Introduction
Thank you for purchasing our Theme, We are so happy that you choosed Radica for your website. Please do not forget to rate the Theme and We'll be waiting for your Feedback. It would be nice to see your comments on our product, this documentation consists of several parts and shows you how to set up and administrate your WordPress site. We did our best to make this documentation as clear as possible. However, if you have any difficulties with the our theme or any suggestions on improving the theme or the documentation, feel free to contact us via support.
What Is WordPress ?

WordPress is a free and open source blogging tool and a content management system (CMS) based on PHP and MySQL. It enables you to build Websites and powerful on-line applications and requires almost no technical skills or knowledge to manage. Many aspects, including its ease of use and extensibility, have made WordPress the most popular Web site software available.
What is a WordPress Theme ?
A WordPress Theme is a skin for a website built with the WordPress CMS platform. In other words, you can easily change your WordPress Web site appearance by installing a new Theme in a few easy steps. With all its simplicity, a WordPress Theme is provided with all the necessary source files and you are free to edit or extend it the way you need
More Links to make it easy with WordPress:
Radica Theme Requirements
Radica WordPress Theme requires some basic settings to work properly with no issues, and this is somehow different from many other minimal wordpress themes as it includes tons of features and options to make it easy for you to make your website as you dream with.
So below what is required for Radica to work:
- WordPress Version 5.0.0 or Higher
- PHP 5.6 or higher
- MySQL 5.6 or higher
- Recommended PHP Configuration Limits:
- max_execution_time 180
- memory_limit 128M
- post_max_size 32M
- upload_max_filesize 32M
The Full Package.zip file Contains:
- Licensing Folder
- Resources Folder: wp-plugins folder: that contains all premium plugins, demo-data folder that contains all demo content and also theme options, etc...
- Theme Folder: radica.zip and the child theme (radica-child.zip)
Radica Theme Support
Radica comes with support and free lifetime updates for your theme. Once the support is up, you have the opportunity to extend support coverage up to 6 or 12 months further. If you choose to not extend your support, you will still be able to submit item comments and also still have access to our online documentation and theme updates.
Radica Theme Installation
1) Download & Organize Files
Theme/radica.zip
(Root file to install wordpress theme)- Licensing (File which include information about wordpress & theme under GPL liscense)
- Resources (Directory which includes xml demo content file, theme options, widgets, etc...)
2) Installing Theme
A - Installing your theme via Wordpress
- Login to your wordpress dashboard, go to WordPress Appearance -> Themes section.
- Click on Install Themes tab.
- Click on Choose File button, and select .zip theme file and click Install Now button.
- If you uploading process fails due to theme broken issues, then you may refer here
B - Installing your theme via FTP
- Go to the downloaded package then select
Theme/radica.zip
and extract it. - Copy extracted files in Radica folder to /wp-content/themes/Radica via FTP Clients
- For example theme should be in wp-content/themes/Radica
- Follow the instruction below for activating the theme.
3) Activating Theme
- Log in to the WordPress Administration Panels.
- Select the Appearance panel, then Themes.
- From the Available Themes section, click on the Radica title (or Radica screenshot) to activate.
- A preview of the Theme will be shown.
- To activate the Theme click the Activate Radica link in the top right.
Plugins Installation
In order for the theme to work properly we require some extra plugins to be installed and activated via the top info message in the image below:
Demo Content Installation
A - Import Demo Content via One-Click-Install Method
This will import EVERYTHING like our main demo content (Sliders, Portfolio Grids) Automatically.
- Go to your wodpress admin panel
- Under Appearance tab click on Radica, this will direct you to the theme options panel.
- Click on Extras, you will find an Import Demo Data button, click it (this will import posts, categories, menus, widgets, Sliders, Portfolio Grid and Theme Options.)
B - Import Demo Content via XML DUMP Manually
- Go to your wodpress admin panel
- Under the Tools tab select Import
- In the new page appeared select the last item "WordPress"
- Find the Resources folder inside the root folder of Downloaded Package File.
- Inside Resources folder open demo-data folder then choose content.xml
C - Import Plugins Data Individually
- To Import sliders, RAYS Grid Plugin content, just go to these plugins in the left side of the Administration Panel and select import/export link in each plugin then import the corresponding content for each plugin from demo-data folder.
Radica Theme Update
There are two ways to update Radica theme, via wordpress dhashboard or via FTP.
A - Update Radica Via WordPress Dashboard:
There are many ways to update via dashboard:
- An easy way to update Radica theme is to download and install Easy Theme and Plugin Upgrades and follow the steps that are also very easy to perform the theme and also plugins upgrade.
B - Update Radica Via FTP:
Let's Proceed in updating the theme:
- Download the theme as descibed above.
- Log into your server using FTP and go to wp-content > themes > then you will see Radica folder.
- Backup the ‘Radica’ theme folder by downloading it to your computer, then delete it. please note that any customizations to the theme's core files, such as PHP files will be lost unless you're using a child theme.
- Now we need the theme files you’ve just downloaded. If you’ve downloaded the installable WordPress file, then you only need to extract it, but If you’ve downloaded the Full Package you must extract it then open Theme > extract the Radica.zip file to get to the Radica folder.
- Now you can drag and drop the new Radica theme folder into wp-content > themes folder location. Make sure the folder is named Radica.
Plugins Update
There are two ways to update Plugins, via wordpress dhashboard or via FTP.
A - Update Plugins Via WordPress Dashboard:
B - Update plugins Via FTP:
Let's Proceed in updating the Plugins:
- Download the Full Package that contains the latest plugins releases.
- Log into your server using FTP and go to wp-content > plugins > then you will see plugins folders.
- Backup the plugin folder you need to update by downloading it to your computer, then delete it.
- Now we need the full package you’ve just downloaded. you need to extract it then open Resources Folder > wp-plugins > extract the plugin zip file to get to it's folder.
- Now you can drag and drop the new plugin folder into wp-content > plugins folder location. Make sure the folder is named with the plugin name(Ex: Radica-core).
Options Panel
To Navigate to the theme options and begin customizing the look and feel or your website, you can:
- Log in to the WordPress Administration Panels.
- Select the Appearance panel, then Radica and you will find this:

Now Let's discuss each element in our powerfull theme options panel individually to make use of all theme features.
Top Right Buttons
Save Changes & Restore Defaults Buttons on the top right of the page.
- Save Changes: After selecting your options from the theme options panel click this button to save the changes.
- Restore Defaults: When you click this button, a message will appear to you, choose OK and hit the save changes button to reset the theme options to their default values or cancel this action by clicking on cancel button.
General Settings
Property | Description |
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General Settings
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Page Loader |
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Styling Options |
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404 Page Settings |
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Top Bar Settings
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Top Bar |
These settings let you Show / Hide top bar and also choose what to show on the left and right sides of the top bar on your site.
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Styling |
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Header Settings
Property | Description |
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Header |
These settings let you choose the header options on your site.
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Styling |
These settings let you choose the header styling on your site.
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Sticky Header settings |
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Logo
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Logo |
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Tagline |
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Page Title
Property | Description |
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General Settings |
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Typography |
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Styling |
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Breadcrumbs |
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Typography
Property | Description |
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Body |
Select the BODY font family from the font selector and also select font size, font weight and line height of all body elements EXCEPT: The Menu typography and The Headings typography are not affected by this option because they have their own settings. |
Menu |
Select the Menu font family from the font selector and also select font size, font weight and text style of menu items. |
Headings |
Select the Headings font family from the font selector and also select font size, font weight and line height of all Headings elements. |
Custom Fonts |
Upload new Fonts Family name, .ttf, .eot, svg, woff and custom css if needed. |
Sliding Bar
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Settings
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Styling |
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Blog options
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Blog listing |
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Single post |
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Share post |
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Authors Page |
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Sidebars
to do this click on add sidebar, a new textbox will appear, then add your sidebar name and hit save changes button.
Social icons
to do this click on add Social Icon, a new icon select, textbox for title and link will appear, Also you can drag and drop social icons to re-order them as you wish, then hit save changes button.
Import Demo
Note: To Enable this feature you must install Radica Core Plugin first.
Import / Export options
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Export Theme Options: |
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Import Theme Options: |
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WooCommerce
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Products Listing |
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Single Product |
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Related Products |
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BBPress (Forums)
- Show Welcome message: Show / Hide welcome message on the top of the forum index page.
- Welcome Message: Type the text that appears in the welcome message on the top of the forum index page.
Page Options
Pages And Site Templates
When you need to create a page just go to administration panel, and under Pages tab click Add New, then you will get this screen:

1) Template
As you see in the Page Template, you can see that there are 5 custom templates:
- Default Template: For default page templates.
- Full Page Template: For home pages.
- Slider Revolution Blank Template: For Slider Revolution Page Template.
2) Page Layout Mode
As you see in the Page Layout Mode, you can see that there are 4 Layout Modes:
- Inherit From Theme: This is to take the layout style from the main theme options settings.
- Full Width: This is for pages that has no sidebar, and takes the full content container width.
- Full Page: This is for pages that takes the full page width not centered content.
- Left Bar: Content with left sidebar pages.
- Right Bar: Content with left sidebar pages.
3) Page Menu
As you see in the Select Menu, you can Choose a different menu for this page only.
Page Editor:

----- When you select BACKEND EDITOR, this screen will appear:

Custom Page Settings
Notic: These options are applied individually on the page you are editing only, so this can give the page a custom options such as hiding header, footer, customizing the page title for this page only. As a result for that, you can build all your site pages and posts with different styles.
Option | Description |
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General Settings |
Layout width, layout mode, custom menu etc... |
Top Bar |
Show / Hide Top Bar, choose custom colors, backgrounds, etc... |
Header |
Show / Hide header, set different header style and choose custom colors, backgrounds, etc... |
Page Title |
you can hide page title, add custom background image, custom icon, set different page title style, set custom height, custon colors and also set custom video background, and too many other options. |
Footer |
Show / Hide Footer, set different footer style. |
Create Or Modify One Page
To Create a One Page you have two important tasks :
1) Menu configuration
- Go to Appearance -> Menus
- select the one page menu and hit the button select as shown in the next image.
- Create menu items as shown in the next image with Title and link that starts with # plus the name (any name you want but be careful to make it one word cause we'l use it as an ID in next steps)
- After Adding the menu items click save menu.
Important: All links you created in this menu we'll create a Rows in the page with number equals to these menu items number.
2) Page configuration
- Go to Pages -> Add New
- From the Right tools go to page Attributes then open Template dropdown menu and select One-Page Template.
- Go to the page content then switch to BACKEND EDITOR.
- Add Element -> Select Row.
- Edit Row and go to ID and enter the first menu item link without the # to be home only and change other Row Properties as you need.
- Repeat this step according to the other menu items you have created.
- Publish the Page.
- Enjoy!
Custom Shortcodes
Radica comes with 30 Main custom shortcodes + the default shortcodes from Visual composer.
to see how to use the default visual composer shortcodes just go to visual composer documentation and follow the steps.

Now we'll see how to use the custom shortcodes
Add New Row
Row Shortcode is default visual composer shortcode but we made some modifications to suit our new design, let's see how to configure it:
When you click add new element, Click on Row then a new element will be now seen in the content area.
Let's Explain the Row Properties in visual composer: As you see the following image , the numbers on each item describes what it do.

Edit the row properties. Copy row. Delete row. Row columns. Add new element in the row Edit existing column in this row. Delete existing column in this row. Add new element in the row
1) Gereral Row Properties

Select the padding values Top and Bottom for this row. If Checked the row will take full width of the container. If Checked the row content will be stretched to full width not centered in the page container. if Checked the row columns will have the same height. If Checked the row will take the full page height. Add Extra class name to style this row individually. Choose Row Horizontal alignment. Row layer order (z-index) Ex: set this row z-index "2" and the below row "1", so this row will be above the below one. Set the row shadow. Add new css class to easily customize this row with css code. Assign ID to this Row, This will be required in ONE-PAGE Creation.
2) Background
There are 4 Values for the Row Background:
- None -> Disable the row background
- Color -> Only Add background color for the row.
- Image -> Add background image with options
- Video -> Add video background with options

Row Background Type : Image. Row Background Color. Row Background Image. Row Background repeat options (No repeat, Repeat vertically or horizontally). Choose if you need the background will be fixed or scroll with mousewheel. Choose the background position. Choose the background size (Cover - Contain - 100%). Animate the background horizontally or vertically. Enable Row Background Image Parallax Effect. Create Layer over the background image. If Overlay is Yes, The background color of the overlay layer and transparency level, Value from 0 to 1. Skew the background with custom styles.
If you choosed Video, this option will appear:

Row Background Type : Video. Row Background Color. Video Type: from youtue or upload a video. Row Background video Poster. Row Background MP4 video. Row Background WEBM video. Row Background OGV video. Loop YouTube video. Create Layer over the video. The background color of the overlay layer.
Heading
When you click add new Heading, a popup window will appear (like the next screenshot), check the next image:

Choose Heading Style from 3 predefined styles. Heading Alignment (Left - Center - Right). Heading Margin Top and Bottom in pixels. Heading Title Text. Heading Tag (h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6). Heading Font Size in pixels. Heading Line height in pixels. Heading letter spacing in pixels. Heading Font weight. Heading Font Family from Google Fonts. Heading Animation. Add Extra class name to style this Heading individually.
Testimonials
When you click add new Testimonials a new window with Testimonials Settings will appear to choose the style, carousel and other options, then save changes.
Inside the testimonials block you will see a "+" button, click to Add element and a new popup will appear with only one child element in it ( Testimonial BlockQuote ), click it and the properties will appear to choose the Author name, posttion,image,etc...
Icon Box
When you click add new icon box, a popup window will appear and have some properties that can be:
1) Box
Box Style:
Select box style from available 4 box styles.Shape:
Select box shape from available 3 box shapes.Box Align:
Text align inside the icon box.Use Icon ?:
If checked a new tab with icons select will be shown and this will Show an icon with your Icon box element.Background Color:
Choose Box background color from colorpicker.Border Color:
Choose Box Border color from colorpicker.Hover - BG Color:
Choose Box Hover background color from colorpicker.Hover - Border Color:
Choose Box Hover Border color from colorpicker.
2) Title
Title:
Enter text for box title.Link:
Enter link for box title.Title Tag:
Select title tag.Color:
Choose a color for box title from color picker.Border Bottom Color:
Choose a color for box title bottom border from color picker.Hover - Color:
Choose a color for box title when hover on the main box from color picker.Hover - Border Bottom Color:
Choose a color for box title bottom border when hover on the main box from color picker.
3) Sub Title
Sub Title:
Enter text for box title.Title Tag:
Select Sub title tag.Color:
Choose a color for box Sub title from color picker.Border Bottom Color:
Choose a color for box Sub title bottom border from color picker.Hover - Color:
Choose a color for box Sub title when hover on the main box from color picker.Hover - Border Bottom Color:
Choose a color for box Sub title bottom border when hover on the main box from color picker.
4) Content
Content:
Enter text for box Content.Hover - Color:
Choose a color for box Sub Content when hover on the main box from color picker.
5) Icon
Icon Type:
Select your icon type from 3 types.Icon Library:
Select your icon from icon Library.Icon:
Select your icon from icons chooser.Color:
Choose a color for the icon from color picker.Background Color:
Choose a Background color for the icon from color picker.Border Color:
Choose a Border color for the icon from color picker.Border Width:
Enter border width in PX.Hover - Color:
Choose a color for the icon when hover on the main box from color picker.Hover - Background Color:
Choose a Background color for the icon when hover on the main box from color picker.Hover - Border Color:
Choose a Border color for the icon when hover on the main box from color picker.Hover Style:
Choose hover style from 3 available styles or you can disable hover.
6) More Link
Show Read More Link ?
Show / Hide Read More Link in the icon box element.Read More Text
Enter text for read more box content.Style:
Select read more button style from available 3 styles.Alignment:
Horizontally align the read more button inside the icon box.Color:
Choose a color for read more font color.Background Color:
Choose a Background color for read more link.Border Color:
Choose a Border color for read more link.Hover - Color:
Choose a color for read more font color when hover on the main box.Hover - Background Color:
Choose a Background color for read more link when hover on the main box.Hover - Border Color:
Choose a Border color for read more link when hover on the main box.
7) General
CSS Animation:
Select animation type, delay and duration.Extra class name:
Style particular content element differently - add a class name and refer to it in custom CSS.
Content Box
Title:
Enter feature title.Sub Title:
Enter feature sub title.Link:
Enter feature link.Image:
Upload or select an existing Feature image.Content:
Enter feature content.Feature Style:
Select the feature style from 3 predefined styles available.Align:
Horizontally Align feature title, Image,content,etc...Image Shape:
Select Feature image shape from 3 available shapes.Background Color:
Choose a Background color for feature box.Title Color:
Choose a solid color for title.Sub Title Color:
Choose a solid color for feature sub title.Padding:
Enter Padding Top, Right, Bottom and left values in PX.Margin:
Enter Margin Top, Right, Bottom and left values in PX.Show Read More Link ?
Show / Hide Read more link
Google Map
Map Type:
Select the map type from 4 available types.Zoom:
Select the zoom value for google map.Height:
Select the height of the map.Disable Mouse Wheel:
If selected This will disable mouse scroll zoom in on the google map.API Key:
Enter yor google map API Key.Extra class name:
Style particular content element differently - add a class name and refer to it in custom CSS.Latitude:
The Latitude value.Longitude:
The Longitude value.Address:
Type here more details about the location on google map.Icon:
Upload or type Image URL for the map marker on google map.
Counter
When you click add new Counter, a popup window will appear and have some properties that can be:
1) General
Box Shape:
Select box shape from available 3 box shapes.Alignment:
Text align inside the Counter box.Use Icon ?:
If checked a new tab with icons select will be shown and this will Show an icon with your Icon box element.Background Color:
Choose Counter Box background color from colorpicker.Border Width:
Enter Counter Box Border widht in PX.Border Color:
Choose Counter Box Border color from colorpicker.Border Style:
Choose Counter Box Border style.Hover - BG Color:
Choose Counter Box Hover background color from colorpicker.Hover - Border Color:
Choose Counter Box Hover Border color from colorpicker.CSS Animation:
Select animation type, delay and duration.Extra class name:
Style particular content element differently - add a class name and refer to it in custom CSS.
2) Content
Title:
Enter text for item title.Title Color:
select title color from color chooser.Title Background Color:
select title background color from color chooser.Font Size:
Type title font size in px.Font Weight:
Select title font weight.Hover - Color:
Choose title color When Hover on Counter Box from color picker.Hover - Background Color:
Choose title background color When Hover on Counter Box from color picker.Content:
Enter item description text.Hover - Color:
Choose content color When Hover on Counter Box from color picker.
3) Number
Theme:
Select Counter Numbers Theme from 6 available themes.From:
start number.To:
end number.Start After:
Enter the delay time that the numbers begin counting after it ( in milliseconds ).Text Before Number:
Enter text that will be shown before the number.Text After Number:
Enter text that will be shown after the number.Color:
select numbers color from color chooser.Hover - Color:
select numbers color When Hover on Counter Box from color chooser.Font Size:
Type numbers font size in px.Font Weight:
Select Numbers font weight.
4) Icon
Icon Library:
Select your icon from 6 icons Libraries.Icon:
Select your icon from icons chooser.Icon Color:
Select your icon color from color chooser.Hover - Color:
Select icon hover color When Hover on Counter Box from color chooser.Font Size:
Type icon size in px.
4) More Link
Show Read More Link ?:
Show / Hide Read more link.
Dividers
When you click add new Divider, a popup window will appear and have some properties that can be:
Divider Style:
Select the divider style from 10 available styles.Color:
Choose a solid color for the divider line.Use Icon ?
If checked a new tab with icons select will be shown and this will Show an icon with your counter element.CSS Animation:
Select animation type, delay and duration.Extra class name:
Style particular content element differently - add a class name and refer to it in custom CSS.
Breaking News
Title:
Enter the title for this widget.Category:
Select the posts category that will be shown.Extra class name:
Style particular content element differently - add a class name and refer to it in custom CSS.
Blog Shortcode
Category:
Select the posts category that will be shown.Blog Style:
Select how the blog listing style would be : (Large Image, Small Image, Grid, Masonry and TimeLine).Max. Number of words:
Enter the maximum number of words to be shown in the blog shortcode listing item.Image Size:
Select the featured image size.Posts Per Page:
Enter the posts per page to be shown in the blog shortcode listing.Pager Type:
Select the pager type (Numeric, Older-Newer and Load More).Pager Style:
Select the pager style from the 5 predefined styles.Pager Position:
Select the pager position Horizontally.Extra class name:
Style particular content element differently - add a class name and refer to it in custom CSS.
Recent Posts
Style:
Select how the Recent Posts style would be from available 5 styles.Category:
Select the posts category that will be shown.Carousel ?:
Show the recent posts in carousel.Image Size:
Select the featured image size.Number Of Posts:
Enter the posts per page to be shown in the Recent Posts listing.Max. Number of words:
Enter the maximum number of words to be shown in the Recent Posts listing.Non Carousel Columns:
Number of Coulmns in case not Carousel view.Extra class name:
Style particular content element differently - add a class name and refer to it in custom CSS.
codecanyon Plugins Documentations
Plugin Name | Documentation URL |
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WP Backery Page Builder for WordPress |
LINK |
Slider Revolution Responsive WordPress Plugin |
LINK |
RAYS Grid WordPress Plugin |
LINK |
Credits
- jQuery
- jQuery.appear plugin
- jQuery Slick Carousel slider plugin
- animate.css
- Font Awesome Icons
- Streamline Font Icons
- jquery circliful plugin
- jquery js-socials plugin
- jquery skrollr plugin
- Stellar.JS
- Page scroll to id
- Isotope Filtrable jquery portfolio
- imagesloaded jQuery Plugin
- jQuery One Page Nav Plugin
- The Final Countdown for jQuery
- Flickr Feed
- Bakground Images from freepik.com under Creative Commons Public Domain License