Design
We make sure to mix the perfect blend of design and functionality into each of our themes. Your visitors will always encounter a visually appealing but simple to use website.
Widgets
Choose over 12+ custom widgets and make your website in minutes. From icon box widget, to person profiles, shop, to service widget and detailed proejct widgets, BuildPress has it all.
Page Builder
For highly intuitive grid-based customization. Whether it is your homepage, ‘about us’ or contact page, with the intuitive drag & drop interface you can easily edit content and layout, bringing an extra dimension to your page.
Live Customizer
For rapid color, layout and widget changes. You can keep an eye on how your website is changing in realtime.
One-Click Demo Import
Import our demo content onto your website at the click of a button. Sometimes it really helps to build downwards from something, rather than upwards from nothing.
Plugins
Everything you need to create a fully-functional, user-friendly website.
We also tested our theme with popular plugins such as Visual Composer, Revolution Slider, Layer Slider 5 and WPML.
A simple drag and drop interface so you'll never need to touch a line of code.
The most customizable eCommerce widget for building your online business.
High Quality Code
We value compatibility and code quality as highly as the visual appearance of the theme. Style should never replace substance. Page speed and Google algorithms go hand in hand. We pay special attention to nurture your search ranking.
Updates
We regularly make safety and feature updates. Sleep easy. There’s no need to worry about the vulnerability of your website.
Support
Our expert support team is super responsive. From simple to complex issues - no matter your level of WordPress expertise - we are always here to help.
More Features
Some of these features may be obvious to more seasoned theme users. But for the sake of first-time theme buyers, they are definitely worth mentioning:
Multi Demo Pages
2 Free theme demos included.
Unlimited Colors
Endless customization with unlimited color options.
Various Page Layouts
Mix-and-match from a selection of pre-made layouts.
Custom Widgets
Powerful widgets that add new functionality to your site.
634+ Icons
Font icons included for simple and clear navigation of your website.
Responsive and Retina Ready
Responsive and able to display on all devices and resolutions.
Multilingual
Every element of this theme has been pre-translated into 8 languages.
SEO Optimized
Designed with SEO ready structure. Google will love your site.
RTL Ready
We support languages written in a Right-To-Left direction.
Secure Code
We regularly make safety updates and all of our code exceeds WordPress standards.
Video Tutorial
To guide you through the installation and demo import process.
I like BuildPress.
Apliquei este tema no site de um cliente e gostei muito de trabalhar com ele.
Extremely modular and intuitive. Recommending
Its a good theme and I use it in most of my site customization.
Great theme with great support!
Great theme. Great support. I really like working with the Proteus team.
Thank you. Beautiful work.
Version 5.9.2 (July 8, 2025)
improved Bumped the bundled Essential Grid plugin to 3.1.9.2
Version 5.9.1 (May 14, 2025)
improved Bumped the bundled Essential Grid plugin from 3.1.4 to 3.1.9
Version 5.9.0 (April 14, 2025)
added ClevrBot to recommended-plugins list
Version 5.8.0 (December 21, 2024)
added Elementor support added for BuildPress Light, Landscape, and RTL
improved Make fa-twitter an 𝕏 icon
improved More robust against false theme_update transients
Version 5.7.1 (November 20, 2024)
improved Fix compatibility with WordPress 6.7’s Customizer
Version 5.7.0 (May 28, 2024)
added Elementor support to BuildPress Classic
improved updated bundled plugin Essential Grid to v3.1.2.2
Version 5.6.9 (April 10, 2024)
improved updated bundled plugin Essential Grid to v3.1.2
Version 5.6.8 (December 18, 2023)
improved updated bundled plugin Essential Grid to v3.1.1
Version 5.6.7 (October 2, 2023)
fixed main menu visibility on mobile
improved updated bundled plugin Essential Grid to v3.1.0
improved PHP 8.2 compatibility
Version 5.6.6 (July 23, 2022)
improved updated bundled plugin Essential Grid to v3.0.16
improved PHP 8 compatibility
Version 5.6.5 (May 12, 2022)
fixed layout for search widget
Version 5.6.4 (May 11, 2022)
fixed error messages when installing required plugins
improved updated bundled plugin Essential Grid to v3.0.15
improved page layouts when sidebar is removed
improved customizer updates for improved PHP compatibility
Version 5.6.3 (December 28, 2020)
improved updated bundled plugin Essential Grid to v3.0.10
Version 5.6.2 (September 3, 2020)
improved updated bundled plugin Essential Grid to v3.0.7
