Malmö - A Charming Multi-concept WordPress Theme

Malmo is a multi-concept WordPress theme built with a clean, minimal aesthetic, packed with shop and portfolio templates, flexible headers, and a robust page-building toolkit designed to showcase products and works beautifully.

Overview of features and capabilities

• Multiconcept design with a minimal style that stays versatile across stores and creative showcases.
• 18 homepages, 4 header types, and 5 search types for flexible site structure.
• Large collection of shop templates to present products, including product list, split slider, and video options for fashion, jewelry, and lifestyle items.
• Excellent for fashion themes with specialized shop elements and layouts.
• One-Click demo import to rapidly set up a site design.
• WooCommerce Integration for ecommerce capabilities.
• WPBakery Page Builder for Wordpress included ($46 value) and Slider Revolution plugin included ($26 value).
• Responsive and Retina Ready with extensive typography options and a wide font library.
• Built-in UI features such as Elated Slider with Full Screen and Parallax functionality, plus Image or Video backgrounds for sliders.
• Rich content widgets: Instagram Feed, Twitter Feed, Latest posts, and multiple shortcode options.
• Comprehensive shortcodes for product lists, vertical split sliders, processes, info boxes, video buttons, and more.
• Blog layouts including Masonry, Split Column, Date on Side, Standard, and multiple list/slider options.
• Portfolio with Standard, Gallery, Masonry, Parallax Masonry, Justified, and Pinterest layouts, plus category filtering and single layouts.
• Social sharing features and Social Share shortcode support.
• Customizable Mega Menu and smooth scrolling for navigation.
• Extensive header and footer options with multiple widget areas, Footer top and Footer bottom sections, and uncovering footer effect.
• Translation Ready and robust compatibility with major plugins and standards.
• Right-sized performance with a focus on accessibility and modern UI patterns.

Layout, design, and UI components

• Boxed layout option and full-height parallax sections for dramatic storytelling.
• Parallax background images in content areas and parallax Masonry layouts.
• Video backgrounds and animated content within Elated Slider for engaging storytelling.
• Content bottom area and Customizable Footer with optional 1–4 columns.
• Multiple color and typography options with 600+ Google Fonts.
• Icon packs including Font Awesome, Linea, Ion, Dripicons, Linear Icons, and Simple Line Icons.

Content creation, widgets, and shortcodes

• A wide set of shortcodes: Product List, Vertical Split Slider, Process, Info Box, Video Button, Variable Width Slider, Hiding Images, and more.
• Portfolio List and a variety of layout options to present work samples.
• Blog layouts including Masonry, Split Column, Date on Side, Standard, and a range of List/Slider formats.
• Custom Post Formats supported: Audio, Video, Standard, Gallery, Link, Quote.
• Integrated Contact Form 7 compatibility and several contact form styling options.

Header, navigation, and page-building tools

• 4 Header Types (Standard, Minimal, Centered, Vertical) with 3 header behaviors (Sticky, Sticky on scroll up, Fixed).
• Separate mobile header styling and logo size control for mobile devices.
• Multiple logo versions for mobile and sticky headers and Dark/Light logo variants.
• Customizable Mega Menu and a wide range of header widget areas.

Extensions, integrations, and plugins

• WooCommerce Integration for ecommerce workflows.
• Built-in WPBakery Page Builder and Slider Revolution plugins included, enabling advanced page design and dynamic slides.
• Instagram Feed Widget and other social widgets for engagement.
• Google Maps integration via a customizable shortcode.
• Custom Widget Areas throughout the theme and newsletters sign-up integration prompts.

Performance, accessibility, and readiness

• Responsive and Retina Ready design for high fidelity on all devices.
• Translation Ready for multilingual deployment.
• Focus on security improvements and compatibility updates in ongoing versions.

Disclaimer and licensing notes

• Theme note: we do not own the copyright for images in demos; images are for presentation only and require licenses for reuse on a live site.

Changelog

Version 2.3 – December 31st, 2025

• Added WordPress 6.8.x compatibility
• Added WooCommerce 10.4.x compatibility
• Added PHP 8.3 compatibility
• Updated Revolution Slider to 6.7.40
• Updated WPBakery Page Builder to 8.7.2
• Updated Elated Core to 1.7
• Updated wpml-config.xml
• Improved Google Maps API
• Improved theme security
• Removed Elated Instagram Feed due to Instagram API changes

Version 2.2 – December 5th, 2023

• Added WordPress 6.4.1 compatibility
• Added WooCommerce 8.3.1 compatibility
• Added Disable Google Fonts option and functionality
• Added support for core/search block
• Added support for Filter By Price block widget
• Updated Elated Core to 1.6
• Updated WPBakery Page Builder to 7.2
• Updated Revolution Slider to 6.6.18
• Fixed translation domain in some parts
• Improved PHP 8 compatibility
• Improved custom sidebar area functionality - added option to delete custom widget areas within block widgets editor
• Improved Google Maps API with callback function
• Improved malmo_elated_get_attachment_id_from_url function
• Improved TGMPA functionality
• Removed Twitter Plugin due to Twitter API changes

Version 2.1 – December 21st, 2021

• Added WordPress 5.8.2 compatibility
• Added WooCommerce 6.0 compatibility
• Added PHP 8 compatibility
• Updated Elated Core to 1.5
• Updated Elated Instagram Feed plugin to 2.1
• Updated Elated Twitter Feed plugin to 1.1
• Updated WPBakery Page Builder to 6.7.0
• Updated Revolution Slider to 6.5.11
• Fixed social share for blog posts
• Fixed Fullscreen menu scrolling issue
• Fixed add hover button checkbox
• Fixed Twitter social share option
• Fixed Instagram keys
• Fixed countdown calculation
• Fixed potential security issue
• Fixed cart widgets
• Fixed creation of the Custom Sidebars in new Widgets layout
• Fixed 'Bulk Select' functionality with Menus
• Fixed Image Gallery shortcode options
• Improved import functionality
• Generated new pot files for translation
• Removed Edit Menu Item label
• Removed Google Plus option

Version 2.0 – November 12th, 2020

• Added WordPress 5.5 compatibility
• Added WooCommerce 4.7.0 compatibility
• Updated Elated Instagram Feed plugin to 2.0
• Updated Elated Twitter Feed plugin to 1.0.1
• Updated WPBakery Page Builder to 6.4.1
• Updated Revolution Slider to 6.2.23
• Removed unused files instagram-redirect.php and twitter-redirect.php from respective plugins

Version 1.x historical updates

• Version 1.9 – August 2nd, 2019: WooCommerce 3.6.5 compatibility; WPBakery 6.0.5; Revolution Slider 6.0.8; Elated Core 1.4.1; portfolio improvements and security fixes
• Version 1.8.x – 2019: various framework refinements and security updates
• Version 1.7 – March 23rd, 2019: WooCommerce 3.5.7 compatibility; Visual Composer/Elated Core updates
• Version 1.6 – August 17th, 2018: WooCommerce 3.4.4 compatibility; Gutenberg plugin support; WPBakery 5.5.2
• Version 1.5 – March 20th, 2018: PHP 7.2 compatibility; WooCommerce 3.3.3 compatibility; VC 5.4.7
• Version 1.3.1 – May 31st, 2017: wp-mediaelement fix on single portfolio
• Version 1.3 – May 18th, 2017: multisite support; WooCommerce 3+ compatibility; Visual Composer 5.x updates
• Version 1.2 – December 14th, 2016: WooCommerce 2.6.9 compatibility; VC 5.0.1; Revolution Slider 5.3.1.5
• Version 1.1 – November 17th, 2016: general styling fixes; WC compatibility