Eldritch - Epic WordPress Theme for Gaming and eSports
Eldritch is a mesmerizing esports and gaming WordPress theme offering ready-to-use, highly customizable homepage layouts for matches, game showcases, blogs, concept art, and online stores, with forum support via bbPress. It combines powerful page-building tools, extensive shortcodes, and a robust update history to keep gaming sites visually epic and technically up to date.
Core capabilities and core features
- Esports and gaming focus with enthralling, easily customizable gaming homepage layouts for esports matches, game showcase, gaming blog, concept art presentation, online store & more.
- Forum template and full compatibility with the bbPress plugin.
- One of the most comprehensive feature sets for content: matches, portfolios, shortcodes, blogs, and product lists.
- Extensive content and layout options: multiple header types, header behaviors, and sections with video or image backgrounds.
- Customizable blog layouts: Blog Masonry Layout, Blog Masonry Gallery Layout, Blog Standard Layout.
- Portfolio options: Portfolio Standard lists, Simple lists, Masonry lists, Gallery lists, Pinterest lists, and multiple single-item layouts (image, slider, gallery, masonry, full width, custom).
- Full featured WPBakery Page Builder for WordPress included and Slider Revolution plugin included (both with value).
- WooCommerce integration: WooCommerce compatible, WooCommerce Dropdown Cart widget, and related compatibility improvements.
- Extensive shortcodes and widgets: various infographic shortcodes, Framed Banner, Video Banner, Team, Team Slider, Item Showcase, Product List, Testimonials, Call to Action, Pricing Tables with Icon, and Comparison Pricing Tables.
- Edge Slider with parallax, image zoom animations, and content entry animations; horizontally scrolling portfolio list.
- Social and multimedia: Twitter feed, Instagram feed, social icons, and content sharing capabilities.
- Typography and localization: 800+ Google Fonts, separate typography settings for responsive, translation ready, and WPML compatible.
- Performance and accessibility: responsive design, retina-ready assets, and a robust set of theme options for customization.
Layout, header options and design flexibility
- 4 header types: Standard Header, Vertical Header, Minimal Header, Centered Header.
- Multiple header behaviors and a fullscreen menu option.
- Side Area, integrated search, and optional separate logos for Mobile, light/dark headers, and sticky headers.
- Header Top and Header Bottom Widget Areas for additional content.
- Parallax images in sections and customizable Mega Menu.
- One Page sites with Anchor functionality and video/image backgrounds in sections.
- Variable grid size and Back to Top button functionality.
- Customizable blog layouts and multiple layouts for portfolio lists and single items.
- Flexible logo options for mobile, light/dark, and sticky header variations, plus separate logo support for sticky headers.
Content, shortcodes and UI elements
- Match List shortcode, Match List Small, and Match Featured Items shortcode for esports content.
- Portfolio Shortcodes: Portfolio List and various portfolio item layouts (standard, simple, masonry, gallery, Pinterest).
- Edge Fullscreen Slider with image and video functionality; Parallax and Edge Slider enhancements.
- Content Entry animations, Image Zoom animations, and other visual effects to enhance presentation.
- Framed Banner, Video Banner, and a range of micro-UI elements for building pages quickly.
- Team and Team Slider shortcodes for staff or player profiles; Item Showcase; Blog List and Blog Slider shortcodes.
- Product List shortcode and Pricing Tables, including a Comparison Pricing Tables shortcode.
- Social sharing widgets, Twitter feed, Instagram feed, and a dedicated Social Icons widget.
- Customizable Footer with 1-4 Columns, Footer Top and Footer Bottom sections.
Documentation, support, tutorials and resources
- Access to Eldritch documentation for setup and usage guidance.
- Knowledge Base with a large selection of useful articles for quick lookup.
- Help Center where the support team provides assistance and guidance.
- Qode Video Tutorials offering step-by-step guides to customize themes to meet website needs.
- Explore other gaming WordPress themes from the same developer.
Compatibility, updates and ongoing improvements
- Translation Ready and WPML compatible for multilingual sites.
- Gutenberg plugin compatibility introduced in earlier updates.
- BBPress plugin compatibility for forums remains a core feature.
- WooCommerce compatibility updates and related improvements across versions.
- Regular updates to core plugins: Edge Core, WPBakery Page Builder, Revolution Slider, and more.
- Ongoing security and PHP version compatibility improvements, including PHP 8 compatibility in later updates.
- Ongoing image and social feed updates reflecting API changes (Instagram, Twitter) and related adjustments.
