Concept – Multi-Purpose WordPress Theme Overview
Concept is a multipurpose WordPress theme from AivahThemes, in release since 2013, its newest build dated January 2024. Instead of a library of ready-made demo sites it delivers one adaptable design driven by an options panel, four header styles, a light or dark skin and a large shortcode library.
The structure it adds to WordPress rests on four custom content types. Portfolio items appear in one to four columns, sorted or static, with or without a sidebar. Events have their own list, carousel and single templates. Testimonials show as a carousel or a list and can be submitted through a widget. Sliders are managed as posts and assigned per page.
From version six onward the custom post types, shortcodes, shortcode generator, meta box generator and widgets sit in a companion plugin named Concept Core rather than in the theme files. Page level controls cover sidebar side, breadcrumb visibility, subheader colour or image and page background, so individual pages can depart from the global settings.
Key Features of Concept – Multi-Purpose WordPress Theme
- Four header styles, a sticky top bar and a choice of boxed or stretched layouts
- Portfolio post type in one to four columns, sortable or standard, with optional sidebars
- Events post type with list, carousel and single item templates
- Testimonials post type with carousel and list displays plus a submission widget
- Slider post type with per page assignment, and Flex, Nivo, Ei, static image and video sliders
- Slider Revolution supplied with the theme
- Shortcode generator covering progress bars, dividers, framed boxes, service icons and multi marker Google Maps
- Seven custom widgets including recent and popular posts, contact details and a contact form
- Options panel with import and export, a custom font face uploader and Google font selection
- Nine post formats, threaded comments, child theme support and translation files
Who Concept – Multi-Purpose WordPress Theme Is Suitable For
Concept suits Canadian organisations wanting one well structured brochure site rather than a choice of industry demos: a small consultancy, a trades office, a community group. The portfolio and events types make it a fair fit where work samples and a calendar of dates both matter.
Layout comes from shortcodes and the options panel rather than a block or drag and drop builder, so content stays inside the theme’s own markup and is edited through its controls. As with the other business themes here, there is no client login area or member dashboard.
Important Notes About Concept – Multi-Purpose WordPress Theme
The Concept Core plugin carries the portfolio, events, testimonials, sliders, widgets and every shortcode, so switching it off removes the content types the pages are built from, not merely their styling. The version record disagrees with itself: the style.css inside the download reads 5.0 while the newest published entry is 6.0.0, dated 21 January 2024.
The body still lists a Twitter widget the same entry records as removed, quotes the Google font library as both 600 and 500 plus, and claims readiness for WordPress 3.8 while the marketplace declares a ceiling of 6.4.x and no block editor support. Enquiry forms and the subscribe block need a privacy policy, consent and a working unsubscribe. AppiAppi gives no legal advice.
Setup & Ongoing Management by AppiAppi
The customer chooses and buys the theme licence, and the theme remains a third party product. AppiAppi installs it, activates the companion plugin, and replaces the demo content with the customer’s own pages, services, portfolio items, event dates and team profiles, using real testimonials only where the owner supplies them.
AppiAppi then configures menus, forms and analytics, provides AI assisted SEO and content support, applies theme and plugin updates, and answers enquiries arriving through the site, to the level of the customer’s plan.
Original design by AivahThemes. This is the starting point — we customize it with your logo, colours, content, services and SEO structure. View original theme source