Howes 23.5 - Responsive Multi-Purpose WordPress Theme

Core capabilities and integrations

• One Click demo content import
• W3C validated code output
• Favicon support for iPhone, iPod, Android, Google TV etc.
• Drag-n-drop page builder (WPBakery Page Builder plugin included)
• [NEW] 6 Header styles
• WooCommerce Supported
• bbPress supported
• Unlimited skin color for all elements via color picker
• 15+ page loader animations (GIF). Also upload your own animation too.
• 7 layout styles in WPBakery Page Builder
• 9 super-smooth page transaction effects based on HTML5 CSS3
• 3 options for page scrolling effects
• 10 post formats
• 100+ options for theme customization
• SEO Friendly
• Unlimited Layout Possibilities
• Revolution Slider
• Translation Ready. PO and MO files included. (WPML support is coming soon)
• Mega Menu support via “Max Mega Menu” plugin
• 600+ Google Fonts for body, logo, menu, submenu, H1–H6 and widget title
• Color picker for Global color using color picker
• Unlimited background color selector for header, topbar, footer, bottom-footer
• 100+ options for Theme Options
• Sidebar Manager – Sidebar to the left, the right, or a fullwidth page or post (global or page/post specific) and also unlimited sidebar
• Custom widgets (ThemeMount widgets: Contact Widget, Flickr Widget, Recent Posts Widget)
• Google Analytics – Easily adding Google analytics via the theme settings
• Custom CSS and JS code
• Integrated social links for header – Can be turned off
• Use your own logo – text or image
• 20+ Favicon options for all devices – iPhone bookmark, iPad bookmark, Windows 8 tile bookmark settings
• Cross Browser Compatibility
• Built by HTML5 and CSS3
• Clean and Fresh style
• Custom Blog view – Classic and Boxed
• Contact us page by “Contact Form 7” plugin. (unlimited possibilities)
• Well Documented

Theme customization and options

• Unlimited Layout Possibilities (repeated in features for emphasis)
• 100+ options for Theme Options
• 600+ Google Fonts for body, logo, menu, submenu, H1–H6 and widget title
• Unlimited background color selector for header, topbar, footer, bottom-footer
• Color picker for Global color by using color picker
• Unlimited skin color for all elements via color picker
• Sidebar Manager with global or per-page control and unlimited sidebars
• Custom widgets (ThemeMount) for contact, Flickr, and recent posts
• Google Analytics integration via theme settings
• Custom CSS and JS code
• Integrated social links for header with a toggle to disable
• Use your own logo – text or image
• 20+ Favicon options for all devices (iPhone, iPad, Windows)

Plugins, widgets and integrations

• Drag-n-drop page builder with WPBakery Page Builder (plugin included)
• Revolution Slider for advanced slides
• Mega Menu support via Max Mega Menu plugin
• WooCommerce compatibility for e-commerce
• bbPress support for forums
• Translation Ready with PO and MO files included; WPML coming soon

Typography, design and accessibility

• 600+ Google Fonts available for all major text elements
• W3C validated code output
• HTML5 and CSS3 based framework
• Cross Browser Compatibility across major browsers
• Clean and Fresh style with a focus on readability

Content and layout options

• 6 Header styles to tailor site appearance
• Unlimited Layout Possibilities for pages and posts
• Custom Blog view – Classic and Boxed layouts
• 10 post formats to diversify content

Documentation, support and community

• Well Documented with changelog and guides
• Changelog available for version tracking
• Contact us page supported via Contact Form 7 plugin

Changelog

v23.5 (03 October 2025)

• - Updated "Slider Revolution" plugin to the latest version v6.7.38
• - Updated "WPBakery Page Builder" plugin to the latest version v8.6.1
• - Some small bugs solved

v23.4 (26 July 2025)

• - Updated "Slider Revolution" plugin to the latest version v6.7.35
• - Updated "WPBakery Page Builder" plugin to the latest version v8.5
• - Some small bugs solved

v23.3 (19th February 2024)

• - Updated "Slider Revolution" plugin to the latest version v6.7.29
• - Updated "WPBakery Page Builder" plugin to the latest version v7.8.2
• - Some small bugs solved

v23.2 (02nd September 2024)

