Economist 1.3.7 - Business and Finance WordPress Theme

Documentation and Getting Started

Documentation access

You can view all of the theme’s documentation, including the install guide right here.

Demo imagery

No, the images used on the demo site were sourced from shutterstock.com and cannot be distributed within the theme. It is intended you use your own images to put your own stamp on the design. For free images, check out unsplash.com.

Page builder

Economist comes with WPBakery, the popular drag‑and‑drop page builder plugin for WordPress that is included with the theme. It allows you to build fully custom pages by mixing and matching the existing elements.

Licensing and updates

License usage: nothing will stop you from using the theme on multiple sites, but each license can be activated on one WordPress site at a time. You will receive updates and support for the site you activate.

Why Economist is right for you

• We’ve researched your industry – After spending many hours studying hundreds of financial websites we wanted to create a best in class theme for your business with every element carefully considered.
• Easy to use! – Before we made themes for a living we bought them too. We grew tired of themes that were impossible to figure out. Thousands of happy customers tell us we’re doing it right.
• Setup in minutes! – Quickly recreate a site similar to our demo using one‑click installer. No long manuals required to get up and running.
• Best in class, super fast code! – Code quality is a priority; the theme loads quickly, which matters for small businesses.
• Optimized for SEO – Fully compatible with Yoast SEO and passes Google’s Structured Data Testing Tool.
• World class support – When you need help, support is available and highly rated.

Overview

• WordPress 6+ Ready
• 100% focused on world class design best practices
• Perfect design and features for any consulting and professional services business!
• Fully Responsive! Strong focus on the smartphone and tablet experience
• Unlimited Color and Typography options
• CommerceGurus Toolkit – our very own WordPress plugin included to enhance WordPress
• Step by Step Video Guides
• Detailed Documentation
• Child theme included!
• 5 Star Rated Elite Themeforest Authors
• World Class Support

Layout Features

• Boxed or Full Width Layout
• Mobile friendly and Retina‑ready design
• Sticky Header Option
• WPBakery included (worth $46!)
• Beautifully designed Shortcodes
• Left, Right or no Sidebars on the News Template
• Background Photos or patterns

Header Features

• Adjust the height of the Logo and Header
• Change the Colors to match your brand
• Change the typography with loads of Theme Options
• LayerSlider included (worth $25!)

Pages

• Contact Page
• About Page and beautiful pages to help attract world class people to work in your business

Solutions

• Customer Stories
• Left and Right Sidebar Options
• Testimonials

EASY TO CUSTOMIZE

• Background Photo and Pattern Uploader
• Change the Colors to match your Brand
• Show 2 Footers or just 1
• Fully Customizable Design: set your Color and Font for each Typographic Selector
• Built‑in Google Fonts. Over 650 Web Fonts support with Preview

SEO Optimized

Economist is optimized for search engines and fully compatible with Yoast SEO, with structured data considerations.

HOT Features

• Child Theme Support
• Bootstrap 3 Grid
• 404 Error Page
• Unlimited Contact forms with JavaScript validation
• Video Tutorials and Demo Data
• One Click Demo Data Install

Demo Data and Imagery Notes

Installing the Economist theme demo data takes just minutes to get up and running. The sample images are not included in the theme due to copyright reasons and are replaced with grey placeholders.

Updating the Theme

See the theme update guide here. Be sure and follow each step.

Changelog

28 April 2025 – V1.3.7 Changelog

• WPBakery 8.4.1 supported.
• LayerSlider 7.14.4 supported.

9 April 2024 – V1.3.6 Changelog

• WPBakery 7.5 supported.
• LayerSlider 7.10.1 supported.

11 December 2023 – V1.3.5 Changelog

• WPBakery 7.2 supported.
• LayerSlider 7.9.6 supported.

8 July 2023 – V1.3.4 Changelog

• WPBakery 6.13.0 supported.
• LayerSlider 7.7.9 supported.

6 January 2023 – V1.3.3 Changelog

• PHP improvements
• WPBakery 6.10.0 supported
• LayerSlider 7.6.7 supported

25 November 2021 – V1.3.1 Changelog

• Font Awesome 4.7.0 supported

2 August 2021 – V1.3.0 Changelog

• WPBakery 6.7.0 supported
• LayerSlider 6.11.8 supported

4 March 2021 – V1.2.8 Changelog

• News hero image display fix
• Display date on news posts

5 February 2021 – V1.2.7 Changelog

• WPBakery 6.5.0 supported
• LayerSlider 6.11.4 supported
• Featured images display fix

1 August 2020 – V1.2.6 Changelog

• WPBakery 6.2 supported
• LayerSlider 6.11.1 supported

30 March 2020 – V1.2.5 Changelog

• WPBakery 6.1 supported
• LayerSlider 6.10.2 supported
• Structured meta removed
• 1px footer CSS fix

17 Nov 2019 – V1.2.4 Changelog

• WPBakery 6.0.5 supported
• LayerSlider 6.9.2 supported

22 May 2019 – V1.2.3 Changelog

• WPBakery 6.0.2 supported
• LayerSlider 6.8.4 supported
• CommerceGurus Toolkit 1.8
• WooCommerce 3.5 compatibility

3 March 2019 – V1.2.2 Changelog

• WPBakery 5.7 supported
• LayerSlider 6.8.1 supported

8 December 2018 – V1.2.1 Changelog

• Visual Composer/WPBakery 5.5.6 supported. Gutenberg compatibility.

8 November 2018 – V1.2 Changelog

• PHP 7.2 support
• Visual Composer/WPBakery 5.5.5 supported
• LayerSlider 6.7.6 supported
• CommerceGurus Toolkit 1.8
• WooCommerce 3.5 compatibility

21 May 2018 – V1.1.4 Changelog

• LayerSlider 6.7.5 supported
• Visual Composer/WPBakery 5.4.7 supported
• Minor style tweaks

7 April 2017 – V1.1.0 Changelog

• WooCommerce 3.0 support
• LayerSlider 6.2.2 support
• Visual Composer 5.1 support

11 January 2017 – V1.0.1 Changelog

• Minor bug fix - Featured image not displaying correctly
• Minor responsive tweaks

10 November 2016 – V1.0.0 Changelog

• Initial version

File Lists

File list (primary CSS and PHP files)

• css/commercegurus.css — 19 lines of changes
• css/responsive.css — 3 lines of changes
• functions.php — 12 lines of changes
• inc/core/css/custom-css.php — 38 lines of changes
• style.css — 2 lines of changes

Additional file changes

• 15 January 2018 – V1.1.3 Changelog

File list

• partials/header-left.php — 5 changes
• style.css — 2 changes

Other recent file lists

• admin/options-init.php — 10 changes
• content-fullwidthpage.php — 2 changes
• content-page.php — 2 changes
• content-single.php — 2 changes
• css/commercegurus.css — 18 changes
• css/responsive.css — 2 changes
• functions.php — 9 changes
• inc/template-tags.php — 10 changes
• style.css — 2 changes

Notes: This section documents the file changes across versions, reflecting improvements, compatibility updates, and fixes included in each release.