Agile - Multi-Purpose App Showcase WordPress Theme
Agile is a versatile WordPress theme designed for app showcases, product portfolios, and corporate sites, with WordPress 6.6 compatibility and built-in support for Visual Composer and SiteOrigin Page Builder. This summary highlights its design strengths, customization options, and a detailed change log of updates from versions 5.7 down to 1.1.
Theme at a glance
- Two popular page builders: Visual Composer and SiteOrigin Page Builder, each with nearly a million installations. The theme pages are built using Visual Composer and SiteOrigin page builder separately and you can choose either for page composition.
- Extensive builder addons: 50+ custom Visual Composer addons and 40+ custom SiteOrigin elements/widgets, plus integrations with SiteOrigin widgets plugin for easy insertion and configuration.
- Versatile use cases: Suitable for app/product launch sites, portfolio sites, and general corporate sites; supports single-page or multi-page configurations with drag-and-drop editing.
Core design and feature set
Design and layout
- Unique design with cutting-edge features, including a large 12-column 1180px grid and wide backgrounds that span the full browser width.
- Premium shortcode builder and trendy mobile menu for responsive navigation.
- Easy YouTube/HTML5 video sections and backgrounds with smooth scrolling and parallax effects.
Shortcodes, post types, and content blocks
- 60+ shortcodes with a premium shortcode builder that provides input and inline documentation for each parameter.
- 6+ custom post types with a backend UI for team members, sliders, gallery, pricing plans, testimonials, and more.
- Extensive portfolio and gallery support, including lazy loading, filtering, and paginated category archives.
Page construction and administration
- Page sections enable incremental site building with drag-and-drop composition both on the backend and frontend.
- Single-page and multi-page designs with internal navigation via smooth scrolling.
- Intuitive admin panel with 200+ options, including custom CSS for full-tailoring without editing core files.
Layout options and typography
- Boxed or wide layouts with easy background customization (colors, patterns, images).
- 1500+ retina icons and 500+ Google Fonts to choose from for headings, body, and meta elements.
Support, documentation, and compatibility
- Excellent support via dedicated forums, extensive 75+ page documentation with screenshots, and a detailed theme options panel.
- WooCommerce integration for e-commerce readiness and translation readiness with WPML compatibility.
Back-end architecture and customization
- Modular framework emphasizing semantic markup and standards compliance for easier maintenance and faster updates.
- Child theme bundled for safe customization and a Custom CSS file to tailor styles without altering core theme code.
- Support for portfolio/gallery shortcodes, lazy loading, and paginated archives to manage large collections.
Portfolio, gallery, and media capabilities
- Powerful portfolio and gallery features with shortcodes for insertion almost anywhere on the site.
- Native WordPress gallery support plus theme-specific gallery shortcodes with filtering and grid layouts.
- Lazy load capabilities and paginated category archives to efficiently handle large portfolios.
Typography, icons, and visual assets
- 1500+ Retina icons and 500+ Google Fonts to choose from, enabling fast, attractive typography choices.
Language, SEO, and compatibility
- Translation-ready and WPML-compatible to support multilingual sites.
- SEO-optimized structure and clean code to support search engine visibility.
Change Log
Version 5.7
- Cleaned up legacy code that were not relevant anymore
- Updated - The revolution slider, WP Bakery Page Builder and Templatera
- Updated - Compatibility with current version of SiteOrigin Page Builder
Version 5.6
- Updated - The revolution slider
- Fixed - PHP8 warnings in theme plugin
- Fixed - Buttons not reflecting customized colors in certain plugins
Version 5.5
- Updated - The revolution slider
- Fixed - Toggle widget not working
- Added - Compatibility with WP 6.x
Version 5.4
- Fixed - Deprecated warnings on PHP 8
- Fixed - The widgets page was broken.
- Added - Compatibility with WordPress 5.8 and PHP 8
- Updated - Livemesh Agile Shortcodes plugin
- Updated - Livemesh Theme Addons plugin
- Updated - Revolution Slider
- Updated - WPBakery Page Builder and Templatera plugins
Version 5.3
- Fixed - The widgets page was broken.
- Fixed - The pages would not load on certain sites due to JS error.
- Updated - Livemesh Theme Addons plugin
- Updated - Revolution Slider
- Updated - WPBakery Page Builder and Templatera plugins
Version 5.2
- Updated - Stability fixes and enhancements.
- Updated - Livemesh Theme Addons plugin
- Updated - Shortcodes plugin
- Updated - Revolution Slider
- Updated - WPBakery Page Builder and Templatera plugins
Version 5.1
- Updated - Minor fixes to the new backend framework.
