What is Samba - Colorful WordPress Theme?
- This Wordpress Theme is great for all Websites and comes with tons of customization options. It features the WPBakery Page Builder Plugin (worth 46 USD) to speed up the page creation process and it has a cool Ajax Page Loading feature (can be turned off). This option will allow a smoother the user experience and will speed up the page loading process;
- There’s also a cool option to colorize pages and posts according to their featured color. Once again this is entirely optional. Another great feature is the option to have the left menu always collapsed and also a 3D open/close effect can be used here;
- Shop integration? Sure! WooCommerce plugin has been styled and improved to fit on the theme like a glove;
- The theme is translation ready (compatible and certified by WPML http://wpml.org/theme/samba/ ), but you can also translate using the control panel (best solution if only one language is needed). The theme is already translated to English, Russian, German and Portuguese;
- Need more? Ok, the theme offers also a complete members section with single pages for each person. Different teams can be created so unlimited teams pages can be set;
- The theme options cover a wide range of possibilities and the theme has been studied carefully to display perfectly on all types of devices. Special attention has been given to font rendering as well as the main layout elements;
- Finally, the theme has been optimized to work with the following plugins: Revolution Slider, Contact Form 7 and MailChimp;
Custom Admin Control Panel
- Divided in 11 sections the Samba Options Panel will allow to fully edit the content and decide on how will some sections be displayed;
- It’s also very easy to translate all of the text that used on your website (it can be done directly on the theme options, using .mo/.po files or using WPML plugin). This theme is certified by the WPML team: http://wpml.org/theme/samba/
- To guide you the theme offers also spoken video tutorials
- One-click install sample content will allow the automatic generation of pages, posts, slides, portfolio items and team members
Custom Template Pages
- Page with Sections
- Fullscreen Slider Page
- Contact Page
- Classic Blog Page (unlimited blogs can be created)
- Grid Blog Page
- Grid Portfolio Page (unlimited portfolios can be created)
- Masonry Portfolio Page
- Titled Portfolio Page
3 Custom Post Types
- Portfolio items Custom Post type (unlimited)
- Slides Custom Post type (unlimited sliders can be created)
- Members Custom Post type (unlimited members and teams can be created)
Other Features
- 48 Elements that can be added directly using the WPBakery Page Builder Plugin: Accordion, Blockquote, Button, Carousel, Image, Image Galleries, Latest Comments, Latest Portfolio, Latest Posts, Layout, Message, Pricing Tables, Progress Bars, Separators, Services, Tabs, Team Members, Theme Slider, Titles, Toggle, Tour Section, Widgetised Sidebar …
- Widget ready: 2 default Sidebars+Woocommerce sidebar+Option to generate unlimited sidebars
- Worpress custom menu ready - Font selector (unlimited fonts can be added using the method shown here)
- 60+ background patterns
- Future implementations available: if there’s any new feature you might like on this theme, please send me an email and I’ll try to add it to the theme
Theme Changelog Apr 22, 2025 – Version 10.9
UPDATE: WPBakery Page Builder (version 8.3.1) IMPROVEMENT: WooCommerce 9.8.1 compatibility Feb 11, 2025 – Version 10.8
UPDATE: WPBakery Page Builder (version 8.1) IMPROVEMENT: WooCommerce 9.6 compatibility Dec 3, 2024 – Version 10.7
UPDATE: WPBakery Page Builder (version 8.0) Oct 10, 2024 – Version 10.6
FIX: Sub-menu display UPDATE: WPBakery Page Builder (version 7.9) Jul 26, 2024 – Version 10.5
UPDATE: WPBakery Page Builder (version 7.8) IMPROVEMENT: WooCommerce compatibility May 24, 2024 – Version 10.4
UPDATE: WPBakery Page Builder (version 7.6) Mar 19, 2024 – Version 10.3
