Wordbench – Municipal Local Government WordPress Theme

Description

A Five Star WordPress Theme For Your Municipal Website Wordbench is an accessible premium WordPress theme for a local government county town or a city It comes packed full of useful features like business directory recurring events town documents galleries and more All this presented in a sleek modern design A quality made in Europe attention to details in frontend backend and in the code Its five star rating is also backed by clear documentation and reliable support offered via support and presale forum or a private message Check out the Wordbench in the Live Preview Built With No Clutter Straight To The Point Philosophy The clean code will please not only developers in case you decide to do some advanced code customization but also people with disabilities and search engines as the Wordbench was built with good accessibility and SEO practices in mind To better suit your municipality branding Wordbench allows you to create a custom color scheme in just a few clicks It should go without saying that this is a responsive theme so your site will look great on both mobile and desktop devices Wordbench is ready to be translated to your language with support for RTL languages and it is optimized for the WordPress block editor Gutenberg The Elementor plugin and WPBakery Page Builder are supported as well importable demo data are for the WordPress block editor only Main Features This theme comes with several built-in post types allowing you to manage various types of content Directory module is a great solution to display a directory of businesses in your municipality with important contact details and opening hours Documents module can provide access to both local attachments that are uploaded into your WordPress installation and external links Events module is a versatile system that can organise town events with support for precise location date time and recurrence FAQ module is a simple solution how to provide answers for the most asked questions asked by citizens and visitors News module will help you to keep your municipality citizens visitors and members of the public well informed Notices module is a handy way to display important information messages without bloating the main news feed People module is a simple tool to display professional profiles of elected officials service people and employees in a simple yet elegant manner Portfolio module is the most efficient solution to show stunning photo galleries of your town s most important assets points of interest and architecture Services module is used to promote available municipal services in an eye-catching way with an icon and image Testimonials module comes handy when you want to publicly present opinions of your citizens General Features Several map providers Google Maps Mapbox and Open Street Map support for directory listings and event locations Mobile-friendly design The theme looks great and it s easy to work with on devices of various screen sizes Gutenberg compatible Support for WordPress native editor to easily build your custom pages There is no need for a 3rd party page builder but it also works with Elementor and WPBakery Page Builder Custom color schemes Create a custom color scheme by picking main colors via admin in just a few clicks or get more involved using the dedicated CSS SCSS file and be able to change every color of the theme Translation files included This theme and all the bundled LSVR plugins are completely translatable Modular post types You can disable post types you don t need to make your admin completely bloat-free Demo content included You can re-create the live preview site in a matter of few minutes however please note that demo images are not included for copyright reasons and imported demo pages can be edited using the WordPress block editor only Developer-friendly code The code is well-commented and all front-end code can be overriden via a child theme Child theme included Make your site ready for a more advanced code customization RTL support The theme will automatically switch to RTL Right-to-left mode when you switch your site language to RTL one PHP 8 compatibility Squeeze the most of your server performance by using the latest version of PHP Images seen in live preview demo are NOT included Admin Screens Listing post edit screen Event post edit screen Directory pages customizer screen FAQ Is the price of the item an one-time payment or a recurring one As with all items on ThemeForest it is just one-time payment This payment includes six months of support and access to updates for the lifetime of the item meaning for as long as the item will be sold on ThemeForest You can extend the support if needed What is included in the item support Item support includes help with theme-related issues or explanation of theme features While the customization is not included I usually help my customers with some simple CSS snippets if needed and provide some useful hints when it comes to the code customization Please make sure to read through the theme documentation before reaching for a support as it should answer most of your questions You can read this official article to learn more about the item support Can I use the theme on both staging development site and the live one at the same time Yes you can use the theme on as many staging development sites as you like in parallel with your live site The only limitation is that a single license allows you to use the theme with only one final live site You can read more on licenses here How can I contact you privately You can use a contact form on my profile page to send me a private message Is the WPBakery Page Builder plugin included with the theme No While the theme does support this plugin the plugin itself is not bundled with the theme Can t Decide Between the Wordbench the Pressville and the TownPress If you are deciding for a theme for your municipality or local government website all three of these themes will do a great job They are built exactly for this When it comes to the list of features all three themes are very similar They are all bundled with essential LSVR plugins for events directory listings documents notices galleries and person directory the Wordbench theme also come with some additional ones like FAQ and Testimonials The backend of these themes is almost indistinguishable from each other Same applies to the code quality They are very developer friendly everything can be customized via a child theme The biggest difference between all three is the design So simply choose the one which would fit the style of your municipal website the best Need Assistance Online Documentation Support and Presale Forum Send a PM Customer Reviews Awesome theme well thought out simple to modify and no bloated page builders couldn t ask for more Highly recommended A very effective theme with an attractive fresh and modern look offering good customization possibilities and very responsive support The strengths of this theme are an intelligent suite of useful extensions and a very good documentation This theme is absolutely amazing I ve bought other themes from LSVRThemes also great but this one is by far the best It saves me so much struggle all the features for municipalities are integrated and customizable I can only recommend it and I m already waiting for the next one my next municipality project will definitely be with a LSVR Theme Thank you a lot and continue this way We use this theme for our non-profit organization which really speaks to how customizable this theme is as we re definitely not a municipality FAQs testimonials and the service directory are amazing tools Lubos is a prompt and courteous designer responding to emails quickly The documentation provided for his themes is mind blowing You re getting a product here worth hundreds of dollars not the small amount it costs here I can t say enough More reviews Updates v1 2 12 30 June 2024 Changed Twitter social network to X Updated LSVR People plugin to 1 8 3 Updated LSVR Directory plugin to 1 8 3 Complete changelog can be found here