Gusto - Vanguard WordPress Theme

Gusto - Vanguard WordPress Theme




  • This Wordpress Theme is great for all types of business and content. It comes with tons of useful options to ease and speed up the content creating. One of the vanguard features is really the Frontend Page Edition feature.
  • The theme includes also some premium elements:
    Visual Composer Plugin (worth 34 USD) to speed up the page creation process
    Slider Revolution Plugin (worth 19 USD) for stunning sliders
    Accordion Slider (worth 11 USD) for a special portfolio presentation
  • 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;
  • Shop integration? Sure! WooCommerce plugin has been styled and improved to fit on the theme like a glove;
  • The theme is translation ready (compatible with WPML), but you can also translate using the control panel (best solution if only one language is needed);
  • 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: Contact Form 7 and MailChimp;

Custom Admin Control Panel

  • It is really important to have a simple and powerful admin panel. Divided in 10 sections the Gusto 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).
  • One-click install sample content will allow the automatic generation of pages, posts, slides, portfolio items and team members

Custom Page Layouts

  • Carousel Portfolio Page (unlimited portfolios can be created)
  • Grid With Descriptions Portfolio Page
  • Rectangular Grid Portfolio Page
  • Squared Grid Portfolio Page
  • Masonry Portfolio Page
  • Timeline Portfolio Page
  • Half size images Blog Page (unlimited blogs can be created)
  • Full size images Blog Page
  • Masonry Blog Page
  • Centered Blog Page
  • Theme Page
  • Classic Contact Page
  • Fullscreen Contact Page

4 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)
  • Testimonials Custom Post type (unlimited testimonials and sets can be created)

Other Features

  • 45 Elements that can be added directly using the Visual Composer 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: 3 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)
  • Unlimited 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 27th, 2016 – Version 3.6
Improved parallax effectImproved Mailchimp for WP by ibericode supportUpdated Visual ComposerUpdated TGM Plugin ManagerChanged child theme main scripts loading (it is now from parent theme by default)Updated Theme documentation

Apr 14th, 2016 – Version 3.5
Updated Visual Composer

Feb 13th, 2016 – Version 3.4
Improved PHP 7 compatibilityImproved WooCommerce compatibilityFixed Twitter share buttonUpdated DocumentationUpdated Revolution SliderUpdated Visual Composer – some elements have a new render engine (rows, tabs, tour, call to action, galleries and progress bars) – some of these elements may need to be re-built according to the new plugin version. Toggle and Button Icons are deprecated

Oct 10th, 2015 – Version 3.3
Updated Visual Composer (Progress Bars use a new “engine”)Updated Revolution SliderRemoved warning message on wysiwyg custom fieldsFixed Envato Toolkit install notice

Sep 3rd, 2015 – Version 3.2
NEW: Added title display to Gallery Images lightboxRemoved plugin related warnings (since WordPress 4.3)Improved WooCommerce supportUpdated Envato WordPress Toolkit

Jun 27th, 2015 – Version 3.1
Updated prettyPhoto script - prettyPhoto XSS fix

May 6th, 2015 – Version 3.0
Compressed CSS files (improves loading time)Separated Visual Composer from Gusto FrameworkUpdated Visual ComposerUpdated TGM Plugin Activation script

Apr 26th, 2015 – Version 2.4
Updated TGM Activation Plugin (security improvement)Updated Documentation

Feb 20th, 2015 – Version 2.3
Improved Android devices compatibilityImproved Google Maps page element displayImproved qTranslate compatibilityUpdated documentationUpdated Revolution SliderWooCommerce style adjustments (new plugin version)

Oct 20th, 2014 – Version 2.2
Fixed the inclusion of the latest version of the Gusto Framework pluginFixed footer menu display on certain page types

Oct 15th, 2014 – Version 2.1
Fixed left header text option displayImproved retina display supportFixed single images lightbox image displayFixed available width calculations before going to collapsed modeUpdated Envato Wordpress toolkitUpdated Revolution Slider

Sep 28th, 2014 – Version 2.0
Improved WPML compatibilityFixed header bar information text displayFixed contact page layout (buggy on boxed layouts)Updated Documentation (removed video tuts autoplay)

Aug 29th, 2014 – Version 1.9
Menu fixes when no logo is being usedFixed contact form “Name” translation via WPMLFixed footer sidebar display under certain theme optionsUpdated Revolution Slider

Jul 29th, 2014 – Version 1.8
Improved served images size calculationsImproved lightbox elements display

Jul 14th, 2014 – Version 1.7
Improved mouse scrolling issue on FirefoxImproved parallax sections displayImproved sub-pages and sub-categories supportImproved keyboard navigation on fullscreen portfolio entriesFixed footer opacity inconsistencyFixed auto-rotate option for tour tabs

Jun 6th, 2014 – Version 1.6
Added multiple Latest Portfolio element support on the same pageAdded “Quick Message” translationImproved 3rd level menu display on smaller devicesImproved footer opacity change on certain types of pagesImproved parallax effectsTurned off ajax loading when Wordpress admin bar is visible

May 1st, 2014 – Version 1.5
Improved portfolio entries display on mobileImproved Android devices detectionFixed one click install members contentFixed footer display when there are no widgetsUpdated ReduxFramework

April 23rd, 2014 – Version 1.4
Fixed option to hide date on Latest Posts elementFixed VC message asking to update page content to new versionImproved portfolio filter functions

April 17th, 2014 – Version 1.3
NEW FEATURE: alternative header layout – logo above menuUpdated Visual Composer (WP 3.9 compatibility improvement)Fixed admin buttons icons display (WP 3.9 compatibility improvement)Fixed Revolution slider first slide animation

April 14th, 2014 – Version 1.2
Added the option to show images stacked on single portfolio pagesAdded option to have a custom opacity when menu is not collapsedFixed menu highlight under certain conditions

April 3rd, 2014 – Version 1.1
Added Boxed Layout optionAdded videos to the documentation

April 1st, 2014 – Version 1.0
Theme was released

Image Credits

These images are used only on the theme preview and are not included on the theme file package.