UPDATE: WPBakery Page Builder (version 7.5) Jan 5, 2024 – Version 10.2
UPDATE: WPBakery Page Builder (version 7.2) IMPROVEMENT: PHP 8.2 compatibility Oct 27, 2023 – Version 10.1
IMPROVEMENT: WooCommerce compatibility Aug 15, 2023 – Version 10.0
UPDATE: WPBakery Page Builder (version 7.0) Jun 3, 2023 – Version 9.9
NEW: added option to don't load any font UPDATE: WPBakery Page Builder (version 6.13.0) Mar 24, 2023 – Version 9.8
IMPROVEMENT: Demo Import procedure IMPROVEMENT: Theme performance Jan 10, 2023 – Version 9.7
IMPROVEMENT: WooCommerce compatibility IMPROVEMENT: Demo Import feature Nov 4, 2022 – Version 9.6
UPDATE: WPBakery Page Builder to version 6.10.0 Sep 8, 2022 – Version 9.5
IMPROVEMENT: Licensing system Jun 28, 2022 – Version 9.4
IMPROVEMENT: WordPress 6.0 compatibility May 10, 2022 – Version 9.3
UPDATE: WPBakery Page Builder to version 6.9.0 Mar 14, 2022 – Version 9.2
IMPROVEMENT: WordPress 5.9 compatibility Jan 6, 2022 – Version 9.1
UPDATE: WPBakery Page Builder to version 6.8.0 Nov 2, 2021 – Version 9.0
IMPROVEMENT: Theme Performance Sep 3, 2021 – Version 8.9
UPDATE: WPBakery Page Builder to version 6.7.0 Jun 25, 2021 – Version 8.8
IMPROVEMENT: PHP 8.0 compatibility May 4, 2021 – Version 8.7
IMPROVEMENT: WordPress 5.7 compatibility IMPROVEMENT: WooCommerce compatibility Mar 12, 2021 – Version 8.6
NEW: added footer sidebar option UPDATE: WPBakery Page Builder to version 6.6.0 Jan 19, 2021 – Version 8.5
UPDATE: WPBakery Page Builder to version 6.5.0 IMPROVEMENT: Loco Translate compatibility Dec 9, 2020 – Version 8.4
FIX: WordPress 5.6 compatibility Nov 27, 2020 – Version 8.3
UPDATE: WPBakery Page Builder to version 6.4.2 Oct 6, 2020 – Version 8.2
NEW: added “fade in” option to all WPBakery Page Builder widget UPDATE: WPBakery Page Builder to version 6.4.1 Aug 15, 2020 – Version 8.1
NEW: added option to have a background image on the menu Jun 1, 2020 – Version 8.0
IMPROVEMENT: iPad compatibility UPDATE: WPBakery Page Builder to version 6.2.0 Abr 11th, 2020 – Version 7.9
IMPROVEMENT: Elementor compatibility IMPROVEMENT: Theme performance Feb 4th, 2020 – Version 7.7
UPDATE: WPBakery Page Builder to version 6.1.0 IMPROVEMENT: WordPress coding standards IMPROVEMENT: Loco Translate compatibility Dec 3rd, 2019 – Version 7.6
IMPROVEMENT: WooCommerce compatibility IMPROVEMENT: PHP 7.3 compatibility IMPROVEMENT: Gutenberg compatibility Sep 24th, 2019 – Version 7.5
IMPROVEMENT: WooCommerce compatibility UPDATE: WPBakery Page Builder to version 6.0.5 Jul 12th, 2019 – Version 7.4
NEW: Added rows with 5 columns layout NEW: Added theme dashboard for easier onboard process IMPROVEMENT: Admin area styles and functions UPDATE: WPBakery Page Builder to version 6.0.3 May 14th, 2019 – Version 7.3
NEW: added Amatic SC font IMPROVEMENT: admin area options and visuals IMPROVEMENT: WordPress coding standards IMPROVEMENT: WooCommerce compatibility Mar 15th, 2019 – Version 7.2
NEW: portfolio filters now apply to lightbox items UPDATE: WPBakery Page Builder to version 5.7 IMPROVEMENT: WordPress coding standards Jan 16th, 2019 – Version 7.1
FIX: Single portfolio page layout IMPROVEMENT: Gutenberg compatibility Dec 19th, 2018 – Version 7.0
NEW: added option to have rectangular thumbs on archive pages UPDATE: WPBakery Page Builder to version 5.6 IMPROVEMENT: WooCommerce compatibility IMPROVEMENT: Gutenberg compatibility IMPROVEMENT: WooCommerce checkout and table styles Oct 19th, 2018 – Version 6.9
IMPROVEMENT: Visual Composer frontend editor compatibility UPDATE: WPBakery Page Builder to version 5.5.5 Aug 22nd, 2018 – Version 6.8.1
FIX: Android devices page loading issue Jun 13th, 2018 – Version 6.8
IMPROVEMENT: WooCommerce compatibility IMPROVEMENT: WooCommerce login and account display IMPROVEMENT: GDPR compliance – comments cookie notice display Apr 11th, 2018 – Version 6.7
NEW: Added Envato Market plugin for easier theme updates IMPROVEMENT: WooCommerce compatibility UPDATE: WPBakery Page Builder to version 5.4.7 Feb 8th, 2018 – Version 6.6
