Bard - A Theatre and Performing Arts WordPress Theme
Bard is a theatre- and performing-arts focused WordPress theme that enables non-coders to build professional websites with one-click demo imports, drag-and-drop page building, and an extensive set of shortcodes and widgets designed for dance troupes, repertoires, plays, and more. This summary captures Bard’s core features, plugins, layouts, and a detailed change log.
Overview of Bard for Theatre & Performing Arts Websites
- One-click import of demo content to jumpstart pages and layouts
- Drag-and-drop page building without coding
- Extensive shortcode collection and widgets for theatre, dance, and performance content
- Responsive and retina-ready design with multiple header, footer, and layout options
- Compatibility with popular event and e-commerce plugins (Tickera, WooCommerce, WPML)
Key Features & Capabilities
- Highly Customizable—broad control over visuals, typography, and layout
- Extensive Admin Interface for managing pages, posts, events, and media
- Simple One-Click Import of Demo Content for rapid setup
- No coding knowledge required to create a professional site
- Big custom shortcode collection for varied presentation of content
- Responsive & Retina Ready design for all devices
- 6 homepage examples and a large collection of inner pages
- Slider Revolution Responsive WordPress Plugin included ($26 value)
- WPBakery Page Builder Plugin for WordPress included ($46 value)
- Tickera – WordPress Event Ticketing plugin compatibility
- Extensive shortcode library:
- Role List, Role Single, Role Slider
- Interactive Link Showcase
- Full Show Grid, Show List, Show Slider
- Working Hours, Pricing table, Parallax sections
- Mega Menu, Customizable Google Maps
- Smooth Page Transitions, multiple font icon sets (7)
- Social widgets and media:
- Twitter and Instagram widgets
- Image Gallery widget, Social Icons Group widget
- Animation, infographics, and visual effects shortcodes (e.g., Animation Holder, Visual Effects Holder)
- Anchor link functionality for one-page sites
- Video background sections and section background images
- Multiple header behaviors and separate logo variants for dark/light headers
- Separate mobile header, header top area, and mobile header styling
- Custom sidebars and Mikado Search functionality
- Footer: customizable layout up to 4 columns and separate footer bottom area
- Typography: 800+ Google Fonts
- Blog layouts: Standard, List shortcode, and custom post formats (Standard, Gallery, Link, Quote, Video, Audio)
- Optional social share functionality
- Testimonials shortcode and blog-related shortcodes
- Smooth Scroll, Boxed layout option, Back to Top button
- Child Theme Included, Translation ready
- WooCommerce compatible and WPML Plugin compatible
- Dropdown Shop Cart widget and Contact Form 7 compatibility
Layout, Design & Navigation
- Standard and Minimal header types with multiple header behaviors
- Separate logo variants for dark and light header skins
- Separate logo for mobile header
- Header Top area and mobile header customization
- Customizable title area and dedicated sidebars
- Footer: up to 4 columns and a distinct bottom area
- Parallax sections and video background sections
Plugins, Widgets & Shortcodes
- Slider Revolution and WPBakery Page Builder included
- Tickera – WordPress Event Ticketing plugin compatibility
- Interactive, Show-based, and Role-related shortcodes for theatre content
- Countdown years range helper and social networks integration
- Google Maps customization, Twitter/Instagram widgets, and social share options
Documentation, Licensing & Important Notices
You can access the online documentation file by clicking here.
Note: We do not own the copyright for the images featured in this theme. The images are for presentational purposes on demos and cannot be used on your site without purchasing a license from a stock image site.