Version 5.6.0 (February 18, 2020)
added filter in the functions.php to remove javscript dependencies like google maps (if it's not used)
Version 5.5.7 (March 26, 2019)
improved updated bundled plugin Essential Grid to v2.3.2
fixed create_function() deprecated function calls
fixed missing image upload fields for the front page slider - related to ACF slider repeater fields (ticket #14186)
Version 5.5.6 (March 11, 2019)
fixed the layout of the featured page widget was broken after demo import
Version 5.5.5 (November 22, 2018)
fixed request errors for default customizer values - %s is not supported anymore in default setting values (previously it was replaced by URI to the template)
Version 5.5.4 (October 18, 2018)
fixed WooCommerce search widget style
fixed RTL project navigation style
Version 5.5.3 (October 16, 2018)
fixed conflict with bundled ACF from bower (now using official free ACF plugin)
Version 5.5.2 (October 11, 2018)
fixed get ACF plugin from wordpress.org repository for TGMPA
Version 5.5.1 (October 3, 2018)
improved update ACF: Repeater fields plugin to 2.0 as the bundled plugin
improved theme updates "unauthorized" error caught early and explained in an admin notice
fixed add missing cookie consent checkbox for WordPress comments
fixed assign WooCommerce pages after OCDI import, if WooCommerce is active
Version 5.5.0 (May 3, 2018)
added Toolset compatibility
improved recommended slider image dimensions included as the inline documentation
improved added edit page link to Featured page widget
fixed FontAwesome icon URL
fixed removing repeater field in PT widgets didn't trigger the widget save button
Version 5.4.0 (February 13, 2018)
improved automatic theme updates
fixed ProteusWidget Featured Page help link open correct help article.
Version 5.3.2 (December 11, 2017)
fixed update ACF (issues with PHP 7)
Version 5.3.1 (October 18, 2017)
fixed license dates for theme registration
Version 5.3.0 (August 28, 2017)
improved Customizer code completely rewritten. Now more stable.
improved change the minimal PHP version to 5.4
improved theme registration and updates
removed Legacy favicon code.
Version 5.2.1 (July 11, 2017)
fixed markup for jumbotron title
fixed WooCommerce 3.0 gallery support
fixed Visual Composer deprecated function
improved latest version of Essential Grid plugin bundled (fixing the WooCommerce 3.0 compatibility)
Version 5.2.0 (June 13, 2017)
added sticky menu background color customizer control for transparent header
fixed Icon box style in the top bar
fixed boxed style for transparent header
Version 5.1.1 (April 7, 2017)
improved security of the customizer frontend CSS output
fixed Theme slider alt tags when captions are not set.
fixed Header Light RTL style
fixed product description style for WooCommerce 3.0
fixed incorrect theme slug for theme registration
Version 5.1.0 (March 29, 2017)
added Theme registration and automatic updates
improved Update FontAwesome (to version 4.7)
improved Update translation files, fix a typo in Slovenian translation
fixed Landscape ess. grid export file
fixed Landscape top bar widgets import
fixed Icon box style for Safari 9
Version 5.0.0 (January 23, 2017)
added transparent header
added light button
added custom menu style in page builder
added Fonts control in customizer
added empty/coming soon page template
added countdown widget
added subscribe widget
fixed admin JS/CSS code is not available on new page/post screens (PT widgets were not working properly)
fixed colors of active and focus states for primary buttons
Version 4.2.1 (November 30, 2016)
fixed theme custom CSS migration to native WP custom CSS logic
Version 4.2.0 (November 30, 2016)
added option to add titles and captions in the single project gallery
added theme custom CSS code migration to the native "Additional CSS" field, introduced in WP 4.7
fixed Demo import now sets correct default portfolio and shop breadcrumbs settings
fixed z-index for play button image
Version 4.1.0 (October 5, 2016)
added video support for Featured page widget
improved bump AFC version to v4.4.9
fixed microformats structure data for posts and pages
fixed active/focus primary button states do not respect different customizer colors
Version 4.0.3 (September 7, 2016)
fixed Primary color for VC widget title in customizer
fixed Add missing src attribute to the theme slider images
fixed Reset VC padding-top to 0 for .vc_column_inner class
Version 4.0.2 (August 18, 2016)
improved Added filter to remove future SiteOrigin ads
fixed spacing between menu and sub-menu for RTL version
Version 4.0.1 (August 10, 2016)
fixed spacing between the items in the sidebar menu and active item
Version 4.0.0 (July 26, 2016)
added new theme style (light)
improved HTML code allowed in Slide Title and Category field (ACF).
