Gusto – Vanguard WordPress Theme

 
 

• This WordPress Theme is great for all types of business and content. It comes with tons of useful options to ease and speed up the content creating. One of the vanguard features is really the Frontend Page Edition feature.
• The theme includes also some premium elements:
  WPBakery Page Builder Plugin (worth $64) to speed up the page creation process
  Slider Revolution Plugin (worth $85) for stunning sliders
• It has a cool Ajax Page Loading feature (can be turned off). This option will allow a smoother the user experience and will speed up the page loading process;
• Shop integration? Sure! WooCommerce plugin has been styled and improved to fit on the theme like a glove;
• The theme is translation ready (compatible with WPML), but you can also translate using the control panel (best solution if only one language is needed);
• Need more? Ok, the theme offers also a complete members section with single pages for each person. Different teams can be created so unlimited teams pages can be set;
• The theme options cover a wide range of possibilities and the theme has been studied carefully to display perfectly on all types of devices. Special attention has been given to font rendering as well as the main layout elements;
• Finally, the theme has been optimized to work with the following plugins: Contact Form 7 and MailChimp;

Custom Admin Control Panel

• It is really important to have a simple and powerful admin panel. Divided in 10 sections the Gusto Options Panel will allow to fully edit the content and decide on how will some sections be displayed;
• It’s also very easy to translate all of the text that used on your website (it can be done directly on the theme options, using .mo/.po files or using WPML plugin).
• One-click install sample content will allow the automatic generation of pages, posts, slides, portfolio items and team members

Custom Page Layouts

• Carousel Portfolio Page (unlimited portfolios can be created)
• Grid With Descriptions Portfolio Page
• Rectangular Grid Portfolio Page
• Squared Grid Portfolio Page
• Masonry Portfolio Page
• Timeline Portfolio Page
• Half size images Blog Page (unlimited blogs can be created)
• Full size images Blog Page
• Masonry Blog Page
• Centered Blog Page
• Theme Page
• Classic Contact Page
• Fullscreen Contact Page

4 Custom Post Types

• Portfolio items Custom Post type (unlimited)
• Slides Custom Post type (unlimited sliders can be created)
• Members Custom Post type (unlimited members and teams can be created)
• Testimonials Custom Post type (unlimited testimonials and sets can be created)

Other Features

• 45 Elements that can be added directly using the WPBakery Page Builder Plugin: Accordion, Blockquote, Button, Carousel, Image, Image Galleries, Latest Comments, Latest Portfolio, Latest Posts, Layout, Message, Pricing Tables, Progress Bars, Separators, Services, Tabs, Team Members, Theme Slider, Titles, Toggle, Tour Section, Widgetised Sidebar …
• Widget ready: 3 default Sidebars+Woocommerce sidebar+Option to generate unlimited sidebars
• Worpress custom menu ready
• Font selector (unlimited fonts can be added using the method shown here)
• Unlimited background patterns
• Future implementations available: if there’s any new feature you might like on this theme, please send me an email and I’ll try to add it to the theme

Theme changelog

Mar 22, 2024 – Version 7.8

UPDATE: WPBakery Page Builder (version 7.5)

Jan 9, 2024 – Version 7.7

UPDATE: Slider Revolution (version 6.6.20)
UPDATE: WPBakery Page Builder (version 7.2)
IMPROVEMENT: PHP 8.2 compatibility

Oct 31, 2023 – Version 7.6

IMPROVEMENT: WooCommerce compatibility
UPDATE: Slider Revolution (version 6.6.18)
UPDATE: WPBakery Page Builder (version 7.0)

Jun 5, 2023 – Version 7.4

NEW: added option to don't load any font
UPDATE: ACF module
UPDATE: Slider Revolution (version 6.6.14)
UPDATE: WPBakery Page Builder (version 6.13.0)

Apr 11, 2023 – Version 7.3

UPDATE: Slider Revolution to version 6.6.12
IMPROVEMENT: Demo Import feature

Jan 20, 2023 – Version 7.2

UPDATE: Slider Revolution to version 6.6.8
IMPROVEMENT: WooCommerce compatibility
FIX: fullscreen slider on single portfolio page

Nov 11, 2022 – Version 7.1

UPDATE: Slider Revolution to version 6.6.5
UPDATE: WPBakery Page Builder to version 6.10.0

Sep 15, 2022 – Version 7.0

IMPROVEMENT: Licensing system
UPDATE: Slider Revolution to version 6.5.31

Jul 5, 2022 – Version 6.9

UPDATE: Slider Revolution to version 6.5.25
IMPROVEMENT: WordPress 6.0 compatibility

Mar 29, 2022 – Version 6.7

UPDATE: Slider Revolution to version 6.5.19

Jan 21, 2022 – Version 6.6

UPDATE: Slider Revolution to version 6.5.14
UPDATE: WPBakery Page Builder to version 6.8.0

Nov 16 2021 – Version 6.5

UPDATE: Slider Revolution to version 6.5.9
IMPROVEMENT: Theme performance

Sep 17 2021 – Version 6.4

UPDATE: Slider Revolution to version 6.5.8

Jul 9 2021 – Version 6.3

UPDATE: Slider Revolution to version 6.5.4
UPDATE: WPBakery Page Builder to version 6.7.0
IMPROVEMENT: PHP 8.0 compatibility

