Varanasi WordPress Theme is a feature-rich Hindu Temple WordPress theme built on Bootstrap 5, fully compatible with WordPress 6.x with full WooCommerce integration. It ships with 43 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 Hindu temple and devotee community 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

• 43 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 43 Page Templates

• page-home-v1.php / home-v1.php — v6 — Six distinct hero and temple community showcase layouts
• page-about-us-about-head-priest-about-previous-priest.php / about-us-about-head-priest-about-previous-priest.php — Temple and leadership story pages
• page-sermons.php / sermons.php — Spiritual discourse archive
• page-sermon-detail-6-variants.php / sermon-detail-6-variants.php — Six individual discourse page styles
• page-events.php / events.php — Temple event archive
• page-event-detail-3-variants.php / event-detail-3-variants.php — Three individual event page styles
• page-communities–community-detail.php / communities–community-detail.php — Devotee group listing and detail pages
• page-donate–donation-detail.php / donate–donation-detail.php — Online temple offering pages
• page-services–service-detail.php / services–service-detail.php — Temple ritual offerings and detail
• page-shop-listing–listing-2–product-details.php / shop-listing–listing-2–product-details.php — Two shop formats and product page
• page-cart.php / cart.php — Puja product shopping cart
• page-blog–blog-detail-3-variants.php / blog–blog-detail-3-variants.php — Archival content and three article detail styles
• page-testimonials.php / testimonials.php — Devotee faith stories
• page-our-members–our-partners.php / our-members–our-partners.php — Devotee community and partner pages
• page-login–signup.php / login–signup.php — Community authentication

Key Features

• 43 Fully Designed HTML5 Pages across home, discourses, events, communities, donations, services, shop, blog, and utilities
• 6 Unique Home Layouts — six distinct hero styles and temple showcase arrangements
• Bootstrap 5 — responsive, mobile-first grid system
• Discourse Archive + 6 Detail Variants — comprehensive spiritual message listing with six distinct detail page styles
• Event Archive + 3 Detail Variants — temple event listing with three event detail page styles for Aarti, puja, and festivals
• Community Archive & Community Detail — devotee and seva group listing and detail pages
• Donate & Donation Detail — online temple offering and contribution pages
• Services & Service Detail — temple service and ritual detail pages
• Shop (2 Styles) + Product Detail — two puja-item and religious merchandise shop formats plus product page
• Cart — shopping cart for religious and puja products
• Blog + 3 Article Detail Variants — spiritual editorial archive with three distinct article styles
• Testimonials Page — devotee testimonial and faith story showcase

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

• Hindu Temple & Devotee Community 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 Hindu temple and devotee community 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
• Isotope — MIT License
• WOW — MIT License
• CounterUp — MIT License
• Countdown — MIT License
• Magnific — MIT License
• Lightbox — MIT License
• Parallax — MIT License
• ionRange — 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.