Hudson 3.5 - Stylish Business WordPress Theme

Theme Features

• Easy-to-Use Powerful Admin Interface
• One-click import of demo sites
• Loads of home and inner pages
• 15 fully equipped demos
• Multiple Header Layouts
• Top and side positions for header
• Ribbon header type
• Edge Slider with image and video support
• Parallax functionality in Edge Slider
• Custom cursors navigation option for Edge Slider
• Zoom animations on Edge Slider images
• Custom CSS animations in Edge Slider
• Parallax Layers
• Tiles Layout
• Ribbon Holder Element
• Bordered Content Box
• Numbered Image Element
• Background-Revealing Holder
• Shrinking Image
• Vertical Marquee
• Side Area
• Full Screen Menu
• Multiple Hover Effect Types
• Full Screen Sections template
• Styling options for elements
• Multiple Search types
• 15+ Page Loading Animation types
• Optional separate logo for Mobile Header
• Optional separate logo for light and dark header versions
• Optional separate logo for Sticky header type
• Separate logo in closed version of Ribbon header
• Logo in content menu
• Header Top and Header Bottom Widget Areas
• Ajax page transition animations
• Parallax images in sections
• Passepartout border option
• Customizable Mega Menu
• Anchor functionality for One Page sites
• Video and image backgrounds in sections
• WPBakery Page Builder for Wordpress included ($46 value)
• LayerSlider Responsive WordPress Slider Plugin included ($25 value)
• Maintenance Mode Functionality
• Google Maps with customization options
• Split Screen Slider Layout
• Multiple customizable layouts for portfolio lists
• Multiple customizable layouts for portfolio single items
• Portfolio Slider
• Clients Carousel
• Multiple customizable blog layouts
• Blog Masonry Layout
• Blog Tiled layout
• Blog Slider
• Blog Carousel
• Revolving Blog
• Custom Post Formats: Audio, Video, Standard, Gallery, Link, Quote
• Social Share functionality
• Pattern Image Borders on Hover
• Overlapping content
• Overlapping content entry animation
• Frame around overlapping content
• Instagram feed widget
• Latest posts slider widget
• Customizable Footer with 1-4 Columns layouts
• Footer Top and Footer Bottom
• Uncovering Footer Functionality
• Smooth Scroll
• Child Theme included
• Custom Widget Areas
• Retina Ready
• 80+ Shortcodes
• 6 icon font packs
• WooCommerce Integration
• Customizable Shop pages
• WPML Multilingual plugin integration
• Translation Ready (po/mo files)
• Contact Form 7 Integration
• Highly customizable typography settings
• 600+ Google Fonts

Usage notes and licensing

We do not own the copyright for the images featured in this theme. The images in question are only used for presentational purposes on our demos. These images cannot be used on your website, unless you purchase the license from a stock image website yourself.

Documentation and discovery

Here is a link if you want to check out the Hudson Documentation

Change Log

Version 3.5 – October 22nd, 2025

• Added WordPress 6.8.x compatibility
• Added WooCommerce 10.2.x compatibility
• Added PHP 8.3 compatibility
• Updated WPBakery Page Builder to 8.7.1
• Updated Layer Slider plugin to 7.15.1
• Updated Edge Cpt plugin to 1.7
• Improved theme security
• Removed Edge Instagram Feed plugin due to Instagram API changes

Version 3.4 – May 14th, 2024

• Added WordPress 6.5.3 compatibility
• Added WooCommerce 8.8.3 compatibility
• Added PHP 8.2 compatibility
• Updated WPBakery Page Builder to 7.6
• Updated Layer Slider plugin to 7.11.0
• Updated Edge Cpt plugin to 1.4

Version 3.3 – December 13th, 2021

• Added WordPress 5.8.2 compatibility
• Added WooCommerce 5.9.0 compatibility
• Added PHP 8 compatibility
• Updated WPBakery Page Builder to 6.7.0
• Updated Layer Slider plugin to 7.0.4
• Updated Edge Cpt plugin to 1.3
• Updated Hudson Instagram Feed plugin to 2.1
• Fixed hudson_edge_get_attachment_id_from_url function
• Fixed Blog list featured image error
• Fixed Slider Header error
• Fixed vc_button not showing
• Fixed Facebook Social share feature
• Fixed Twitter Social Share feature
• Fixed potential security issue
• Fixed cart widgets
• Fixed creation of the Custom Sidebars in new Widgets layout
• Fixed 'Bulk Select' functionality with Menus
• Fixed fullscreen menu scroll issue
• Fixed fatal error in core plugin when theme is deactivated
• Improved Countdown shortcode
• Removed Google Plus Option
• Removed Instagram Business button
• Removed excess Menu Label

Version 3.2.1 – December 18th, 2020

• Updated WPBakery Page Builder to 6.5.0
• Updated Edge Cpt plugin to 1.2.1
• Updated Hudson Instagram Feed plugin to 2.0.1
• Fixed theme/plugins text domains and generated new .pot files
• Fixed Hudson Instagram Feed plugin versioning

