Hello Yusuke,

Since we don't have your site URL we will discuss using our live demo, but plz let's use the direct links instead of Envato preview frame since it will always redirect to the home page.

1. Portfolio grid

http://clapat-themes.com/wordpress/manifesto/portfolio-grid/

showing captions at all time: plz add in customizer -> additional CSS

.showcase-portfolio .slide-caption {
    opacity: 1 !important;
}

.showcase-portfolio .slide-caption .slide-title span {
    opacity: 1 !important;
    transform: none !important;
}

.showcase-portfolio .slide-caption .slide-cat span {
    opacity: 1 !important;
    transform: none !important;
}

try also changing the layout of your portfolio grid to 'Classic Thumbs Grid' in grid page options

https://prnt.sc/bSRe0oyG4h5F

2. the hover effect on portfolio items can be removed with custom work when you have a link online send us wp admin access with full rights using Appearance -> Theme file editor

3. Unfortunately we have only this page layout for blog which shows the featured image on hover

http://clapat-themes.com/wordpress/manifesto/stories/

but I'm thinking that you can use a Gutenberg block or an Elementor widget to display the blog posts the way you want.

Hello,

1. to select and copy the text you can add the following in customizer -> additional css

html, body, #main{      

     user-select: auto !important; /* supported by Chrome and Opera */      

     -webkit-user-select: auto !important; /* Safari */      

      -khtml-user-select: auto !important; /* Konqueror HTML */      

      -moz-user-select: auto !important; /* Firefox */       

      -ms-user-select: auto !important; /* Internet Explorer/Edge */ 

}

2. http://clapat-themes.com/wordpress/manifesto/portfolio-grid/

Do you mean landscape instead of portrait?

3. we need actually access to theme file editor to modify some files for that

Dear Yusuke,

I'm not an expert with css therefore I can provide quick solution that may work for you

.showcase-portfolio.layout-three .slide-inner {
    height: 50% !important;
}

Otherwise it's custom work and I may need to escalate it to our web designer

Hello, So I understand the solution I provided is not really what you want since it has space underneath is this what you are saying? Have you fixed it yourself in the meanwhile - because otherwise I need to escalate your ticket to our web designer.

It looks like you want to modify the layout of the portfolio grid using the "layout three" option. To adjust the margins, you can add the following code in Additional CSS:

.showcase-portfolio.layout-three .clapat-item {
  width: calc(25% - 80px);
  margin: 60px 40px;
}

In this example:

• 60px represents the vertical margin (top and bottom).
• 40px represents the horizontal margin (left and right).

If, for instance, you want to reduce the horizontal margin to 20px, you'll also need to adjust the width accordingly to ensure proper alignment. Here's how:

width: calc(25% - 40px);

@media (max-width: 768px) {
  .showcase-portfolio.layout-three .clapat-item {
    width: calc(50% - 20px);
    margin: 30px 10px;
  }
}

To modify the height and achieve a specific aspect ratio for the images (for example, landscape images), you can add the following styles:

.showcase-portfolio .slide-inner::before {
  float: left;
  padding-top: 60%;
  content: "";
}

This sets the height based on a percentage of the width, where 60% defines the aspect ratio. You can adjust this value for different ratios. For example, use 75% for a 4:3 aspect ratio or 56.25% for 16:9.

Additionally, you can define the aspect ratio directly using the aspect-ratio property:

.showcase-portfolio .slide-inner {
  aspect-ratio: 10/6;
}

In this example, the aspect ratio is set to 10:6 (landscape format), which you can modify based on your design needs.