LifeCare - Responsive Medical WordPress Theme
LifeCare is a powerful and responsive multipurpose medical WordPress theme built for clinics, doctors, and health-related sites, featuring appointment functionality and an SEO-friendly architecture. It combines extensive customization options with ready-made content blocks to help healthcare sites start fast.
Key Features and Capabilities
- Multipurpose Medical WordPress Theme designed for medical, clinical, health, and fitness related sites with appointment functionality.
- Custom taxonomies for departments and doctors, plus testimonials for feedback presentation.
- Testimonials Post types for displaying testimonials on separate pages, carousels, and lists.
- Comprehensive documentation with easy setup to get your theme running quickly.
- SEO Optimized architecture: main content area placed before the sidebar so search engines crawl it first.
- Extensive feature list with a detailed, diverse toolkit.
- Built-in slider options: Flex Slider, static image, custom slider (for third-party sliders), and video sliders with YouTube and Vimeo support.
- Full range of layout and header options: 6 Header Styles, unlimited sidebars, left/right sidebar options, and full-width page options.
- Parallax backgrounds, subheaders, and background images for pages and posts; customizable subheader height and alignment.
- Video and image content options with shortcode and widget support for dynamic layouts.
- Advanced content controls: breadcrumb suppression per page, custom subheader backgrounds, and per-page color customization.
- Typography and style flexibility: 500+ Google Web Fonts, unlimited color skins, per-section background images, and background customization.
- Post formats support: 9 Post Formats (Standard, Aside, Audio, Link, Image, Gallery, Quote, Status, Video).
- Custom Shortcodes Generator and extensive Shortcodes library (80+ custom shortcodes).
- Advanced Options Panel with Import/Export for theme settings; child theme compatibility; localization-ready.
- Blog Page Template, widgets, and a robust set of UI components for layout and content blocks.
- Custom post types for doctors, departments, appointments, testimonials, sliders, and gallery assets.
- Localization and internationalization built into the theme; WPML-ready text strings; WordPress 3.9 tested.
- Footer design flexibility with 10 footer column layout styles for custom widgets.
Content and Post Types
- Custom Post Types: Doctors, Departments, Appointments, Testimonial, Slider, Gallery.
- Post formats support covers standard blog entries and rich media formats for diverse content presentation.
- Testimonials and doctor/department listings are designed as separate content types for focused presentation and searchability.
- Extensive Shortcodes and builder-friendly blocks to compose content with consistent styling.
Typography, Colors, and Background Customization
- 500+ Google Fonts available to craft typography that fits your brand.
- Unlimited color skinning options and per-element color customization through the theme options panel.
- Background image support for sections, body background, and per-page customization to create distinct visual sections without coding.
- Theme color management and menu styling options to harmonize the site look across pages.
Localization and Internationalization
The theme is designed for localization and international usage, with built-in structure to support multiple languages. Texts in the theme options panel can be adjusted for different locales.
Updates, Documentation, and Compatibility
- Extensive documentation and easy-to-follow setup guidance for rapid deployment.
- Child Theme compatibility to preserve customizations on updates; core plugin integration for extended functionality.
- WP MU compatibility and WordPress version testing indicate ongoing adaptability.
- Upcoming and ongoing updates are designed to address compatibility with major WordPress releases and plugins.
Changelog
v8.0 – 17th January 2024
Fixed
- Fixed responsive CSS overriding with custom css from theme options
- Fixed missing flex slider arguments for jquery params
- Fixed preg_replace pre processor shortcodes issue
- Fixed theme breaks after WordPress 6+ updates
- Fixed jQuery deprecated functions and events
- Fixed theme options not loading after WordPress 6+
- Fixed responsive CSS not rendering after WP 6+
- Fixed: undefined Constants issues
- Fixed datepicker languages not working with child theme
- Fixed Lifecare Make Appointment not working with child theme
- Sanitized the echo variables with wp_kses()
Moved
- Moved Sending admin notification email functions to plugin
- Moved contactinfo widget to plugin
- Moved flickr widget to the plugin
- Moved sociable widget to the plugin
- Moved popular posts widget to the plugin
- Moved recent posts widget to the plugin
- Moved testimonial submission widget to the plugin
- Moved gallery post type to the plugin
- Moved slider post type to the plugin
- Moved testimonial post type to the plugin
- Moved logos post type to the plugin
- Moved gallery page meta to the plugin
- Moved page meta to the plugin
- Moved post meta to the plugin
- Moved slider page meta to the plugin
- Moved testimonial page meta to the plugin
- Moved logos page meta to the plugin
- Moved Meta Box Generators to the plugin
- Moved Custom post types to a plugin
- Moved Custom meta generators class to a plugin
- Moved Shortcode init to the plugin
- Moved Custom Widgets to the plugin
- Moved custom sociables and animations arrays to a plugin
- Moved wp_mail functions to the Plugin
