Kalium 4
Introducing the Kalium 4, our biggest update ever! This major release brings groundbreaking changes and lots of new features, making Kalium more powerful and versatile than ever before. From this version onward, Kalium will be sold exclusively on our website.
Global Colors
and Palettes
Live Customizer
Theme options have moved to the Customizer, edit changes in real-time for a better user experience.
White Label
12
New Languages
50%
Lighter & Faster
Accessible
for Everyone
+11
Starter sites for Elementor
Introducing 11 brand-new Elementor starter sites, each professionally crafted for different industries and purposes.
Theme
Dashboard
Gutenberg
Block Editor Support
Unlock the new potential
More tools, more power to supercharge to your store.
Main Features
Kalium 4 brings full support for both Elementor and the Block Editor, including 11 new Elementor starter sites. You can easily customize with the live customizer and manage licenses via Freemius integration, all newly introduced in this version.
Full Elementor Support
Enjoy seamless integration with Elementor, the world’s leading page builder, making website customization intuitive and effortless.
Live Customizer
With theme options moved to the Customizer, you can now edit and preview changes in real-time, offering a more interactive and efficient customization process.
Gutenberg Block Editor
With full support for Gutenberg, the default WordPress builder, Kalium makes content creation and customization seamless and straightforward.
11 New Starter Sites
Say hello to 11 new Elementor starter sites, crafted with the free Elementor version—no Elementor Pro required.
Theme Dashboard
Experience greater control with our new theme dashboard, offering management of site settings and features for a more better user experience.
Freemius
We’ve moved to Freemius for licensing and purchasing, offering a range of new pricing plans and licensing options to better meet your needs.
White Label
Available in the Agency plan, this feature allows you to rebrand the theme with your company’s branding, providing a customized solution for your clients.
Performance and Accessibility
Kalium has been optimized for faster load times and smoother performance, with reduced jQuery usage and a smaller CSS footprint. We’ve also improved accessibility by increasing color contrast and adding more WCAG options for a better, more inclusive user experience.
Codebase Refactoring
We’ve refactored the code for better performance and easier maintenance, ensuring smoother updates and a more reliable site.
Faster Load Times
Experience quicker load times with our improved performance features, providing a faster and smoother browsing experience.
Deferred JavaScript
JavaScript now loads on demand, speeding up your pages and improving overall site performance and Core Web Vitals scores.
Reduced jQuery Usage
We’ve cut jQuery usage by 95%, resulting in faster site performance and less dependency on outdated technology.
SEO Friendly
Optimized for Core Web Vitals, boosting SEO performance and helping your site achieve higher rankings in search engines with the latest Kalium improvements.
Accessibility
Improved accessibility to meet WCAG standards, including increased color contrast, keyboard navigation support, and screen reader compatibility making Kalium accessible for everyone.
Smaller CSS Size
CSS size has been reduced by 25%, enhancing page load speeds and overall site performance.
Latest CSS Trends
Adopted the latest CSS techniques, including variables and new properties, along with Baseline 2024 features for modern styling.
WooCommerce
WooCommerce integration has received significant updates, bringing a wealth of new features and options designed to enhance your online store. These updates make it easier than ever to customize your shop’s design and improve the overall shopping and checkout experience for your customers.
17 Product Card Layouts
Choose from 17 modern product card layouts or customize them with unlimited options to suit any type of shop.
Product Card Builder
Design custom product cards for the shop page using the builder, available for both grid and list layouts.
List Layout Type
A new option for the shop page that displays products in a list view, offering an alternative to the traditional grid layout.
Columns Switcher
On the shop page, switch between grid and list layouts or adjust the number of products per row in the grid to customize product display.
Free Shipping Bar
A new progress bar appears in various areas like product pages, cart, and checkout, showing how close customers are to qualifying for free shipping.
Toggle Sidebar
Toggle the sidebar on or off for the shop page, with options to display it as a classic sidebar or off-canvas offering a better way to filter the products.
Badge Styles
Choose from three main product badge styles or customize the badges with a range of styling options available.
Cart Drawer
We’ve added a new off-canvas cart drawer, alongside the existing mini cart layout, giving you more flexibility in how the cart is displayed.
Sale Badge Percentage
The new option replaces the “Sale” label with the actual discount percentage, automatically calculating and showing the exact savings on each product.
3 Tab Layouts
Three new ways to organize tabs: Tabs, Accordions, and Stacked containers. Each of them has lots of features.
Vertical Tabs
A new way to show tabs, instead of horizontal layout now you can show the tabs vertically and the content on the side.
Summary Accordions
This option shows the accordions in the summary area, with options to either show as expanded or collapsed.
Multi-Step Checkout
Display the purchasing process in clear steps. It can be easily turned on or off based on your preference.
Order Review
New options for order review during cart and checkout include: invoice cut for a dynamic look, invoice flat for simplicity, and sticky to keep the summary visible while scrolling.
Login/Register Image
Add an image to your login or register page. If no image is selected, none will be displayed by default.
9 Gallery Types
Display product images in any of the 9 different gallery types, each offering unique options and features.
Full-Width Product Gallery
Show product images in full width to make them more visible and visually appealing on your site.
6 Category Box Types
Select from the newly added six different styles for displaying product categories in the shop page.
Styling
Styling has been enhanced with a range of new options, giving you more control over your site’s appearance. Customize colors, typography, buttons, and layouts for a personalized design experience.
Global Colors
Globally manage your site’s colors with 8 base colors and options to add more. Easily export/import palettes and use these colors across Gutenberg, Elementor, and ACF as theme colors.
