Salient - Responsive Multi-Purpose Theme

Salient is a multi-purpose WordPress theme designed for creative professionals, agencies, and businesses. It ships with the WPBakery page builder and a collection of custom elements tailored for building visually rich websites without coding. The theme includes pre-designed demo sites that can be imported and customized to match specific brand requirements.

Core Capabilities

• WPBakery page builder included: Full version of WPBakery with 60+ custom Salient elements for building page layouts visually, including animated sections, team member cards, and pricing tables.
• Pre-built demos: A library of importable website designs covering creative agencies, corporate sites, personal portfolios, shops, restaurants, and landing pages.
• Portfolio system: Built-in portfolio post type with multiple layout options including masonry, grid, justified, and fullscreen galleries with filtering and category navigation.
• Header builder: Configurable header layouts with options for transparent, sticky, side navigation, and full-screen menu styles with custom positioning and styling.
• WooCommerce integration: Custom shop layouts, product page designs, and checkout styling that match the theme design for e-commerce sites.

Practical Considerations

Salient provides extensive design options, which means the theme options panel has many settings to configure. The learning curve is moderate for users unfamiliar with WPBakery page builder. Since the theme bundles WPBakery, switching themes later means migrating away from WPBakery shortcodes, which can leave shortcode remnants in content. Page load times depend on how many animations and visual effects are used; minimizing heavy effects improves performance.