Change Log
Version 1.7 – October 23rd, 2025
- Added WPML config file
- Updated Bard Core plugin to 1.3
- Updated Bard Shows plugin to 1.2
- Updated WPBakery Page Builder to 8.7.1
- Updated Revolution Slider to 6.7.38
- Improved Google Maps API loading
- Improved PHP 8.3 compatibility
- Improved themes security
- Removed Bard Instagram Feed due to Instagram API changes
- Minor fixes
- Removed Bard Twitter Feed due to Twitter API changes
- Removed Share on Google Plus option (service doesn't exist)
- Removed Google Plus custom user option (service doesn't exist)
- Removed Image Size option in Mikado Blog List Shortcode (Not applicable)
- Included Custom Twitter Feeds plugin from WordPress repository
- Improved getSocialNetworkShareLink method
- Improved import to create dynamic files after import is completed
- Improved bard_mikado_get_attachment_id_from_url function
- Change Tickera plugin source to WordPress repository
- Change font awesome twitter social share icon to twitter x icon
- Prevent Mikado Woocommerce Dropdown Cart from loading on cart page
Version 1.6 – March 10th, 2025
- Added PHP 8.2 compatibility
- Added WordPress 6.7 compatibility
- Added WooCommerce 9.7 compatibility
- Added support for Filter By Price block
- Added support for core/search block
- Added bard_core_get_countdown_years_range helper function
- Added Disable Google Fonts option and functionality
- Added Social Share Icons Type global option
- Updated Bard Core plugin to 1.2.3
- Updated Bard Shows plugin to 1.1.3
- Updated WPBakery Page Builder to 8.2
- Updated Revolution Slider to 6.7.29
- Updated font awesome to 6.5.2
- Fixed WooCommerce outdated templates
- Fixed WooCommerce Login form show password button
- Fixed WooCommerce 7.8.0 issue with 'figure'
- Fixed Social Share Shorcode Icons Type option
- Fixed Show date translation
- Fixed custom widget areas delete functionality
- Fixed the issue of all show items displaying on show category pages
- Fixed fatal error when Bard Shows plugin is active, but Bard Core isn't
- Fixed php Deprecated warnings: Creation of dynamic property
- Fixed php fatal error with is_array check conditions
- Fixed google.maps.Marker is deprecated warning
- Fixed Google Maps API async loading issues
- Fixed Countdown years range
- Fixed Bard Welcome Page
- Removed Bard Twitter Feed due to Twitter API changes
- Removed Share on Google Plus option (service doesn't exist)
- Removed Google Plus custom user option (service doesn't exist)
- Removed Image Size option in Mikado Blog List Shortcode (Not applicable)
- Included Custom Twitter Feeds plugin from WordPress repository
- Improved getSocialNetworkShareLink method
- Improved import to create dynamic files after import is completed
- Improved bard_mikado_get_attachment_id_from_url function
- Change Tickera plugin source to WordPress repository
- Change font awesome twitter social share icon to twitter x icon
- Prevent Mikado Woocommerce Dropdown Cart from loading on cart page
Version 1.5 – November 2nd, 2021
- Added WordPress 5.8.1 compatibility
- Added WooCommerce 5.8.0 compatibility
- Added PHP8 compatibility
- Updated WPBakery Page Builder to 6.7.0
- Updated Revolution Slider to 6.5.9
- Updated Bard Instagram Feed plugin to 2.1
- Updated Bard Twitter Feed plugin to 1.3
- Updated Bard Core plugin to 1.2.2
- Updated Bard Shows plugin to 1.1.2
- Included Tickera plugin in theme
Version 1.4 – October 30th, 2020
- Added WordPress 5.5 compatibility
- Added WooCommerce 4.6.1 compatibility
- Updated Bard Instagram Feed plugin to 2.0
- Updated Bard Core plugin to 1.2.1
- Updated Bard Shows plugin to 1.1.1
- Updated WPBakery Page Builder to 6.4.1
- Updated Revolution Slider to 6.2.23
Version 1.3 – February 28th, 2020
- Added compatibility with WooCommerce 3.9.2
- Updated WPBakery Page Builder to 6.2
- Updated Revolution Slider to 6.2.1
- Updated Bard Shows plugin to 1.1.0
- Updated Bard Instagram Feed plugin to 1.2
- Updated Bard Twitter Feed plugin to 1.2
- Fixed FullScreen menu scroll
- Fixed (not)showing expired events
- Fixed og description rendering for pages
- Improved event list shortcode
- Removed unused file instagram-redirect.php from Bard Instagram Widget plugin
- Removed unused file twitter-redirect.php from Bard Twitter Feed plugin
Version 1.2.3 – April 22nd, 2019
- Added WooCommerce 3.6.1 compatibility
- Improved import functionality
- Improved theme security
Version 1.2.2 – March 15th, 2019
- Updated Instagram Feed to 1.1
- Updated Twitter Feed to 1.1
- Improved theme functions
- Improved theme files
Version 1.2.1 – March 14th, 2019
Version 1.2 – March 7th, 2019
- Added WooCommerce 3.5.5 compatibility
- Updated Bard Core plugin to 1.1
- Updated Visual Composer to 5.7
- Updated Revolution Slider to 5.4.8.3
- Updated pot file
- Improved framework files
Version 1.1 – November 29th, 2018
- Added compatibility with WooCommerce 3.5.1
- Added compatibility with Gutenberg plugin
- Updated WPBakery Page Builder to 5.5.5
- Updated Revolution Slider to 5.4.8
- Updated Bard Shows plugin to 1.0.1
- Fixed problem with dates on events
- Fixed title area issue on Safari
- Improved displaying content on secured protocol
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