- Updated - Livemesh Theme Addons plugin
- Updated - Documentation
- Updated - Revolution Slider
Version 5.0
- Updated - Complete rewrite of the theme with new backend framework. Incorporates template based design for easy customization of the theme. Kindly test the upgrade in a dev environment prior to upgrading if you have done major customization to the earlier versions. More details on migration to v5.01 version provided in the documentation.
- Updated - The new lightweight yet feature rich framework provides upto 50% performance improvement.
- Updated - Moved shortcodes to new plugin named 'Livemesh Agile Shortcodes' to conform to new standards prescribed by the Envato Theme Review team for existing items.
- Updated - Moved widgets, custom post types and their metaboxes, options framework to a plugin named 'Livemesh Themes Addons' to conform to the new coding standards prescribed by the Envato Theme Review Team.
- Updated - Moved from PrettyPhoto lightbox plugin to Magnific Popup lightbox framework is much faster and responsive.
- Updated - The font icons with modern icons and also to remove surplus icons. The font icon files are about 80% smaller to help reduce the load on the site.
- Added - Large number of templates for quick customization of the theme.
- Added - The filters for the portfolio and gallery displays active item.
- Removed - The WP hooks that were present in the earlier versions. They were hardly used and obsolete.
- Removed - The Nivo Slider and Flex Slider options for the top slider. Please go through documentation which talks about migrating to new version to know more.
- Updated - Revolution Slider and WPBakery page builder.
Version 4.9
- Fixed - Color picker not found field in theme options.
- Updated - Revolution Slider and WPBakery page builder.
Version 4.8
- Fixed - The website won't scroll in Chrome browser if smooth scroll was enabled in theme options
- Updated - Revolution Slider, Visual Composer and Templatera Plugins
Version 4.7
- Updated - Revolution Slider, Visual Composer(VC) and Templatera plugins
- Fixed - VC elements would not load for latest versions of VC in some installations
- Fixed - Instagram and email icon not showing on team profiles
- Added - Improved compatibility with plugins like Events Calendar
- Updated - Sample data
- Updated - Documentation
Version 4.6
- Fixed - The theme VC addons missing from the Add Element window.
- Updated - Sample data and documentation for the new website of the author
- Updated - Revolution Slider
- Updated - Visual Composer and Templatera plugins
Version 4.5
- Fixed - Warnings raised with PHP 7.x versions
- Fixed - The page would exit if the revolution slider entry specified in the page options was missing.
- Updated - OptionTree framework to handle PHP 7.x versions
- Updated - Isotope version and improved compatibility with plugins
- Updated - Visual Composer and Templatera plugins
Version 4.4
- Fixed - Title tags as per the latest codex recommendation. Use one of the popular SEO plugins if you need to customize page or post titles.
- Fixed - Pricing table not responsive for 2 column and 6 column layouts
- Fixed - The alt tags not taking effect when explicitly specified in media library
- Fixed - Deprecated function error for VC integration
- Added - New classes to identify full width and boxed content layouts in VC
- Added - A separate class for VC and SO page builder integration
- Updated - Documentation to reflect changed support forum URL.
- Updated - Revolution Slider and Visual Composer Plugins
Version 4.3
- Updated - Removed skin.php to address PCI security compliance - moved to inline CSS.
- Updated - Revolution Slider
- Updated - Visual Composer
Version 4.2
- Added - New smartphone sliders for devices iPhone 7 Rose Gold, iPhone 7 Gold, iPhone 7 Silver, iPhone 7 Black, iPhone 7 Jet Black, Samsung Galaxy S7, Google Pixel Silver, Google Pixel Black, Google Pixel Blue, Nexus 6p.
- Fixed - The theme would raise error on command line interfaces like WP-CLI.
- Updated - Agile child theme.
- Updated - The plugin activation prompt less intrusive.
- Updated - Revolution Slider
- Updated - Sample data for new smartphone sliders.
- Updated - Documentation
Version 4.1
- Updated - Visual Composer plugin
- Updated - SiteOrigin page builder elements/widgets
- Updated - Revolution Slider plugin
Version 4.0
- Added - Integration with SiteOrigin page builder.
- Added - 30+ custom page builder elements for easy drag/drop/configure page building using SiteOrigin builder.
- Added - Updated sample data with demo pages built using 30+ custom page builder widgets.
- Added - Support for 16+ additional premium page builder elements through our popular plugin for SiteOrigin page builder.
- Removed - Thumbnail generation by Aqua resizer and some redundant image sizes.
- Updated - Documentation for the theme.