• - Updated "Slider Revolution" plugin to the latest version v6.7.18
• - Updated "WPBakery Page Builder" plugin to the latest version v7.9.0
• - Cart page quantity and price issue solved
• - Add revolution slider with demo content setup

v23.1 (25th January 2024)

• - Updated "Slider Revolution" plugin to the latest version v6.6.20
• - Updated "WPBakery Page Builder" plugin to the latest version v7.4.0
• - WordPress 6.4.0 support enhanced
• - PHP v8.2 support enhanced
• - Some small bugs solved
• - Demo content enhanced

v23.0 (1st July 2023)

• - Updated Revolution Slider plugin to v6.6.14
• - Updated WPBakery Page Builder plugin to v6.13.0
• - WooCommerce cart icon qty related bug solved
• - Language translation file howes.pot updated
• - Twitter Box deprecated; recommendation to use related plugins
• - Flickr Widget deprecated due to major changes
• - Demo content updated

v22.7 (21st April 2023)

• - Updated Revolution Slider plugin to v6.6.12
• - "Page Scrolling Effect" removed as not required
• - Language translation file howes.pot updated
• - Code changes related to WordPress v6.2
• - Enhanced support for PHP v8.0.x

v22.6 (14th October 2022)

• - Updated Revolution Slider plugin to v6.6.3
• - Updated WPBakery Page Builder (formerly Visual Composer) to v6.10.0
• - Bug solved for SmoothScroll and NiceScroll
• - Facts-in-Digits number rotator now animated in Mobile view
• - Enhanced support for PHP v8.0.x

v22.5 (6th April 2022)

• - Updated Revolution Slider plugin to v6.5.19
• - Updated WPBakery Page Builder (formerly Visual Composer) to v6.8.0

v22.4 (14th September 2021)

• - Updated Revolution Slider plugin to v6.5.8
• - Language translation file default.po updated

v22.3 (9th July 2021)

• - Updated Revolution Slider plugin to v6.5.4
• - Updated WPBakery Page Builder plugin to v6.7.0
• - Pagination bug solved
• - Some compatibility bugs solved

v22.2 (27th January 2021)

• - Updated Revolution Slider plugin to v6.3.6
• - Updated WPBakery Page Builder plugin to v6.5.0
• - Caption now appear on Portfolio featured gallery slider
• - Enhanced support for WordPress v5.6
• - Some small bugs solved

v22.1 (9th October 2020)

• - Updated Revolution Slider plugin to v6.2.23
• - Updated WPBakery Page Builder plugin to v6.4.1
• - Enhanced support for WordPress v5.5
• - Some small bugs solved

v22.0 (26th August 2020)

• - Updated Revolution Slider plugin to v6.2.22
• - Updated WPBakery Page Builder plugin to v6.3
• - Added support for WordPress v5.5
• - Some small bugs solved

v21.0 (12th July 2020)

• - Updated Revolution Slider plugin to v6.2.15
• - Updated WPBakery Page Builder plugin to v6.2
• - Added support for PHP 7.4.x
• - Some small bugs solved

v20.0 (9th January 2020)

• - Updated WPBakery Page Builder plugin to v6.1
• - Updated Revolution Slider plugin to v6.1.5
• - Blogbox and Portfoliobox pagination issue solved

v19.1 (28th September 2019)

• - Mega Menu plugin compatibility bug solved
• - WPforms plugin compatibility bugs solved
• - Updated WPBakery Page Builder plugin to v6.0.5
• - Updated Revolution Slider plugin to v6.1.2
• - Some translation bugs solved
• - Some small bugs solved

v19.0 (20th Jun 2019)

• - Updated WPBakery Page Builder (formerly Visual Composer) plugin to v6.0.3
• - Updated Revolution Slider plugin to v5.4.8.3
• - Some small and big changes too

v18.0 (4th May 2019)

• - Updated Visual Composer plugin to v5.7
• - Updated Revolution Slider plugin to v5.4.8.2
• - WooCommerce 3.6.x support added
• - Some small and big changes too

v17.0 (8th Dec 2018)

