Kirki allows theme developers to build themes quicker & more easily.
With over 30 custom controls ranging from simple sliders to complex typography controls with Google-Fonts integration and features like automatic CSS & postMessage script generation, Kirki makes theme development a breeze.
Features
- Increased Performance
- Simplified API
- Automatic CSS Generation
- Automatic postMessage Generation
- Partial Refresh
- Conditional Logic
- GDPR Compliance
- Improved Page Speed
- & more!
Controls
- Background Customizer Control
- Code Customizer Control
- Checkbox Customizer Control
- Color Customizer Control
- Color Palette Customizer Control
- Custom Customizer Control
- Dashicons Customizer Control
- Date Customizer Control
- Dimension Customizer Control
- Dimensions Customizer Control
- Dropdown Pages Customizer Control
- Editor Customizer Control
- Generic Customizer Control
- Image Customizer Control
- Link Customizer Control
- Multiple Checkbox Customizer Control
- Multicolor Customizer Control
- Number Customizer Control
- Radio Customizer Control
- Radio Buttonset Customizer Control
- Radio Image Customizer Control
- Repeater Customizer Control
- Select Customizer Control
- Slider Customizer Control
- Sortable Customizer Control
- Switch Customizer Control
- Text Customizer Control
- Textarea Customizer Control
- Toggle Customizer Control
- Typography Customizer Control
- Upload Customizer Control
Theme Example
Page Builder Framework‘s customizer settings are a prime example of what can be achieved with Kirki.
Conditional Logic, Partial Refresh, postMessage and a variety of controls – It has all of it.
Documentation
You can find detailed documentation on how to use Kirki on kirki.org
Kirki PRO
Kirki PRO is currently in development. You can sign up for the waiting list here to be notified about updates.
Disclaimer
Theme developers should be familiar with the Customizer API before starting to build a theme using Kirki. An excellent handbook for the WordPress Customizer can be found on the developer.wordpress.org website.
Download & install the zip archive
The plugin package installer can be downloaded from the WP2E project tab called “code”.
1 – Select the version to download if this option is available otherwise the “latest” version of the main plugin will be used.
2 – After downloading the zip archive install the plugin package installer in you local environment and activate the script from the plugin list.
3 – Under the section “Plugins” of the admin dashboard you should see a new “Dependencies & Licenses” link. Follow the instructions from this panel to finalize the installation of the missing dependencies.
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- Give a name to your project
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- Download the Installer Package
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- Install & activate the plugin locally
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- Install the suggested dependencies
Tips: Use the WP2E panel to add/suggest new dependencies to the local installation. Press F5 in the list of dependencies if the changes are not displayed right away.