Container Layouts
Select from three preset container sizes — large, medium, small, or set a custom max width. Includes options for full width containers and Gutenberg block spacing for flexible layout control.
Button Styling
Easily adjust and control the look of all buttons across your site from one place, ensuring they have a consistent style everywhere.
Form Styling
Customize your form fields with options for placeholder text color, text color for Normal, Hover, and Active states, border color and width, padding, and border radius for rounded corners.
Form Plugins Supported
Compatible with popular form plugins, including Contact Form 7, WPForms, Fluent Forms, Forminator, Ninja Forms. Other plugins also work seamlessly, thanks to Kalium styling structure.
4 Link Styles
Choose from four link styles—Standard, Underline, Swap, and Fill—to customize how links appear in your content. Each style comes with its own set of options for individual styling and animations.
Sidebar Styling
Manage sidebars globally with advanced styling options. Customize width, spacing, padding, and colors to match your site’s design.
Sticky Sidebar / Widgets
Enable sticky sidebar support for either the entire sidebar or just the last widgets, keeping important content visible as users scroll.
Scroll to Top
Improved the Scroll to Top feature with new icon choices and styling options, giving you more control.
Site Frame
Formerly known as Theme Border, the Site Frame feature has been updated with a variety of new styling options and now includes border radius support.
Blog
Easily manage your blog with new layouts, filters, and post card options. Personalize the look and feel of your blog with improved styling flexibility.
Narrow and Wide Layout
Choose between a narrow or wide container for post page. Adjust the narrow width for better readability and set the offset from the sides to customize the layout.
Blog Post Elementor Widget
A new widget for Elementor lets you display your blog posts with a variety of options and features, offering flexibility for showing your blog posts anywhere.
Blog Post Card
Customize the blog post card with extensive styling options, control over post meta and excerpts, and choose what to display or hide within the card.
Feaured Image Options
New options for featured images include size adjustments, aspect ratio settings, custom styles, and placeholders for greater flexibility.
Improved Related Posts
We’ve enhanced the related posts feature with new styling options and additional features, giving you more control over how related posts are shown.
Reverse Navigation
Enable this option to swap the ‘Previous’ and ‘Next’ links in your blog, allowing you to customize the sequential order of navigation links.
Portfolio
Enjoy new features for your portfolio, including advanced filtering, updated layouts, and flexible design options. Display your projects in a fresh and modern way. We’ve removed the Portfolio Post Type plugin and integrated it directly into the theme, which can be enabled or disabled based on your needs.
Updated Elementor Widget
We’ve updated the Portfolio widget for Elementor, now including all available options. You can easily add and customize portfolio items on any page using Elementor.
Filter by Tags
New advanced filtering options support both category and tag filters, with new alignment settings for more precise control over how portfolio title and filters are displayed.
Header and Footer
With the revamped header and footer builders, designing these key sections of your site has become much easier. New features and styling options give you full control over layouts, allowing you to arrange elements such as logos, menus, and widgets with precision.
Footer Builder
Footer Builder features new styling options, while elements are added through the Block Editor under widgets, providing a wide range of customization possibilities not available before.
Pill Navigation
A new feature that applies pill style to your navigation items, offering a sleek design that improves both appearance and accessibility.
Mobile Menu
The mobile menu has been completely reworked, now featuring a new builder with new elements and styling options, offering fresh design possibilities and improved customization.
Classic Search Form
We’ve added a classic search input option alongside the existing animated search bar, giving you the choice between a traditional or dynamic search experience.
Header Builder
The updated Header Builder now offers a range of new features, enhancing your ability to design and customize your header with more flexibility and options.
Header Styling
Styling and spacing are in your own hands where you can manage gap, padding, margin, border, background and text colors, and even chaining effects.
Other
Several new and updated features provide even more design flexibility. Social icons now support 40+ platforms, pagination is smoother, and breadcrumbs come with new styling options. The lightbox functionality has been improved with Fancybox, and typography settings are more customizable than ever. Plus, translation just got an update with 12 new languages.
Pagination
New unified pagination options provide greater control for posts, portfolios, and products, improving the overall site navigation.
Maintenance Mode
Merged maintenance and coming soon modes into one module. Now you can add a cust omlogo, countdown timer and customize styling options without the need for a custom plugin.
Social Icons
Social Icons have been revamped to include 40+ networks and custom icons. Use the drag-and-drop tool to easily arrange and manage your icons.
Fancybox
Replaced the old lightbox with Fancybox, a premium lightbox, offering a much better media viewing experience with better speed, design and functionality.
Search Results
Design and customize the look of your search results page with new options, giving you full control over how search results are displayed and styled.
Breadcrumbs
Choose from 3 new breadcrumb styles with additional styling and visibility options for easier customization and control.
Translation and Typography
Kalium has been optimized for faster load times and smoother performance, with reduced jQuery usage and a smaller CSS footprint. We’ve also improved accessibility by increasing color contrast and adding more WCAG options for a better, more inclusive user experience.
GlotPress Integration
GlotPress is now set up, allowing you to find, contribute to, and view translations directly on our translations page.
+12 Languages
We’ve added 12 new languages, including Portuguese (PT), Romanian, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, and many more. Making a total of 30 languages.
RTL Support
Enhanced RTL support with the latest CSS techniques ensures proper display and compliance with RTL languages.
Font Sizes
Manage font sizes more extensively with new options, allowing you to adjust sizes directly across multiple areas for greater customization.
Scalable Units
We’ve transitioned from using only pixels (PX) to incorporating REM units, following the latest CSS trends for better scalability and responsiveness in design.
All Units Supported
Choose your global typography preferred font size unit, or choose separately for every selector. Offered options are px, em, rem, pt, vw, and %.