NEW: added option to have icons on the menu NEW: added option to show portfolio excerpts on carousel layouts IMPROVEMENT: Titled portfolio styles FIX: Hide blog navigation option Nov 28th, 2017 – Version 6.5
NEW: demo import now includes demo images NEW: added option to control rows height NEW: added slider options to theme pages UPDATE: WPBakery Page Builder to version 4.5.5 Nov 11th, 2017 – Version 6.4
FIX: mobile mode menu overlap issue IMPROVEMENT: WooCommerce compatibility UPDATE: WPBakery Page Builder to version 5.4.2 Sep 14th, 2017 – Version 6.3
Improved https support Updated WPBakery Page Builder Aug 9th, 2017 – Version 6.2
Improved bundled plugins install/update feature Aug 3rd, 2017 – Version 6.1
Improved theme update feature Jul 25th, 2017 – Version 6.0
Improved mobile mode performance Jul 19th, 2017 – Version 5.9
NEW: Added Corporate Style page to the One-Click install feature NEW: Added About Us page to the One-Click install feature Improved One-Click install feature Improved WooCommerce 3.1.x support Updated WPBakery Page Builder – 5.2 May 26th, 2017 – Version 5.9
NEW: added option to open portfolio links on a new tab NEW: added option to show content under the Fullscreen Slider page template Improved admin area options display Improved PHP 7.x compatibility Improved WooCommerce 3.0.x support Updated WPBakery Page Builder Jan 7th, 2017 – Version 5.8
Added option to hide date on blog posts Added option for multiple layouts on special ajax portfolio pages Improved WooCommerce compatibility Fixed image upload feature (WordPress 4.7) Jul 6th, 2016 – Version 5.7
NEW: Added Google Maps API Key Option NEW: Added autoplay option to Images Carousel element Improved tabs custom colors functions Fixed Images Carousel element Updated TGM Plugin Updated WPBakery Page Builder Apr 27th, 2016 – Version 5.6
Improved Mailchimp for WP by ibericode support Updated WPBakery Page Builder Updated TGM Plugin Manager Updated Theme documentation Changed child theme main scripts loading (it is now from parent theme by default) Apr 13th, 2016 – Version 5.5
Updated WPBakery Page Builder Improved Ajax Calls functions (new architecture) Fixed Call To Action Button display Feb 10th, 2016 – Version 5.4
Improved IE9 compatibility Improved PHP 7 compatibility Improved iOS compatibility Fixed Single Image linking Fixed Twitter share button Updated WPBakery Page Builder Nov 13th, 2015 – Version 5.3
NEW: added color options to the Google Maps page element Updated Documentation Updated WPBakery Page Builder Oct 8th, 2015 – Version 5.2
Updated WPBakery Page Builder – Button and Call To Action are deprecated. Tabs, Tours, Accordion and Progress Bars use a new “engine”. Load More Posts feature improvement Fixed page elements display (erratic since latest update) Fixed menu parent links when user is logged in Sep 29th, 2015 – Version 5.1
Improved Load More Posts feature Fixed page elements display (erratic since latest update) Sep 17th, 2015 – Version 5.0
NEW: Updated WPBakery Page Builder to version 4.7.1 CSS adjustments to WooCommerce pages Due to the WPBakery Page Builder update: progress Bars need to be re-built and some elements were deprecated: Button 1, Button 2, Custom Heading Aug 26th, 2015 – Version 4.9
NEW: Added image captions to portfolio lightboxes Removed plugin related warnings (since WordPress 4.3) Fixed lightbox arrows display Updated Envato WordPress Toolkit Jun 27th, 2015 – Version 4.8
Added the option to set the menu width Updated TGM Plugin Activation script Updated prettyPhoto script - prettyPhoto XSS fix Apr 25th, 2015 – Version 4.7
Improved Contact Form 7 compatibility Updated TGM Activation Plugin (security improvement) Updated Documentation Apr 16th, 2015 – Version 4.6
NEW: Theme is now fully RTL compatible NEW: Added the option to show the menu on the right Fixed Video Element top space Fixed Single Image linking Feb 19th, 2015 – Version 4.5
