Borderland WordPress Theme

Yes. Elated-Themes continues to maintain Borderland with periodic updates on ThemeForest. Update frequency has slowed compared to earlier years, but the theme receives compatibility patches for new WordPress and WooCommerce versions. Always check the changelog before updating on a live site, and test in a staging environment first.

Borderland was built around Visual Composer and its own shortcode system before Gutenberg existed. Basic Gutenberg blocks work, but the theme’s advanced layouts rely on its bundled page builder. Mixing both editors on the same page causes conflicts. Most Borderland sites continue using the classic editor with the Elated page builder for complex layouts.

After activating Borderland, navigate to Elated Options > Import. The one-click demo importer will load pages, settings, sliders, and sample content. Make sure Revolution Slider and other required plugins are activated before importing, or some demo elements won’t appear. Demo import on a fresh install works best since it overwrites existing menus and widget areas.

Borderland’s shortcodes and most pre-built layouts depend on Visual Composer. You can build simple pages without it using standard WordPress blocks, but most of the theme’s visual features become inaccessible. For new builds, a Borderland specialist can identify which features you actually need and configure the setup accordingly to avoid unnecessary plugin weight.

Borderland’s code is reasonably clean and compatible with major SEO plugins like Yoast and Rank Math. However, the theme’s default scripts add page weight that can affect Core Web Vitals scores. Structured data, meta configuration, and performance tuning still require deliberate setup. The theme alone won’t handle SEO automatically.

Create a new folder in wp-content/themes, add a style.css with the correct header including Template: borderland, and add a functions.php that enqueues the parent theme’s styles. Borderland’s Elated framework has some specific enqueue dependencies, so testing after setup is important. A child theme protects your customizations from being overwritten on theme updates.

Yes. Borderland includes WooCommerce support with styled templates for shop, product, cart, and checkout pages. The styling integrates with the theme’s visual design. After major WooCommerce updates, some template files may become outdated and need refreshing to avoid layout issues on product and cart pages.

Key steps: compress and lazy-load images, disable unused bundled plugins, configure a caching plugin, defer non-critical JavaScript, and use a CDN. Borderland’s slider scripts and animation libraries are the heaviest assets. Removing sliders you don’t use and limiting parallax sections to key pages has a noticeable impact on load time scores.

Yes. Borderland is WPML-compatible, which allows full translation of page content, theme strings, and WooCommerce products. You’ll need a valid WPML license. Setup involves registering translatable strings in WPML’s String Translation module and duplicating pages for each language. A Borderland developer familiar with WPML can handle the full configuration.

Rates for a Borderland developer on Codeable typically range from $70 to $120 per hour depending on the scope. Small fixes and single-task customizations are often completed in one to three hours. Larger projects like full site builds or major redesigns are scoped as fixed-price estimates. You get a free estimate before committing to anything.