fixed Contact Form 7 number and date fields not styled
Version 3.4.2 (June 28, 2016)
improved added a ProteusThemes widgets tab in Page Builder.
fixed PT icon substitution functions updated in PW widgets.
fixed google maps API errors. API key field added in the customizer.
Version 3.4.1 (June 15, 2016)
improved ensured compatibility with WooCommerce 2.6
Version 3.4.0 (April 28, 2016)
added fa-houzz option for social icons widget.
improved now using One Click Demo Import plugin
improved Added more VC page templates (Projects, Our Services, About us, Contact Us)
fixed changed header_text to header_text_color to comply with WordPress 4.5
Version 3.3.2 (March 21, 2016)
improved updated FontAwesome version, to include new icons
fixed strip away html in excerpt text of the Featured Page widget
fixed bug in WooCommerce for 768px screens
fixed custom excerpts in featured page are not shown when just a little longer than 240 chars
Version 3.3.1 (February 1, 2016)
improved removed automatic updates and added Envato Market plugin as recommended plugins
improved ensured 100% compatibility with WooCommerce 2.5
fixed skype protocol not working in social icons
fixed typo in customizer
fixed featured page widget images on mobile (implement srcset+sizes)
fixed Icon Box primary color for content is now working with customizer
Version 3.3.0 (October 28, 2015)
added Added support for embed responsive videos.
added setting in customizer to show/hide ACF
fixed position of prev/next buttons on the mobile view for projects
Version 3.2.0 (October 2, 2015)
added Skype protocol
fixed Heading tags for WooCommerce product page.
Version 3.1.0 (September 10, 2015)
added Visual Composer support
added backwards compatibility for favicon
improved Updated Font Awesome to version 4.4
improved Updated TGMPA to v2.5.x
Version 3.0.4 (August 7, 2015)
added search result template with excerpts
fixed Comments title "Write a Comment" still visible after disabling comments
fixed main navigation dropdown on ipad/android tablet (submenu and dropdown stays open)
fixed main menu dropdown menu displays under the second row main menu item
Version 3.0.3 (June 4, 2015)
improved support for title tags and added the fallback functions
improved conditional loading of js/css in wp-admin
improved removed default value for the favicon setting in customizer
improved wp-post-image is now defined with max-width instead of width
Version 3.0.2 (May 21, 2015)
fixed ACF fields for subtitle.
fixed project images were not responsive
fixed shop page can't set title background color or image
Version 3.0.1 (April 28, 2015)
improved new version of Essential Grid - 2.0.9 Artemis (28th April 2015)
fixed TGM (updated to 2.4.2) vulnerability
Version 3.0.0 (March 17, 2015)
added filters for footer left/right text.
improved translation pot, po and mo files
improved the way Google Fonts are added - with hooks to add/remove new fonts
improved new hook to opt-out for the CDN IE9 and below shim and respond.js code in the <head>
improved WP compatibility issues with the theme activation hook and setting thumbnail sizes
improved prefixed all code for better compatibility and stability: functions, hooks, constants, class names, script/style handles, global variables ...
fixed Logo and favicon default paths in customizer.
fixed Change the text "ProteusThemes" with widget icons in Widgets, Customizer and in Page Builder
fixed breadcrumbs style, if home trail is removed
fixed Icon Box widget icon switcher in Customizer -> Widget section
fixed external image resources
fixed non-asci characters in some files
fixed data validation and sanitization in many files
fixed closed comments didn't show, it is much more complete now
fixed Banner widget button shortcodes problem for older PHP versions
Version 2.1.0 (March 17, 2015)
added better prev/next navigation in projects
added Ess. Grid BuildPress skin colors in customizer.