Version 3.7
- Updated - Revolution slider plugin
- Updated - Visual Composer and Templetara plugins
- Fixed - WooCommerce pagination
- Fixed - Isotope error when certain VC elements are used
- Fixed - Parallax speed option not taking effect in certain cases in VC
Version 3.6
- Fixed - Deprecated constructor function for WordPress widgets.
- Fixed - The menu items require two clicks/taps in iPad to activate the links.
- Fixed - Slider showing up on search pages.
- Fixed - YouTube player does not autoplay.
- Updated - Revolution Slider and Visual Composer plugin.
Version 3.5
- Fixed - XSS vulnerability in prettyPhoto plugin.
- Updated - Revolution Slider and Visual Composer plugin.
Version 3.4
- +Updated - Changes to video elements to use the new YouTube API.
- +Tweak - Check for empty sidebar id when registering sidebar.
Version 3.3
- + Tweak - Updated TGMPA and Option Tree to address any security vulnerability.
- + Fixed - The pricing archive prevented the user from creating a page with pricing permalink.
- + Fixed - Ability to retain original images for single post page to help address HTTPS issue.
- + Tweak - Some WooCommerce styling changes to address latest version of WC.
- + Tweak - Optimized sample data.
- + Updated - Revolution Slider, Visual Composer and Templatera plugins.
Version 3.2
- + Fixed - Updated Visual Composer to 4.3.5 to make it compatible with WordPress 4.1
- + Tweak - Updated Revolution Slider to 4.6.5
- + Tweak - Modified js/admin.js to make compatible with WordPress 4.1
- + Fixed - Taxonomy parameters to the post snippets carousel was not taking effect.
Version 3.1
- + Fixed - Updated JQuery Smooth Scroll script to fix the bug where certain external links in the menu would not respond to user click.
- + Fixed - Updated the YTP plugin to fix a bug where the YouTube video cannot be seen even though the audio is audible.
- + Fixed - Issue with certain video shortcode attributes not taking effect.
- + Fixed - Visual Composer not saving certain attribute values in the YTP Video Showcase element.
- + Fixed - WooCommerce deprecated notice seen in debug mode. The theme now loading WooCommerce stylesheets and then overriding them.
- + Fixed - Image sizes in the settings tab of WooCommerce would get disabled due to filters provided by the theme.
- + Tweak - Updated Revolution Slider
- + Tweak - Updated Visual Composer to 4.3.4
Version 3.0
- Added - Visual Composer Page builder support based on Bootstrap 3 grid.
- Added - All four Home Pages built with Visual Composer page builder components, importable via sample data provided.
- Added - 50 new Visual Composer page builder elements exclusive to Agile Theme, each one with numerous parameters for customization via easy-to-use GUIs.
- Added - 8 new Visual Composer page builder templates for fast track development.
- Added - Visual Composer and Templatera premium plugins bundled with the theme.
- Added - New flat style look for the Theme Options panel.
- Added - The slider options moved to Page Edit window for much easier creation of multiple single page style home pages. The Home Page slider widget area deprecated.
- Added - Responsive carousel support for posts, portfolio and gallery items using Owl Carousel.
- Added - Two new testimonials slider shortcodes.
- Added - The team shortcode now can take team_member_ids attribute for filtering.
- Fixed - Waypoints script error with Visual Composer
- Fixed - Not all portfolio entries listed in sitemap page
- Fixed - Testimonial slider error on slide animation.
Version 2.3
- +New! - Completely new shortcode builder with rich interactive UI for entering shortcode details for each of the 50+ shortcodes
- +Fixed - Thumbnail generation not generating images of right sizes.
- +Added - Updated the Get the Image plugin.
- +Fixed - URL rewriting by testimonials and pricing post types
Version 2.2
- +Added - Support for parent menu navigation in mobile menu
- +Fixed - Nivo Slider height setting in theme options
- +Fixed - WooCommerce related posts deprecated notice
- +Fixed - Flickering effect for mobile menu in certain devices
Version 2.1
- +Added - Documentation for all shortcodes and all of their options in the source code as well as Documentation
- +Added - New Bootstrap based documentation template with updated information on all shortcodes and their options.
- +Added - Shortcode panel shortcode list and shortcode generation updated to include all new shortcodes and removed outdated shortcodes.
- +Added - New iPad Air slider, iMac Slider, MacBook slider, Browser slider to showcase app designs, product designs, web designs etc.
- +Fixed - Wordpress 3.9 shortcode panel not pasting content
- +Fixed - WordPress 3.9 error for page section drag and drop
- +Tweak - Minor styling changes for Shortcode Panel
- +Fixed - 404 error on paginated portfolio/gallery
- +Added - Brand new way of smooth loading the page.