NEW: Added the option to use squared thumbs on portfolio grid page NEW: Added the option to have smooth anchor for page scrolling NEW: Added the option to assign custom id's to rows Improved top area display when admin bar is visible Improved qTranslate compatibility WooCommerce style adjustments (new plugin version) Updated the documentation Dec 29th, 2014 – Version 4.4
Improved Android devices compatibility Improved RTL support Fixed responsive grid Dec 22nd, 2014 – 4.3
Updated WPBakery Page Builder (WordPress 4.1 compatibility issue) Improved half layout image size calculation Carousel page: mobile device improvements Fixed custom taxonomy selector on various page elements Mobile Grid fixes Dec 12th, 2014 – 4.2
Improved Image Gallery grid display Improved titles alignment Fixed flexslider arrows display Dec 8th, 2014 – 4.1
Fixed load more posts feature Mobile devices fixes and improvements (buggy since latest major update) Dec 2nd, 2014 – 4.0
IMPORTANT: WPBakery Page Builder integration was severely changed and some of the options of certain elements may need to be rebuilt NEW: Added the option to have parallax backgrounds Improved WPBakery Page Builder integration Nov 26th, 2014 – 3.9
NEW: added line separator page element Fixed CSS animations (buggy since last update) Nov 25th, 2014 – 3.8
NEW: added portfolio accordion page Nov 19th, 2014 – 3.7
Combined and compressed .css and .js files (improves loading time) Added the option to have a grid blog with fixed size images Added the option to show an avatar on parent blog pages Nov 13th, 2014 – 3.6
Added the option to have wide portfolio posts without the right info panel Sep 28th, 2014 – 3.5
Fixed portfolio multiple image loading on https servers Updated Documentation (removed video tuts autoplay) Aug 25th, 2014 – 3.4
Changed services core : Important! - older services description needs to be re-done) Added the option for a service to open in a new window Jul 1st, 2014 – 3.3
Fixed submenus not opening when user is logged in Updated Envato Wordpress Toolkit bundled plugin version Jun 3rd, 2014 – 3.2
Improved Android devices detection Added Behance icon to the Social Networks Widget Turned off ajax loading when Wordpress admin bar is visible Fixed Video Player element Apr 23rd, 2014 – 3.1
Fixed VC message asking to update page content to new version Fixed text separator element Apr 17th, 2014 – 3.0
NEW FEATURE: Added CSS animations support for page elements Changed toggles core (old ones will stop working) Changed progress bars core (old ones will stop working) Updated WPBakery Page Builder (WP 3.9 compatibility improvement) Fixed admin buttons icons display (WP 3.9 compatibility improvement) Improved WPML compatibility Mar 5th, 2014 – 2.5
Improved Woocommerce grid Improved single posts WPBakery Page Builder elements display/colors Improved search results page – added featured images display Added indentation for 3rd level sub-menus Fixed accordion display (wrong since last version) Feb 11th, 2014 – 2.4
Improved theme gallery support (multiple galleries per-page) Improved Ajax Portfolio filter functions Improved WooCommerce support Improved Contact Form 7 support Fixed contact page translations for WPML Jan 11th, 2013 – 2.3
Implemented Theme Gallery shortcode Improved Layerslider support Improved tabs with lists inside display Jan 7th, 2014 – 2.2
Implemented Portfolio Password Protected pages feature Improved Password Protected pages feature Updates are now made using the Envato Wordpress Toolkit Fixed Princing Tables that do not use any button Fixed Princing Tables that use commas on the description Fixed theme slider autoplay option Dez 16th, 2013 – 2.1
Improved translations on frontend and backend Improved dashboard appearance (optimized for WP 3.8) Fixed latest portfolio posts shortcode that use a video lightbox Fixed slides text centered postion Nov 25th, 2013 – 2.0
Added missing alt attribute on some images Removed Bcc from contact form messages Fixed hide text option on slides Fixed layout when Social Sharing buttons are off Nov 12th, 2013 – 1.9
