CANDIDATE 1.1.2 - Political Campaign WordPress Theme

CANDIDATE | Political Campaign WordPress Theme

CANDIDATE is a stunning diplomatic and political wordpress theme crafted for campaigns, offering a clean, modern design with premium plugin integration to help launch and manage campaign sites quickly. It emphasizes immersive visuals, responsive behavior, and strong SEO foundations.

Core purpose and capabilities

• Premium plugin integration – Slider Revolution plugin included; Visual Composer plugin included; supports shortcodes and advanced visuals.
• SEO-focused architecture – Clean, semantical, valid HTML code; strong internal linking and structured headings to improve indexing.
• Campaign-ready design – Full screen images, parallax video backgrounds, elegant typography, and animations for impactful storytelling.
• Extensive customization – Unlimited colors, layouts, and portfolio/blog variations; customizable design & code; child theme support.
• Localization and translations – Translation Ready with mo/po files; WPML Ready for multilingual sites.
• Ease of deployment – One-click demo import; demo content included; extensive documentation and video tutorials.

Design, layout & visual features

• Responsive – This theme is responsive to give a perfect user experience on all devices
• Boxed or fullwidth layout – This can be set globally or even per page!
• Built on Twitter Bootstrap – Pro Business uses Twitter Bootstrap; shortcodes supported; Visual Composer or Easy Bootstrap Shortcode compatible
• Slider Revolution plugin included – Includes the Slider Revolution plugin, saving you $19
• Visual Composer plugin included – Includes Visual Composer, saving you $30
• Parallax Image and Video Scrolling Sections
• Section Video Background – Full width video backgrounds with per-section pattern images
• Retina Ready – High-resolution icons and visuals for dense displays
• Full Screen Sections Layout – Full screen sections with bullet navigation and scroll through functionality
• Responsive slideshows – Touch-enabled and hardware accelerated for mobile devices
• Fully Customizable Mega Menu – Standard and mobile menus, wide or normal sub-menus, widgets in wide menu columns
• Sticky Header – Sticky header with adjustable scroll-trigger height
• CSS3 Animations – Fluid CSS3 animations for a smooth UX

Content, typography & typography tools

• Unlimited Portfolio Layouts – Multiple layouts for showcasing campaigns, events, or initiatives
• Unlimited Blog Layouts – Diverse presentation options for news and updates
• Unlimited Color Options – Wide color system for brand customization
• Customizable Design & Code – Accessible options to tailor the theme without code
• Custom Post Formats – Standard, Gallery, Link, Quote, Video, Audio
• Modular Shortcodes – Flexible shortcodes to compose pages quickly
• Font Awesome integration – Icon set included and integrated
• Google Fonts – 600+ Google fonts available for typography choices

Plugins, hooks & integrations

• Slider Revolution – Included, enabling modern, responsive slider presentations
• Visual Composer – Included for drag-and-drop page building
• Contact Form 7 – Styling included for the Contact Form 7 plugin
• WPML readiness – Translation Ready with WPML support
• All installed extensions included – Every bundled extension is included with the package
• SEO-friendly structure – Clean HTML5/CSS3 and semantic markup to assist search engines

Optimization, performance & accessibility

• jQuery 100% unobtrusive – Degrades gracefully if JavaScript is turned off
• CSS optimization – PHP Compiler for CSS to combine styles into one generated file for performance
• Translation-ready – mo/po files for easy localization
• All-in-one accessibility considerations – Semantically structured headings and meaningful content order

Content management, admin UX & support

• Powerful Admin Interface – Intuitive controls to manage sliders, portfolios, posts, and sections
• One-Click Demo Import – Import entire demo content to replicate examples
• Detailed Documentation Included – Comprehensive guides and tutorials
• Video Tutorials – Step-by-step video content to assist setup
• Professional support – Responsive help via support forum and ticket system
• Active community – Large user base and regular updates

Demonstration content, accessibility & licensing notes

• Demo content included – Demo images and content are for demonstration and not included with purchase; images from Shutterstock are paid for by the company and used in demos
• Child theme support – Easy customization unaffected by theme updates
• Translations ready – Po & mo files for translation; WPML compatibility
• Cross-browser support – Works across major browsers

Support, documentation & ongoing updates

• Support forum – 12000+ registered members with timely responses
• Extensive help file – Documentation to help you understand how the theme works
• Regular updates – Lifetime updates included; change logs documented
• Compatibility notes – Regular updates to stay compatible with WP, Visual Composer, and WooCommerce

Changelog and updates

The following is a summary of the version history and notable changes. Each entry reflects updates and compatibility improvements over time.

• Version 1.8 StarPath (22 Sep, 2024)
  • Compatible WP 6.8.x
  • Fixed some minor bugs
  • Update the plugin latest
• Version 1.7 StarPath (15 Aug, 2022)
  • Compatible WP 6.6.x
  • Fixed some minor bugs
  • Improved styles
  • Update the plugin latest
• Version 1.6 StarPath (04 May, 2021)
  • Fixed some minor bugs
  • Improved styles
  • Update the plugin latest
• Version 1.5 StarPath (04 May, 2021)
  • Compatible Rev Slider 6.4.x
  • Compatible Visual Composer 6.6.x
  • Compatible with WooCommerce 5.2.x
  • Fixed some minor bugs
  • Improved styles
  • Update install demo data
• Version 1.4 StarPath (04 February, 2021)
  • Update WooCommerce out date
  • Rev Slider 6.3.x
  • Visual Composer 6.5.x
  • Update install demo data
• Version 1.3 StarPath (02 May, 2019)
  • Update WooCommerce out date
  • Fixed some minor bugs
  • Improved styles
  • Update install demo data
• Version 1.2 StarPath (12 Dec, 2018)
  • Compatible WP 5.0
  • Update Rev Slider 5.4.8
  • Update Visual Composer 5.6
  • Compatible with WooCommerce 3.5
  • Fixed some minor bugs
  • Improved styles
• Version 1.1.2
  • Clean & optimized database
  • Improved page load speed
  • Improved install sample data
  • Updated Redux Framework to 3.6.3
  • Compatible with WP 4.7
  • Compatible with Visual Composer 5.0.x
  • Compatible with WooCommerce 2.6.13
• Version 1.1
  • Compatibility Wordpress 4.5.x
  • Compatibility Visual Composer 4.12
  • Compatibility Rev slider 5.2.5
  • Compatibility Woocommerce 2.5.x
  • Update TGM Plugin
  • Update Redux Framework
• Version 1.0.8
  • Compatibility WordPress 4.3
  • Compatibility VC 4.7
  • Update Rev slider 5.0.5
• Version 1.0.7
  • Fixed error date format for archive calendar
  • Add value default for attributes of shortcodes
  • Updated VC 4.6.x
• Version 1.0.6
  • Fixed woo cart widget
  • File: wp-candidate/framework/header/header_v1.php
  • Fixed carousel loading: various related files
• Version 1.0.3
  • Add donations
• Version 1.0.2
  • Fix title site double
  • Add woocommerce
• Version 1.0.1
  • Update one click sample data
  • Update VC elements
• Version 1.0.0
  • Initial Release

Notes on media usage and support philosophy

• The sample images viewed in the live preview are for demo purposes only and are not included with your purchase. These images are courtesy of Shutterstock and are paid for by our company and only used on the demos.
• The theme emphasizes accessible documentation, a robust support forum, and a responsive community to help users customize and extend the theme beyond initial setup.