Update Log
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Version 1.8 – September 23th, 2025
- Added WPML config file
- Added WooCommerce 10.x compatibility
- Updated Edge Core plugin to 1.2
- Updated WPBakery Page Builder plugin to 8.6.1
- Updated Revolution Slider plugin to 6.7.37
- Improved Google Map API compatibility
- Improved PHP 8.3 compatibility
- Improved theme's security
- Removed Edge Instagram Feed plugin due Instagram API changes
- Removed Edge Twitter Feed plugin due Twitter API changes
- Prevent WooCommerce DropDown Cart loading on cart page
- Minor fixes
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Version 1.7 – November 2nd, 2022
- Added WordPress 6.0.3 compatibility
- Added WooCommerce 7.0.0 compatibility
- Added PHP 8 compatibility
- Added Enable/Disable Google Fonts option and functionality
- Updated Edge Core plugin to 1.1.1
- Updated Edge Instagram Feed plugin to 2.0.1
- Updated Edge Twitter Feed plugin to 1.0.2
- Updated WPBakery Page Builder plugin to 6.10.0
- Updated Revolution Slider plugin to 6.6.5
- Updated Eldritch Child theme to 1.0.2
- Updated Instagram security keys
- Updated demo import files
- Fixed child theme CSS priority
- Fixed fullscreen menu scrolling
- Fixed wrong escaping on video blog single type
- Fixed social share
- Fixed Simple Line icons version
- Fixed countdown calculation
- Fixed countdown year span
- Fixed Revolution Slider preview functionality
- Fixed star rating in single product page
- Fixed WooCommerce quantity input fields NaN value
- Fixed cart widgets in WordPress 5.8
- Fixed creation of the Custom Sidebars in new Widgets layout
- Fixed 'Bulk Select' functionality with Menus
- Fixed potential security issue
- Fixed demo sliders import
- Improved import for PHP8
- Improved Gutenberg meta boxes style
- Improved eldritch_edge_get_attachment_id_from_url function
- Improved match item header area display
- Improved product search widget display
- Improved shop page select2 dropdown display
- Removed eldritch_edge_addslashes function
- Removed Instagram business login
- Removed Google Plus social login
- Removed label in menu editor menu items
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Version 1.6.1 – October 21st, 2020
- Updated WPBakery Page Builder to 6.4.1
- Updated Revolution Slider plugin to 6.2.23
- Updated Edge Instagram Feed to 2.0
- Updated Edge Twitter Feed to 1.0.1
- Removed unused file instagram-redirect.php from Edge Instagram Feed plugin
- Removed unused file twitter-redirect.php from Edge Twitter Feed plugin
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Version 1.6 – September 15th, 2020
- Added WordPress 5.5 compatibility
- Added WooCommerce 4.5.2 compatibility
- Updated WPBakery page builder to 6.4.0
- Updated Revolution Slider plugin to 6.2.22
- Fixed portfolio load more
- Fixed autoplay video on 'video background sections'
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Version 1.5 – July 17th, 2019
- Added WooCommerce 3.6.5 compatibility
- Added lightbox functionality to woocommerce gallery images
- Updated WPBakery Page Builder to 6.0.4
- Updated Revolution Slider to 6.0.4
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Version 1.4 – 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
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Version 1.3.1 – May 9th, 2019
- Minor improvements and fixes
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Version 1.3 – May 8th, 2019
- Added WooCommerce 3.6.2 compatibility
- Updated WPBakery Page Builder to 5.7
- Updated Revolution Slider to 5.4.8.3
- Updated Edge Core to 1.0.2
- Improved framework files
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Version 1.2 – August 15th, 2018
- Added WooCommerce 3.4.4 compatibility
- Added compatibility with Gutenberg plugin
- Updated Visual Composer to 5.5.2
- Updated Revolution Slider to 5.4.8
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Version 1.1 – March 01st, 2018
- Added WooCommerce 3.3.3 compatibility
- Added Envato Market plugin as required
- Added recommended plugins (WooCommerce and Contact Form 7)
- Updated Visual Composer to 5.4.5
- Updated Revolution Slider to 5.4.7.1
- Updated Core to 1.0.1
- Improved menu import functionality
- Fixed potential security issue when saving theme options
- Fixed not clickable checkout fields
- Fixed https problem with portfolio video
- Fixed deprecated create_function
- Fixed Horizontally Scrolling Portfolio Image Size
- Fixed Horizontally Scrolling Portfolio Script
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