• - Updated Visual Composer plugin to v5.6
• - Updated Revolution Slider plugin to v5.4.8.1
• - Some small and big changes too

v16.1 (11th Jun 2018)

• - Updated Revolution Slider plugin to v5.4.7.4
• - "Google My Business" social link added
• - WooCommerce 3.4.x support added
• - Some small design and programming bugs solved

v16.0 (14th Mar 2018)

• - Updated Visual Composer plugin to v5.4.7 (added support for PHP 7.2.x)
• - Updated Revolution Slider plugin to v5.4.7.1
• - WooCommerce 3.3.x support added
• - Behance social link added
• - Some small design and programming bugs solved

v15.3 (25th Nov 2017)

• - Updated Visual Composer plugin to its latest version v5.4.5 due to linking bug in plugin

v15.2 (18th Nov 2017)

• - Updated Visual Composer plugin to its latest version v5.4.4 (WordPress v4.8 compatibility issue in older version of VC plugin)

v15.1 (3rd Nov. 2017)

• - Updated Visual Composer plugin to the latest version v5.4.2
• - Enhanced support for WooCommerce 3.2.x
• - Some small design bugs solved

v15.0 (13th Oct. 2017)

• - Updated Visual Composer plugin to the latest version v5.4.1
• - Updated Revolution Slider plugin to the latest version v5.4.6.1
• - Added support for WooCommerce 3.2.x
• - Some small design bugs solved

v14.3 (7th Apr. 2017)

• - Added support for WooCommerce 3.0.x
• - Updated Revolution Slider plugin to the latest version v5.4.1

v14.2 (9th Dec. 2016)

• - Updated Visual Composer plugin to the latest version v5.0.1
• - Updated Revolution Slider plugin to the latest version v5.3.1
• - WordPress 4.7 compatibility added
• - Updated Redux Framework library
• - Bug solved: Portfolio Box blank category issue

v14.1 (12th Sep. 2016)

• - Updated Visual Composer plugin to v4.12.1
• - Feature: MP3/Audio post format support in blog
• - Bug solved: Portfolio ajax sorting

v14.0 (14th Jul. 2016)

• - Updated Visual Composer plugin to v4.12
• - Updated Revolution Slider plugin to v5.2.6
• - WooCommerce 2.6.2 support added

v12.7 (22nd Apr. 2016)

• - Added Envato Market plugin and removed Envato WordPress Toolkit plugin
• - Visual Composer plugin update to v4.11.2.1
• - Revolution Slider plugin update to v5.2.5

v12.6 (13th Apr. 2016)

• - Visual Composer plugin update to v4.11.1
• - Revolution Slider plugin update to v5.2.4.1
• - Various fixes and enhancements for grid and portfolio elements

v12.5 (26th Feb. 2016)

• - Category filter bug solved in ThemeMount Portfolio box

v12.4 (23rd Feb. 2016)

• - Revolution Slider updated to v5.1.6
• - Shortcode [skincolor] fixed

v12.3 (4th Feb. 2016)

• - Heading global font issue solved
• - WooCommerce v2.5.2 support added

v12.2 (28th Jan. 2016)

• - MIN version of all CSS files updated

v12.1 (27th Jan. 2016)

• - Visual Composer updated to v4.9.2
• Revolution Slider updated to v5.1.6
• - WooCommerce 2.5.0 support added

v12.0 (2nd Jan. 2016)

• - Equal Height added in ROW settings
• - WooCommerce: out of stock message
• - Events page title in Titlebar

v11.1 (4th Nov. 2015)

• - Portfolio sorting label customization
• - One-page site menu corrections

v11.0 (3rd Nov. 2015)

• - New search results page design
• - New design for single portfolio category view

v10.2 (5th Oct. 2015)

• - Visual Composer security update

v10.1 (24th Sep. 2015)

• - CSS design bug fix

v10.0 (21st Sep. 2015)

• - Language translation enhanced with admin panel translation
• - Visual Composer updated to v4.7.1.1
• - VC Grid bug fixed

v9.1 (15th Sep. 2015)

• - Visual Composer v4.7
• - Revolution Slider v5.0.7

v9.0 (18th Jun. 2015)

• - Visual Composer update with many features

v8.8 (30th Apr. 2015)