Added Stumbleupon to the Social Links widget Improved large titles display on related posts Improved posts without featured image and color display Fixed Social Links Widget Icons margin Nov 7th, 2013 – 1.8
Improved WPML compatibility Fixed gallery popup image size Fixed autoplay option on single post pages Fixed author info display Oct 26th, 2013 – 1.7
Added option to don't stop home slideshow when mouse is over Added Vertical Spacer element to WPBakery Page Builder Improved Youtube support Improved videos display on fullscreen slider page Improved qTranslate support on blog archives pages Fixed slug options change so that it takes effect immediately Fixed members page layout when there are small member descriptions Oct 22nd, 2013 – 1.6
Improved WPBakery Page Builder elements “animate on show” option Fixed call to action element position Oct 19th, 2013 – 1.5
Improved Layerslider support Improved animations on Ajax Portfolio Pages Oct 15th, 2013 – 1.4
Added the option to have menu links that load pages without Ajax Added the option of single images open a link on a new window Added 3 translations (Portuguese, German and Russian) – Thanks lindemannkuechen Added vCard link option to team members Fixed contact page scrollbar Improved menu click events on iOS devices Oct 9th, 2013 – 1.3
Added preloader display when single pages are closed Added the option to use a different logo on smaller screens Fixed collapsing menu button click on smaller screens Fixed author archives page Fixed logo click/menu highlight event On smaller screens the logo now links to the homepage Slides text is now visible on small devices Improved Android devices compatibility Oct 4th, 2013 – 1.2
Added loader display when navigating through single posts Smoothed the left sidebar scroll animation Adjusted Classic Blog page layout when sidebar is off Improved layout display when Responsiveness is off Improved iPad iOS 5 and iOS 6 compatibility Fixed inconsistent contact page form Fixed warning on theme update checker under some server configs Oct 2nd, 2013 – 1.1
Added the option to use a background image Added the option to add transparency to the menu bar Improved IE8 compatibility Fixed child theme style.css loading Removed warning on some pages when woocommerce is not active Oct 1st, 2013 – 1.0
Theme was released
Sources Used
- WPBakery Page Builder Plugin by Mixey
- Foundation by Zurb
- Magnific Popup by Dmitry Semenov
- Custom Content Scroller by malihu
- Recent Tweets Widget by Theme Prince
- Unique page sidebars by Andrew Ryno
- jQuery color animations by John Resig
- jQuery easing by McGinley Smith
- Decent Comments by itthinx
- WPAlchemy by Dimas Begunoff
- Image Resize Script by Victor Teixeira
- Debounced Resize by Louis Remi
- Isotope by David DeSandro
- Masonry by David DeSandro
- NProgress.js by Rico Sta. Cruz
- jQuery Transit by Rico Sta. Cruz
- CarouFredSel by Dev7Studios
- Tooltipster by Caleb Jacob
- Ambrosite Next/Previous Post Link Plus
- Flexslider by Woothemes
- Transitions for off-canvas navigation by Codrops
- Elastislide by Codrops
- Background Patterns by Subtle Patterns
- Social Network Icons by premiumpixels
- Entypo Font by Daniel Bruce
- Fontello Font Service
- Sharrre jQuery plugin by Julien Hany
Image Credits
These images are used only on the theme preview and are not included on the theme file package.
- Foundation by Zurb
- It’s also very easy to translate all of the text that used on your website (it can be done directly on the theme options, using .mo/.po files or using WPML plugin). This theme is certified by the WPML team: http://wpml.org/theme/samba/
- There’s also a cool option to colorize pages and posts according to their featured color. Once again this is entirely optional. Another great feature is the option to have the left menu always collapsed and also a 3D open/close effect can be used here;
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