Version 3.2 – November 3rd, 2020

• Added WordPress 5.5 compatibility
• Added WooCommerce 4.6.1 compatibility
• Updated WPBakery Page Builder to 6.4.1
• Updated Layer Slider to 6.11.2
• Updated Hudson Instagram Feed plugin to 2.0
• Fixed Infinite Scroll Masonry Blog List pagination
• Fixed Product Category sidebar
• Fixed button hover in Firefox browser
• Fixed Hudson Instagram Widget issue
• Removed unused file instagram-redirect.php from Hudson Instagram Feed plugin

Version 3.1 – August 28th, 2019

• Added WooCommerce 3.7.0 compatibility
• Updated Layer Slider to 6.9.1
• Updated WPBakery Page Builder to 6.0.5

Version 3.0 – May 27th, 2019

• Added WooCommerce 3.6.3 compatibility
• Updated Layer Slider to 6.8.4
• Updated WPBakery Page Builder to 6.0.2
• Updated Edge Cpt plugin to 1.2
• Improved theme templates, modules and functions
• Improved theme security
• Improved comments list
• Improved theme performance (Added logic to create static css, js files instead of php (style_dynamic.php, style_dynamic_responsive.php and default_dynamic.php))
• Improved Edge Import functionality
• Escaped all variables, text domains etc.
• Renamed all functions, hooks, templates with unique name
• Removed custom_css.php and custom_js.php files and improved logic to add custom code as inline
• Removed unnecessary functions, variables etc.
• Fixed theme text domain
• Fixed bugs

Version 2.2 – October 10th, 2018

• Added WooCommerce 3.4.5 compatibility
• Added Gutenberg plugin compatibility
• Updated Visual Composer to 5.5.4
• Updated Layer Slider to 6.7.6
• Updated Envato Market to 2.0.1
• Fixed http/https links
• Fixed Image Gallery custom links
• Improved Edge Vertical Split Slider

Version 2.1 – May 22nd, 2018

• Added WooCommerce 3.3.5 compatibility
• Updated Visual Composer to 5.4.7
• Updated Layer Slider to 6.7.5
• Updated Envato Market to 2.0.0
• Fixed problem with accordion class when pattern is enabled and uploaded

Version 2.0 – December 28th, 2017

• Added WooCommerce 3.2.6 compatibility
• Added Envato Market plugin as required
• Added recommended plugins (WooCommerce and Contact Form 7)
• Updated Visual Composer to 5.4.5
• Updated Layer Slider to 6.6.5
• Improved menu import functionality
• Fixed potential security issue when saving theme options
• Fixed header misalignment on latest Chrome version

Version 1.9 – July 11th, 2017

• Added WooCommerce 3+ compatibility
• Updated Visual Composer to 5.2
• Updated Layer Slider to 6.5.1
• Fixed Edge slider issue with Google Chrome latest versions

Version 1.8 – December 13th, 2016

• Added WooCommerce 2.6.9 compatibility
• Updated Visual Composer to 5.0.1
• Updated Layer Slider to 6.1.0
• Updated Font Awesome to version 4.7.0
• Updated TGM Plugin Activation to 2.6.1

Version 1.7 – October 21st, 2016

• Added WooCommerce 2.6.6 compatibility
• Added Google Maps API key option
• Updated Visual Composer to 4.12.1
• Updated Layer Slider to 5.6.10

Version 1.6 – July 4th, 2016

• Added Woocommerce 2.6.1 compatibility
• Updated Visual Composer to 4.12
• Updated Layer Slider to 5.6.8
• Fixed Social Share functionality

Version 1.5 – April 22th, 2016

• Added Woocommerce 2.5.5 compatibility
• Updated Visual Composer to 4.11.2.1
• Updated Layer Slider to 5.6.6

Version 1.4 – April 13th, 2016

• Added Wordpress 4.5 compatibility
• Updated Visual Composer to 4.11.1

Version 1.3 – December 31st, 2015

• Updated Visual Composer to 4.9.1
• Added Woocommerce 2.4.12 compatibility
• Fixed Google Map Warning that Sensor parameter is no longer being required
• Fixed bug with Edge Carousel not saving number of items when set to 3
• Fixed bug with Edge Title not accepting left text alignment

Version 1.2.1 – October 8th, 2015

• Updated Visual Composer to 4.7.4
• Updated Layer Slider to 5.6.2
• Enabled Yoast SEO plugin page analysis functionality as issue with VC is resolved

Version 1.2 – August 25th, 2015

• Added Woocommerce 2.4.6 compatibility
• Updated Layer Slider to version 5.5.1
• Updated Font Awesome to version 4.4.0
• Fixed mobile menu active state

Version 1.1 – August 13th, 2015

• Added performance improvements

Version 1.0 – August 11th, 2015

• Initial Release