May 19 2021 – Version 6.2

UPDATE: Slider Revolution to version 6.4.11
IMPROVEMENT: WooCommerce compatibility

Mar 30 2021 – Version 6.1

UPDATE: Slider Revolution to version 6.4.6
UPDATE: WPBakery Page Builder to version 6.6.0

Feb 5 2021 – Version 6.0

UPDATE: Slider Revolution to version 6.3.9
UPDATE: WPBakery Page Builder to version 6.5.0

Dec 11 2020 – Version 5.9

UPDATE: Slider Revolution to version 6.3.3
UPDATE: WPBakery Page Builder to version 6.4.2
FIX: WordPress 5.6 compatibility

Oct 22 2020 – Version 5.8

UPDATE: Slider Revolution to version 6.2.22
UPDATE: WPBakery Page Builder to version 6.3.0
UPDATE: Font Awesome icon set

Sep 01 2020 – Version 5.7

UPDATE: Slider Revolution to version 6.2.23
UPDATE: WPBakery Page Builder to version 6.4.1

Jun 28 2020 – Version 5.6

UPDATE: Slider Revolution to version 6.2.15
UPDATE: WPBakery Page Builder to version 6.2.0
IMPROVEMENT: WooCommerce compatibility

Apr 20th, 2020 – Version 5.5

IMPROVEMENT: Theme performance
UPDATE: Slider Revolution to version 6.2.2

Feb 12th, 2020 – Version 5.4

UPDATE: Slider Revolution to version 6.1.8
UPDATE: WPBakery Page Builder to version 6.1.0
IMPROVEMENT: Loco Translate compatibility

Dec 11th, 2019 – Version 5.3

UPDATE: Slider Revolution to version 6.1.5
IMPROVEMENT: WordPress coding standards
IMPROVEMENT: PHP 7.3 compatibility

Oct 4th, 2019 – Version 5.2

UPDATE: Slider Revolution to version 6.1.2
UPDATE: WPBakery Page Builder to version 6.0.5
IMPROVEMENT: WooCommerce compatibility
IMPROVEMENT: Admin area styles and functions

Jul 23rd, 2019 – Version 5.1

NEW: added rows with 5 columns layout
NEW: added theme dashboard for easier onboard process
UPDATE: Slider Revolution to version 6.0.7
UPDATE: WPBakery Page Builder to version 6.0.5

May 25th, 2019 – Version 5.0

UPDATE: WPBakery Page Builder to version 6.0.1
IMPROVEMENT: WordPress coding standards
IMPROVEMENT: WooCommerce compatibility

Mar 27th, 2019 – Version 4.9

IMPROVEMENT: Gutenberg compatibility
UPDATE: Slider Revolution to version 5.4.8.2
UPDATE: WPBakery Page Builder to version 5.7

Jan 24th, 2019 – Version 4.8

NEW: Portfolio filters now apply to lightbox items
UPDATE: Slider Revolution to version 5.4.8.1
UPDATE: WPBakery Page Builder to version 5.6

Nov 13th, 2018 – Version 4.7

IMPROVEMENT: WooCommerce compatibility
IMPROVEMENT: PHP 7.2 compatibility
UPDATE: Slider Revolution to version 5.4.8
UPDATE: WPBakery Page Builder to version 5.5.5
UPDATE: ACF version

Sep 14th, 2018 – Version 4.6

IMPROVEMENT: WooCommerce account display
UPDATE: Slider Revolution to version 5.4.8
UPDATE: WPBakery Page Builder to version 5.5.2

Jul 3rd, 2018 – Version 4.5

IMPROVEMENT: WordPress coding standards
IMPROVEMENT: GDPR compliance – comments cookie notice display
UPDATE: WPBakery Page Builder to version 5.5.1
UPDATE: WPBakery Page Builder to version 5.4.7

Apr 18th, 2018 – Version 4.4

NEW: Added Envato Market plugin for easier theme updates
UPDATE: WPBakery Page Builder to version 5.4.7
IMPROVEMENT: WooCommerce compatibility

Mar 1st, 2018 – Version 4.3

NEW: Demo import feature now includes demo images
IMPROVEMENT: WooCommerce compatibility
UPDATE: Slider Revolution – 5.4.7.1
UPDATE: WPBakery Page Builder – 5.4.5

Aug 9th, 2017 – Version 4.2

Improved bundled plugins install/update feature

Jul 29th, 2017 – Version 4.1

Improved RTL support

Jul 26th, 2017 – Version 4.0

NEW: Added “share by email” option – blog and portfolio
Improved WooCommerce 3.1.x compatibility
Updated WPBakery Page Builder - 5.2
Updated Revolution Slider - 5.4.5.1

Jun 1st, 2017 – Version 3.9

Improved WooCommerce 3.0.x compatibility
Updated WPBakery Page Builder
Updated Revolution Slider

Feb 24th, 2017 – Version 3.8

Improved WooCommerce compatibility
Updated WPBakery Page Builder
Updated Revolution Slider

