Our foundation

Ten years of theme work, boiled down to two open-source pieces: a WordPress theme framework and an Elementor toolkit plugin. Every new VLThemes theme is built on them.

Framework Toolkit

01Two parts, one stack

Theme framework · v1.0.0 VLThemes Framework The PHP layer inside the theme: setup, assets, menus, sidebars, Customizer and helpers. Added as a Git submodule. PHP 7.4+, WordPress 5.0+, GPL v2. View on GitHub WordPress plugin · v1.0.0 VLThemes Toolkit Everything that shouldn't live in a theme: Elementor extensions and widgets, icon sets, demo import, integrations. Requires Elementor. View on GitHub

02How it fits together

Step Theme Templates and styles — only what makes the design.
Step Framework Inside the theme: setup, assets, menus and options.
Step Toolkit A plugin: widgets, icons, demo import — your content stays if you switch themes.
Your site Step Elementor Every page is built and edited visually.

03What's inside

Source on GitHub

Framework

Modular core

Setup, assets, menus, sidebars and filters are separate modules — add your own with vlt_fw_register_modules.

Framework

One config filter

Content width, menus, sidebars, image sizes and fonts in one place — vlt_fw_config.

Framework

Customizer controls

Typography, alpha color, dividers and notices, plus helpers and sanitizers for theme code.

Toolkit

Elementor extensions

Parallax, masks, noise, equal height, animations and custom CSS — plus widgets for forms, templates and WooCommerce.

Toolkit

7 icon sets

Socicons, ET-Line, Icomoon, Iconsmind, Linearicons, Elusive Icons and Icofont in the Elementor icon picker.

Toolkit

Theme dashboard

Activation, one-click demo import, required plugins, status check — and integrations with ACF Pro, CF7, WooCommerce.

Building on it?

Both repositories are open source under GPL v2. Found a bug or have an idea — open an issue on GitHub.

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