Gautama WordPress Theme is a feature-rich Buddhist Temple WordPress theme built on Bootstrap 5, fully compatible with WordPress 6.x with full WooCommerce integration. It ships with 24 page templates, a filterable photo gallery, a full e-commerce module with cart and checkout, a blog module — all controlled from the WordPress admin and Customizer with zero coding required.

Built for WordPress developers, freelancers, and site owners delivering Buddhist temple and meditation-centre websites. The theme follows WordPress coding standards throughout: template hierarchy, action and filter hooks, wp_enqueue_scripts for all assets, and a child-theme-ready structure. Every visible element is customisable via the Customizer live preview — no page builder plugin dependency required.

Everything in the Package

• 24 page templates following the WordPress template hierarchy
• WordPress 6.x compatible — tested with the latest WordPress core
• WooCommerce integration — shop, cart, checkout, and order management with overridden WC templates
• Custom Post Types registered via register_post_type() with custom admin columns
• Custom Taxonomies registered via register_taxonomy() with filterable archive templates
• Bootstrap 5 — responsive grid, enqueued via wp_enqueue_style() in functions.php
• WordPress Customizer sections with live preview — colours, hero, social links, and footer settings
• Custom Walker_Nav_Menu for Bootstrap 5 dropdown markup in primary navigation
• Widget areas registered via register_sidebar() — sidebar, footer columns, and feature-specific zones
• Contact Form 7 integration on the contact page template
• Translation-ready — all strings wrapped in __() and _e() with the theme text domain
• Child theme ready — all action and filter hooks documented for safe overrides
• Retina-ready, fully responsive from 320px to 1920px+
• Escaped output throughout — esc_html(), esc_url(), esc_attr(), wp_kses_post() applied correctly

Theme Structure and WordPress Standards

• Template hierarchy: front-page.php, archive.php, single.php, page.php, and custom page templates
• functions.php: add_theme_support(), register_nav_menus(), register_sidebar(), register_post_type(), wp_enqueue_scripts()
• Action hooks: wp_enqueue_scripts, after_setup_theme, widgets_init, init, wp_footer
• Filter hooks: the_content, excerpt_length, excerpt_more, body_class, post_class
• Template parts in template-parts/ — header, footer, content cards, and section partials
• All Customizer settings use sanitize_hex_color(), esc_url_raw(), and sanitize_text_field() callbacks
• Folder structure: inc/, template-parts/, assets/css/, assets/js/, languages/

All 24 Page Templates

• page-home-v1.php / home-v1.php — v2 — Two distinct hero and temple community showcase layouts
• page-about-us.php / about-us.php — Temple story, dharma statement, and values
• page-sermons.php / sermons.php — Dharma-talk archive and teaching library
• page-sermon-detail.php / sermon-detail.php — Individual teaching, sutra, and media page
• page-donations.php / donations.php — Dana donation campaign archive
• page-donation-detail.php / donation-detail.php — Individual donation campaign and giving page
• page-events.php / events.php — Temple event and retreat calendar archive
• page-event-detail.php / event-detail.php — Individual event page with schedule and registration
• page-services-2.php / services-2.php — Community services in two overview layout variants
• page-service-detail.php / service-detail.php — Individual community service page
• page-history.php / history.php — Temple founding story and lineage heritage
• page-team.php / team.php — Monks, teachers, and temple volunteer profiles
• page-shop.php / shop.php — Temple merchandise and meditation resources
• page-product-single.php / product-single.php — Individual resource or merchandise page
• page-cart-checkout-wishlist.php / cart-checkout-wishlist.php — Purchase and save-for-later flow

Key Features

• 24 Fully Designed HTML5 Pages across home, teachings, donations, events, services, shop, and team
• 2 Unique Home Layouts — distinct hero styles and temple community showcase arrangements
• Bootstrap 5 — responsive, mobile-first grid system
• Teachings Module — dharma-talk archive + individual teaching detail and media page
• Donations Module — dana donation campaign archive + individual donation detail page
• Events Module — temple event archive + individual event detail page
• Services Module — community services in two overview layout variants
• Temple History Page — founding story and lineage heritage narrative
• Team Section — monks, teachers, and temple volunteer profiles
• Shop — temple merchandise and meditation resource shop
• Countdown Timer — build anticipation for upcoming retreats and events
• CounterUp Animated Statistics — sangha size, sessions held, years of practice

Customizer Controls

• Hero Section — background image upload, headline text, subheading, and CTA button settings
• Colour Settings — primary accent colour, background colour, and card colour with live preview
• Social Links — all major social platform URL fields with live header/footer update
• Footer — copyright text, footer logo upload, and footer widget area configuration
• Typography — Google Fonts selector for heading and body font pairing
• All settings use proper sanitize callbacks — no unsanitised values stored in wp_options

Use Cases

• Buddhist Temple Site Owners: Manage all content from the WordPress admin — no coding required after installation
• WordPress Developers: Child-theme-ready hooks, WooCommerce support, and translation-ready strings — built to extend
• Freelancers and Agencies: Deliver a Buddhist temple WordPress site to clients with Customizer control over all design settings
• Non-Technical Clients: Full Customizer live preview, widget areas, and Custom Post Types — empowers clients to self-manage

Credits and Dependencies

• WordPress 6.x — GPLv2 License
• WooCommerce — GPLv3 License
• Bootstrap 5 — MIT License
• Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) Free — GPLv2 License
• Contact Form 7 — GPLv2 License
• Slick — MIT License
• Isotope — MIT License
• WOW — MIT License
• CounterUp — MIT License
• Countdown — MIT License
• Magnific — MIT License
• Lightbox — MIT License
• jQuery Zoom — MIT License
• Font Awesome 6 — Icons: CC BY 4.0, Fonts: SIL OFL 1.1, Code: MIT
• Google Fonts — SIL Open Font License
• Demo images: Unsplash — Unsplash License (free for commercial use, no attribution required)
• Demo images: Freepik — Freepik License (free for commercial use with attribution)
• All demo images are for preview purposes only and are NOT included in the download.