Blaze 1.6 - Portfolio WordPress Theme

Blaze - Portfolio WordPress Theme

Blaze is a minimal, attitude-driven WordPress portfolio theme designed for freelancers, designers, and creative studios. It ships with 12 distinct homepages, a rich set of portfolio templates, and an easy, no-code admin to build a striking site quickly.

Overview and core capabilities

What Blaze offers

• 12 distinct homepages to cover a wide range of portfolio styles.
• Flexible portfolio templates to present illustrations, artwork, and projects with style.
• No coding knowledge required—the theme is designed for a smooth, hands-on experience.
• Compatibility with premium plugins such as WPML, WooCommerce and WPBakery Page Builder.
• WPBakery Page Builder Plugin for WordPress included ($46 value).
• Slider Revolution Responsive WordPress Plugin included ($26 value).
• Large collection of custom shortcodes for rapid content creation.
• Multiple customizable layouts for portfolio lists and sliders.
• 4 header types (Standard, Vertical, Minimal, Expanding) with various behaviors.
• Extensive typography control with 800+ Google Fonts and separate responsive typography settings.
• Translation Ready and WPML compatible for multilingual sites.
• WooCommerce compatible for commerce-ready portfolios.
• Responsive design and retina-ready visuals for clarity on all devices.
• Parallax sections, video and image backgrounds, and modern interactive features.
• Robust documentation and ongoing updates to keep Blaze current.

Portfolio capabilities at a glance

• Portfolio Standard list, Portfolio Pinterest list, Portfolio Gallery list, Portfolio Masonry list
• Various hover types for portfolio lists
• Portfolio Slider shortcode and multiple customizable layouts for portfolio sliders (Standard, Gallery)
• Portfolio Single layouts: slider, gallery, masonry, split screen, full screen, and custom options
• Portfolio Single slider layouts and Portfolio Single custom layouts
• Portfolio Image and Video Lightbox with related projects on Portfolio Single pages
• Additional shortcodes: Scroll Slider, Crossfade Images, Image Merge, Device Presentation

Layout, header, and navigation options

• Header options include 4 header types and multiple header behaviors
• Side Area and Custom Widget Areas for flexible side content
• Integrated search with optional separate logo for Mobile, light/dark header variants
• Flexible footer with 1–4 column layouts, and separate Footer Top and Bottom areas
• Back to Top and Smooth Scroll for UX polish
• Anchor functionality for One Page sites and Mega Menu customization

Content, media, and widgets

• Video and image backgrounds in sections and variable grid sizing
• Portfolio/Image Lightbox with related projects
• Blog layouts including Masonry and Standard, with custom post formats (Audio, Video, Standard, Gallery, Link, Quote)
• Social Share functionality and Twitter/Instagram feeds
• Newsletters and promotional content integrations (Sign up for our newsletter)
• Customizable Typography settings and 800+ Google Fonts

Notes on imagery and licensing

Find out more about Blaze WordPress Theme. We do not own the copyright for the images featured in this theme. The images are used for presentational purposes on demos and cannot be used on your site without license from the stock image provider.

Documentation, support, and related themes

• Access the online documentation file by clicking here.
• Check out our other portfolio WordPress themes.
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Theme features

Administrative and import capabilities

• Easy-to-Use Powerful Admin Interface
• One-click import of demo site
• Lots of creative home and inner pages
• Large collection of custom shortcodes

Page builder and sliders

• WPBakery Page Builder Plugin for WordPress included ($46 value)
• Slider Revolution Responsive WordPress Plugin included ($26 value)

Portfolio and gallery layouts

• Multiple customizable layouts for portfolio lists: Portfolio Standard list, Portfolio Pinterest list, Portfolio Gallery list, Portfolio Masonry list
• Various hover types for portfolio lists
• Portfolio Slider shortcode with multiple customizable layouts: Portfolio Standard slider, Portfolio Gallery slider
• Portfolio Single layouts: Portfolio Single slider layouts, Portfolio Single gallery layout, Portfolio Single masonry layouts, Portfolio Single split screen layouts, Portfolio Single full screen layouts, Portfolio Single custom layouts