Jul 14th, 2016 – Version 3.7

NEW: Added Google Maps API Key Option
Improved Custom Scripts option display
Improved WooCommerce support
Updated TGM Plugin
Updated WPBakery Page Builder
Updated Revolution Slider

Apr 27th, 2016 – Version 3.6

Improved parallax effect
Improved Mailchimp for WP by ibericode support
Updated WPBakery Page Builder
Updated TGM Plugin Manager
Changed child theme main scripts loading (it is now from parent theme by default)
Updated Theme documentation

Apr 14th, 2016 – Version 3.5

Updated WPBakery Page Builder

Feb 13th, 2016 – Version 3.4

Improved PHP 7 compatibility
Improved WooCommerce compatibility
Fixed Twitter share button
Updated Documentation
Updated Revolution Slider
Updated WPBakery Page Builder – some elements have a new render engine (rows, tabs, tour, call to action, galleries and progress bars) – some of these elements may need to be re-built according to the new plugin version. Toggle and Button Icons are deprecated

Oct 10th, 2015 – Version 3.3

Updated WPBakery Page Builder (Progress Bars use a new “engine”)
Updated Revolution Slider
Removed warning message on wysiwyg custom fields
Fixed Envato Toolkit install notice

Sep 3rd, 2015 – Version 3.2

NEW: Added title display to Gallery Images lightbox
Removed plugin related warnings (since WordPress 4.3)
Improved WooCommerce support
Updated Envato WordPress Toolkit

Jun 27th, 2015 – Version 3.1

Updated prettyPhoto script - prettyPhoto XSS fix

May 6th, 2015 – Version 3.0

Compressed CSS files (improves loading time)
Separated WPBakery Page Builder from Gusto Framework
Updated WPBakery Page Builder
Updated TGM Plugin Activation script

Apr 26th, 2015 – Version 2.4

Updated TGM Activation Plugin (security improvement)
Updated Documentation

Feb 20th, 2015 – Version 2.3

Improved Android devices compatibility
Improved Google Maps page element display
Improved qTranslate compatibility
Updated documentation
Updated Revolution Slider
WooCommerce style adjustments (new plugin version)

Oct 20th, 2014 – Version 2.2

Fixed the inclusion of the latest version of the Gusto Framework plugin
Fixed footer menu display on certain page types

Oct 15th, 2014 – Version 2.1

Fixed left header text option display
Improved retina display support
Fixed single images lightbox image display
Fixed available width calculations before going to collapsed mode
Updated Envato WordPress toolkit
Updated Revolution Slider

Sep 28th, 2014 – Version 2.0

Improved WPML compatibility
Fixed header bar information text display
Fixed contact page layout (buggy on boxed layouts)
Updated Documentation (removed video tuts autoplay)

Aug 29th, 2014 – Version 1.9

Menu fixes when no logo is being used
Fixed contact form “Name” translation via WPML
Fixed footer sidebar display under certain theme options
Updated Revolution Slider

Jul 29th, 2014 – Version 1.8

Improved served images size calculations
Improved lightbox elements display

Jul 14th, 2014 – Version 1.7

Improved mouse scrolling issue on Firefox
Improved parallax sections display
Improved sub-pages and sub-categories support
Improved keyboard navigation on fullscreen portfolio entries
Fixed footer opacity inconsistency
Fixed auto-rotate option for tour tabs

Jun 6th, 2014 – Version 1.6

Added multiple Latest Portfolio element support on the same page
Added “Quick Message” translation
Improved 3rd level menu display on smaller devices
Improved footer opacity change on certain types of pages
Improved parallax effects
Turned off ajax loading when WordPress admin bar is visible

May 1st, 2014 – Version 1.5

Improved portfolio entries display on mobile
Improved Android devices detection
Fixed one click install members content
Fixed footer display when there are no widgets
Updated ReduxFramework

April 23rd, 2014 – Version 1.4

Fixed option to hide date on Latest Posts element
Fixed VC message asking to update page content to new version
Improved portfolio filter functions

April 17th, 2014 – Version 1.3

NEW FEATURE: alternative header layout – logo above menu
Updated WPBakery Page Builder (WP 3.9 compatibility improvement)
Fixed admin buttons icons display (WP 3.9 compatibility improvement)
Fixed Revolution slider first slide animation

April 14th, 2014 – Version 1.2

Added the option to show images stacked on single portfolio pages
Added option to have a custom opacity when menu is not collapsed
Fixed menu highlight under certain conditions

April 3rd, 2014 – Version 1.1

Added Boxed Layout option
Added videos to the documentation

April 1st, 2014 – Version 1.0

Theme was released

Image Credits

These images are used only on the theme preview and are not included on the theme file package.

• Multiple images bought on Photodune
• Isabela Rodrigues
• markjsebastian on Flickr
• rolanslakis on Flickr
• vladjanuary on Flickr
• deanoakley on Flickr
• robnas on Flickr
• eflon on Flickr
• ag2r on Flickr
• mr-h on Flickr
• Gratisography
• Picjumbo
• Unsplash
• Pixeden