://staging.visualportfolio.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Shot-2024-07-18-at-13.51.04-1024x577.png)![](https://staging.visualportfolio.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Shot-2024-07-18-at-13.51.04-1024x577.png)    SettingDefaultNotes**Filter Taxonomies**emptyComma-separated taxonomy slugs the Filter element may list in addition to category-like ones, for example `portfolio_tag,product_tag`## Image Settings

![](https://staging.visualportfolio.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Shot-2024-07-18-at-13.51.53-1024x574.png)![](https://staging.visualportfolio.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Shot-2024-07-18-at-13.51.53-1024x574.png)    SettingDefaultNotes**Placeholder Image**A grey placeholder uploaded on installShown for items without an image: posts without a featured image, social items whose image is not downloaded yet, terms without a thumbnail## Performance Settings (Pro)

Pro FeatureThis is a part of the **Visual Portfolio Pro** plugin.  
Purchase the Pro plugin to access this and other [advanced features](https://staging.visualportfolio.com/free-vs-pro/).

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![](https://staging.visualportfolio.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Shot-2024-07-18-at-13.52.28-1024x574.png)![](https://staging.visualportfolio.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Shot-2024-07-18-at-13.52.28-1024x574.png)    SettingDefaultNotes**AJAX Cache and Preload**on with ProFilter, sort, search and pagination requests are answered with a page that renders only the requested gallery, responses are cached in the browser for the visit, the next page is prefetched after load, and a filter or page link is prefetched when the pointer hovers it. Skipped on slow connections and with Save-Data. Switch it off if your page cache serves the reduced page to normal visitors, or if a theme hook must run on gallery requests## Responsive Breakpoints (Pro)

Pro FeatureThis is a part of the **Visual Portfolio Pro** plugin.  
Purchase the Pro plugin to access this and other [advanced features](https://staging.visualportfolio.com/free-vs-pro/).

[Buy Now](https://staging.visualportfolio.com/pricing/)







![](https://staging.visualportfolio.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Shot-2024-07-18-at-13.53.10-1024x575.png)![](https://staging.visualportfolio.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Shot-2024-07-18-at-13.53.10-1024x575.png)    Five widths used by the Visual Portfolio block to reduce columns and slides on smaller screens. See [Responsive behaviour](https://staging.visualportfolio.com/docs/gallery-blocks/layout/responsive-behaviour/).

SettingDefault**Extra Large**1200 px**Large**992 px**Medium**768 px**Small**576 px**Extra Small**320 pxThe fields enforce ascending order.