- Moved Additional Meta for the doctors post types to plugin
- Moved Additional Meta for the departments post types to plugin
- Moved shortcode meta generator to a plugin
Removed
- Removed simpleweather jQuery as its deprecated
- Removed Twitter Widgets and shortcodes
- Removed Minicart bag widget from the plugin
- Removed simple weather jQuery plugin
Added
- Added wp_body_open() in header.php
- Time Table for doctors not working has been modified with a new better look
- Added missing css color for slider caption in violet theme
- Added few more styling options for breadcrumbs color link colors and optimized the css
- Added Lifecare Core Plugin within the Theme
- Created a Custom Lifecare Core Plugin for Lifecare Theme
- Added missing flex slider arguments for jQuery
Changed
- Formatted style.css with more optimized css
- Updated Vertical Menu Left classes to body function
- Updated the code with the WP File Systems
- Updated Slider Revolution plugin to version 6.6.20
- Updated Isotope jQuery plugin
v7.0 – 2019-04-30
Fixed
- Text domain changed from lifecare-textdomain to lifecare
- Missing screen-reader-text CSS
- Image cover fixes for image shortcode
- Missing bypostauthor CSS rule
- Empty alt attributes removed
- Missing text domains for post type strings
Added
- Smooth transition for the menu links
- Smooth transition for the sidebar menu links
- Smooth box shadow for the departments
Changed
- Doctors list converted from block to CSS flexbox
- Updated the Slider Revolution to v5.4.8..3
- Updated the business hours plugin to v5.5.1
Removed
- Removed unwanted WooCommerce deprecated files
- Removed deprecated function
v6.0 – 10th October 2017
Added
Updated
- OwlCarousel to Latest Version 2
- Business hours pro to v4.3.1
- Slider Revolution to v5.4.6
- Cart.php in the WooCommerce/cart/ folder
- FontAwesome to latest version
Fixed
- Reset query for the slider posts on frontpage
- Staff and schedule responsive fixes for doctors page
- Owl Carousel issues with various components
Changed
- Backend and frontend UI refinements for headers and device support
v5.0.0 – 2017-07-04
Added
- VC Addon for doctors listing (Doctors List VC Addon)
- Appointment Callout VC Addon
- Testimonials VC Addon
- Doctor-related content enhancements and new widgets
Fixed
- Issue with appointment query args in manage appointments
Updated
- UI for the datepicker calendar
- Recent posts content replaced with excerpt
v4.2.0 – 2017-02-14
Fixed
- Flexslider arguments conflicts
- Scripts loading in the footer
Added
- New Shortcodes for Appointment
- [doctor_name], [date_of_birth], [gender], [appointment_note] shortcodes
v4.1.0 – 2016-11-24
Updated
- Theme Options UI
- Sample Theme Options and XML
- Widgets JSON and minor CSS corrections
Fixed
- Blog timeline and timetable presentation
Added
- CSS box shadow for the menu dropdown
v4.0.0 – 2016-11-21
Fixed
- Doctors list table presentation
- Doctors display style with alignments
- Doctors filterable styles with alignments
- Appointment timetable issues
Updated
- Default Theme color
- Spacing for the pricing table
- Flex slider and related caption animation
Removed
- Single post for the slider post type
v3.4.0 – 2016-07-27
Fixed
- Unwanted timetable department options
- Header overlap with admin bar
Updated
- New sample XML and theme options data
Added
- New widgets for appointment and timeline content
v3.3.0 – 2016-06-27
Updated
- Slider Revolution plugin to v5.2.5.4
- Breadcrumb-NavXT to repository version
Fixed
- Manage appointment status in frontend
- Display days for single appointment
Added
- Custom Slug option for the slider post type
- Gallery Page Slug option
v3.2.0 – 2016-04-23
Added
- Message notifications for appointment callouts
- Button color options for appointment callout widget
Updated
- Breadcrumb NavXT integration
- Slider Revolution to v5.2.5
v3.1.0 – 2016-01-? (approx)
Updated
- Localization strings for appointment status
- UI adjustments and minor fixes
v3.0.0 – 2015-11-27
Added
- Shortcodes for [department_name], [doctor_name], [date_of_birth], [gender], [appointment_note]
- WooCommerce compatibility and mini-cart in headers
- Topbar options and appointment management improvements
Fixed
- Accordion/tabs issues and datepicker validation
Updated
- Revolution slider to v5.1.3
- Business Hours Pro to v2.5.4
- Theme options demo and XML data
v2.1.0 – 2015-11-03
Fixed
- Pagination alignment for doctors list page template
v2.0.0 – 2015-09-03
Updated
- Responsive issues with large logos
- Mobile menu active link highlighting
- Revolution Slider and Breadcrumb NavXT updates
Fixed
- Reset query and responsive behaviors
v1.4.0 – 2015-06-30
Fixed
- jQuery PrettyPhoto integration updates
- Timetable and appointment-related fixes
Updated
- Revolution Slider plugin
- Breadcrumb-NavXT framework
Added
- Appointment frontend management enhancements
v1.3.0 – 2015-06-11
Added
- Shortcodes for department_name, doctor_name, date_of_birth, gender, appointment_note
Fixed
- Localization issues and UI polish
v1.2.1 – 2015-01-23
Fixed
- Section background image missing issue
v1.2.0 – 2015-01-19
Added
- Datepicker option for DOB field
- Page attributes option for doctors posts
Updated
- Localization arrays and translations
v1.1.0 – 2014-11-05
- TimeTable display for doctors schedule
- Vertical Menu Layout (Left Side)
- Violet skin and appointment button customization
v1.0.2 – 2014-08-26
- Single Department Option for clinics
- Date format and gender-related fields enhancements
v1.0.1 – 2014-08-18
- Child Theme Activation bug fixes
- Appointment form alignment improvements
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