improved disabled draggable on mobile devices for google maps widget
fixed issues when importing demo content
fixed issue with visual editor toolbar toggle on front page with slider page template
Version 2.0.1 (February 16, 2015)
fixed support for WooCommerce v2.3.0
fixed related and upsells products on mobile are now displayed correctly
fixed lightbox in projects gallery
fixed featured page in featured page
Version 2.0.0 (January 22, 2015)
added translation to German
added translation to French
added translation to Russian
added translation to Spanish
added translation to Dutch
added Simple Lightbox in recommended plugins
improved new version of Ess. Grid
fixed colors for hover of top/main menu are now changed together with theme colors
fixed google maps widget warning, if no locations are defined
fixed typo in the headings of the blog titles
fixed default main menu hover color in customizer
Version 1.10.1 (January 9, 2015)
improved RTL
improved optimized images
fixed duplicated ACF settings after the demo content import
fixed categories on the single project
Version 1.10.0 (January 8, 2015)
added color control for the breadcrumbs text
added translation to Turkish (by http://www.cetinogluinsaat.com/)
added translation to Slovenian
fixed testimonials bug - when more than 10 testimonials added
fixed maps location bug
Version 1.9.0 (December 17, 2014)
added main menu hover link color
added prebuilt layouts for about us, contact us, home page - shop
improved new demo content export
fixed hidden content when using boxed layout with full width page row layout
Version 1.8.1 (December 15, 2014)
improved compatibility with new version of Page Builder
improved new demo content export
fixed ACF subtitle field
Version 1.8.0 (December 12, 2014)
added option to add title area background per page
improved the child theme template in extras folder (add functions.php and change style.css to match the WP code standard)
improved changed picturefill to respimage JS lib
fixed issues on retina FF with logo
Version 1.7.1 (December 5, 2014)
added setting for the submenu link color in customizer
Version 1.7.0 (December 1, 2014)
added Pricing Tables
added options in customizer for buttons PREV/NEXT PROJECT
added option to change the text color of the primary buttons on page
added option to turn on/off categories as meta data for each project
added link to online documentation
improved new version of bundled ACF, fixed issues with Repeater Field
Version 1.6.0 (November 25, 2014)
added support for RTL
added optional custom icon in the individual project details
added patterns from the demo page included in the extras/patterns/
improved new version of Ess. Grid
Version 1.5.0 (November 18, 2014)
added possible to add multiple testimonials + carousel
added option to translate relevant settings from customizer via WPML
added possible to change slug of projects in customizer
added possible to add custom meta data to projects
improved updated Bootstrap to v3.3.1
improved new version of Essential Grid
fixed WooCommerce listed as recommended plugin after theme activation
Version 1.4.0 (November 14, 2014)
added optional smaller title area
added list of Shutterstock images in documentation
added optional sticky navbar
added alternative title mode on the single project page
improved headings for better SEO
Version 1.3.0 (November 13, 2014)
added support for WooCommerce
added support for LayerSlider
added support for Revolution Slider
added child theme included
added text color picker for header widgets
fixed slider captions and arrows on boxed version
fixed click on icons in widgets Icon Box and Brochure Box
Version 1.2.0 (November 10, 2014)
added boxed version
added background color picker for top bar
added text color picker for top bar
added background color picker for header
added background pattern upload option for header
added mobile main navigation link color picker
improved search form colors are now more consistent with design
improved demo content import (front page and blog page set automatically after content is imported)
fixed white space if there are no captions under slider on mobile
Version 1.1.1 (November 8, 2014)
improved new version of Essential Grid + docs
fixed error when saving front page with slider with checkbox for captions unchecked
fixed Page Builder disappearing after the editing page loads
fixed errors when importing demo content, new exported XML file
fixed disabled notices for Essential Grid
Version 1.1.0 (November 6, 2014)
added Brochure Box widget
added setting to change the main navigation colors / bg color in customizer
improved new widgets json export file from demo page
fixed heading linking disabled on single post/page/project
fixed text color now applied on selector `body`
Version 1.0.1 (November 5, 2014)
fixed constant BUILDPRESS_DEVELOPMENT in functions.php set to false
Version 1.0.0 (November 4, 2014)
added first release
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