• - Visual Composer v4.4.5 release
• - Revolution Slider update

v8.7 (26th Apr. 2015)

• - Theme Options to change normal text link color

v8.6 (24th Apr. 2015)

• - Visual Composer updated to v4.4.4

v8.5 (22nd Apr. 2015)

• - Security: Redux Framework and TGM Plugin Activation updated

v8.4 (14th Apr. 2015)

• - JS and CSS related bug fixes

v8.3 (13th Apr. 2015)

• - Custom code in HEAD and BODY options

v8.2 (7th Apr. 2015)

• - Child theme bug solved

v8.1 (2nd Apr. 2015)

• - Speed optimizations for minified CSS/JS

v8.0 (30th Mar. 2015)

• - Speed boosters and minified assets

v7.9 (13th Mar. 2015)

• - Added more layout options for Visual Composer

v7.8 (9th Mar. 2015)

• - Language translation bug fixes

v7.7 (4th Mar. 2015)

• - Custom code after RSS link in Topbar

v7.6 (3rd Mar. 2015)

• - Language folder moved for updates

v7.5 (26th Feb. 2015)

• - Language translation bugs and POT/MO regeneration

v7.4 (24th Feb. 2015)

• - Team Member title link customization

v7.3 (20th Feb. 2015)

• - Autoplay controls for Team Members

v7.2 (19th Feb. 2015)

• - Auto-excerpt and Blog box fixes

v7.1 (18th Feb. 2015)

• - Post Auto-excerpt bug fix

v7.0 (17th Feb. 2015)

• - ThemeMount Blog Box enhancements

v6.9 (16th Feb. 2015)

• - IE bug fixes, mega menu fixes

v6.8 (13th Feb. 2015)

• - WooCommerce v2.3 compatibility

v6.7 (11th Feb. 2015)

• - Envato WordPress Toolkit integration

v6.6 (4th Feb. 2015)

• - Font Awesome and icon enhancements

v6.5 (3rd Feb. 2015)

• - Mobile-friendly date box and search form text

v6.4 (30th Jan. 2015)

• - Translation and bug fixes

v6.3 (28th Jan. 2015)

• - Minor bug fixes

v6.2 (24th Jan. 2015)

• - Added languageswitcher shortcode

v6.1 (21st Jan. 2015)

• - Visual Composer update

v6.0 (17th Jan. 2015)

• - Seven header styles introduced

v5.4 (13th Jan. 2015)

• - Blog Excerpt length option added

v5.3 (13th Jan. 2015)

• - General bug fixes

v5.2 (12th Jan. 2015)

• - Five more pre-colors added

v5.1 (9th Jan. 2015)

• - Enhanced [icon] shortcode support

v5.0 (8th Jan. 2015)

• - Added two new header styles
• - Show/hide related products for WooCommerce single product

v4.2 (7th Jan. 2015)

• - Icon package not working bug solved

v4.1 (5th Jan. 2015)

• - Hide CART icon option
• - Category selection in Blog Box options

v4.0 (5th Jan. 2015)

• - New header style "Header Overlay" added

v3.0 (31st Dec. 2014)

• - Added One Page site option
• - SEO improvements and stability

v2.1 (29th Dec. 2014)

• - Added "Xing" social link

v2.0 (25th Dec. 2014)

• - Added DARK version

v1.9.5 (23rd Dec. 2014)

• - Visual Composer updated to v4.3.5

v1.9 (18th Dec. 2014)

• - Title for Team-Member Archive page customization

v1.8 (15th Dec. 2014)

• - Podcast and Instagram social links added

v1.7 (11th Dec. 2014)

• - Responsive menu breakpoint added

v1.6 (9th December 2014)

• - Logo tag SEO options and translation improvements

v1.5 (9th December 2014)

• - General bug fixes

v1.4 (8th December 2014)

• - Menu-related bugs fixed

v1.3 (5th December 2014)

• - Minor design fixes

v1.2 (3rd December 2014)

• - Responsive menu minor bug fixes
• - JS/CSS optimization for faster load

v1.1 (3rd December 2014)

• - Revolution Slider update

v1.0 (1st December 2014)

• - Initial release