- +Added - Honeypot security for Contact Form. Removed human check.
- +Added - Ability to set receiver email in theme options for contact form.
- +Fixed - The [show_post_snippets] shortcode not displaying content with more tag
- +Tweak - Minor Styling changes in Theme Options
- +Tweak - Better support for class overriding in child theme
- +Added - Enhanced the social networks widget to include 5-6 more social networks
- +Added - Support for back to top button in mobile.
- +Added - Call to Action shortcode
- +Tweak - Slowed down the menu a little bit and enhanced usability
- +Fixed - Double border seen when no comments are posted to the blog post
Version 2.0
- +New! - Choose page sections via a cool new Drag and drop interface that lets you drag and drop from an available page sections list. The drag and drop interface is touch friendly too - works on iPhone/iPad
- +New! - Sort page sections at individual page level via Drag and Drop in the Page edit window. Earlier sorting was at the site level via plugins. All changes are saved via WP Ajax API - no explicit save required
- +Added - Ability to invoke edit, view page sections from Page Sections ordering UI
- +Added - Tooltip to indicate the page section name for Edit when logged in
- +Added - Migration code to ensure page sections selected via earlier interface is not lost and acts as the starting point for the new interface
- +Added - Ability to set description for the page sections for easier administration
- +Fixed - Sidebar not being displayed for blogs in 1.6 update
Version 1.6
- +Added: Revolution Slider 4.2 update
- +Added: Better support for Posts Page set in WordPress
- +Tweak: Better support for PHP subclasses in the child theme
- +Fixed: Fix for Chrome 33 font rendering issue.
- +Fixed: Portfolio backend UI translation and admin menu translations
- +Fixed: The entry header image not taking effect.
- +Fixed: Email icon not showing up in Team section
- +Fixed: The anchors from other pages not navigating back to home in some sites
Version 1.5
- +Added: YouTube video headers and video background sections with shortcodes
- +Added: Contact Form redesigned with Contact Form 7
- +Added: Contact Form 7 example for the theme with import file
- +Fixed: Removed link to team member custom post type in team section
Version 1.4
- +Added: Support for auto-generated Portfolio and Gallery pages and auto-generated Portfolio/Gallery category pages. The pages are organized with auto-generated links to each of these pages generated by the theme.
- +Added: Added support for handling very large number of portfolio/gallery items. To manage performance, pagination (or Ajax load) will be enabled for main pages as well as individual category pages.
- +Added: New option for setting layout for Portfolio and Gallery pages
- Tweak: Fixed a performance issue of back-to-top button function taking unwanted CPU cycles.
- Fixed: The plugins.css now loads in the header after all the plugins are loaded.
- Fixed: The number stats and new testimonials not displaying right color for the skin chosen.
- Fixed: Sidebar support for portfolio and gallery pages
- Fixed: Image sliding up on hover in Firefox in single portfolio/blog pages
Version 1.3
- +Added: Added a new home page with page sections for packed gallery, numbered stats, Ken Burns slider, testimonials.
- +Added: Ability to create full-width portfolio and gallery showcases (packed gallery/portfolio) with zero-margin between elements using shortcodes
- +Added: Ken Burns revolution slider export.
- +Added: New shortcodes for animated number stats displayed on scroll.
- +Added: New testimonials shortcode with additional option of testimonial heading.
- +Added: Ability to specify department category for team members. +Added department filtering in the team shortcode.
- Tweak: Moved many of the smaller JS files to a single file for better performance and organization.
- Fixed: Warning when portfolio or gallery item does not have category associated with it.
- Fixed: WooCommerce review form not displaying fields for rating the products
- Fixed: Unable to remove gallery/portfolio filter in the shortcode.
- Fixed: Margins on the right when using 3 column shortcode for portfolio
Version 1.2
- + Added: Video header and video background shortcodes now support overlay color, opacity and pattern
- + Added: Uploaded two HD video tutorials for installation setup and configuration and updated docs for the same
- + Fixed: Issue of custom shop page and cleaned up links to the same
- + Fixed: Testimonials slides causing background flickering
- + Fixed: WooCommerce cart icon overlapping the primary menu
Version 1.1
- + Added: Two new shortcodes for Video backgrounds
- + Fixed: When WooCommerce is enabled, primary menu moving out of window to the left in iPad or devices of similar resolutions
- + Fixed: Disabling animation on mobile devices
- + Fixed: Inconsistent behavior in a situation when caching is enabled
- + Fixed: Submit button on iPad styling
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