Portfolio media and interactions

• Portfolio Image and Video Lightbox
• Show related projects on Portfolio Single pages
• Scroll Slider shortcode, Crossfade Images shortcode, Image Merge shortcode, Device Presentation shortcode

Social, blog, and widgets

• Twitter Feed shortcode
• Pricing Tables shortcode
• Interactive Text shortcode
• Various infographic shortcodes
• Vertical Split Slider shortcode
• Team shortcode
• Blog List shortcode, Blog Slider shortcode
• Elements Holder shortcode, Carousel shortcode, Clients shortcode, Testimonials shortcode

Header, navigation, and responsive behavior

• 4 Header types with Standard, Vertical, Minimal, and Expanding options
• Full Screen Menu for Minimal Header
• Multiple header behaviors and Side Area
• Custom Widget Areas and Integrated Search
• Optional separate logo for Mobile Header and light/dark header versions

Layout options and typography

• Responsive Design and Retina Ready
• 8 icon font packs
• Translation Ready and WPML compatible
• WooCommerce compatible
• Highly customizable typography settings with separate typography for responsive
• 800+ Google Fonts

Change Log

Version 1.6 – August 30th, 2021

• Added WordPress 5.8 compatibility
• Added WooCommerce 5.6 compatibility
• Updated WPBakery Page Builder to 6.7.0
• Updated Revolution Slider to 6.5.7
• Updated grouped product add-to-cart template
• Updated Blaze Child theme to 1.0.2
• Updated Edge CPT Plugin to 1.1.3
• Updated Edge Instagram Feed plugin to 2.0.1
• Updated Edge Twitter Feed plugin to 1.0.3
• Fixed Loader Style option
• Fixed Fullscreen menu scroll
• Fixed Simple Line Icons version
• Fixed 'WooCommerce Dropdown Cart' widget error with WordPress 5.8
• Improved PHP8 compatibility
• Improved import functionality in PHP8

Version 1.5 – November 24th, 2020

• Added WordPress 5.5 compatibility
• Added WooCommerce 4.7.0 compatibility
• Updated WPBakery Page Builder to 6.4.2
• Updated Revolution Slider to 6.3.1
• Updated Edge CPT Plugin to 1.1.2
• Updated Edge Instagram Feed plugin to 2.0

Version 1.4 – November 1st, 2019

• Added WooCommerce 3.7.1 compatibility
• Updated WPBakery Page Builder to 6.0.5
• Updated Revolution Slider to 6.1.3
• Updated Edge CPT Plugin to 1.1.1
• Updated Edge Instagram Feed plugin to 1.0.2
• Updated Edge Twitter Feed plugin to 1.0.2
• Fixed minor issue with Title area height

Version 1.3 – May 24th, 2019

• Updated WPBakery Page Builder to 6.0.2
• Updated Edge CPT Plugin to 1.1
• Updated Child theme to 1.0.1
• Improved import functionality
• Improved theme security

Version 1.2 – May 6th, 2019

• Added WooCommerce 3.6.2 compatibility
• Added compatibility with Gutenberg plugin
• Updated WPBakery Page Builder to 5.7
• Updated Revolution Slider to 5.4.8.3
• Updated Edge CPT to 1.0.2
• Updated Edge Instagram Feed to 1.0.1
• Updated Edge Twitter Feed to 1.0.1
• Improved framework files

Version 1.1 – May 25th, 2018

• Added WooCommerce 3.4.0 compatibility
• Added Envato Market plugin as required
• Added recommended plugins (WooCommerce and Contact Form 7)
• Updated Visual Composer to 5.4.7
• Updated Revolution Slider to 5.4.7.4
• Updated Core to 1.0.1
• Improved menu import functionality
• Fixed Potential security issue when saving theme options
• Fixed "Enable Pagination Through Same Category" option for single portfolio items
• Image With Text Shortcode minor improvements