Catch Sketch is a clean and responsive multipurpose WordPress theme that is absolutely free of cost. The theme is versatile and comes with flexible features to adapt all kinds of business styles. Catch Sketch is completely responsive with an aesthetic and minimal design. It has been designed in a way that is perfect for promoting products and services. Be it a personal website, a corporate site or a photography blog, Catch Sketch is the best theme to go for. Your website will look aesthetically pleasing and professionally sleek. It comes with features like Featured Content, Featured Slider, Hero Content, Portfolio, Services, Social Icons, Testimonials, Incredible Support, WordPress Standard Codes, and more. With all of these basic features integrated into Catch Sketch, you sure can create a simple and elegant website with utter ease and speed. Catch Sketch is an innovative, simple yet feature-rich multipurpose theme that provides a flexible framework for any type of websites with a clean outlook. Express your thoughts and push your business to the next level with Catch Sketch.
Features
Theme Options
The most powerful feature of Catch Themes is its Theme Options which will allow you to easily customize your website with clicks. So, now you no longer need to be a designer or a programmer to build customized websites. Theme Options allow you to toggle on and off features, adjust layouts, change colors, fonts, logo, favicon, background, add social links and custom CSS.
Responsive Design
One of the key features of our themes is that your website will magically respond and adapt to different screen sizes delivering an optimized design for iPhones, iPads, and other mobile devices. No longer will you need to zoom and scroll around when browsing on your mobile phone.
Webmaster Tools
Webmaster Tools option helps you to minutely manage your site. Firstly, it helps to verify the site in Google, Yahoo and Bing. Additionally, whether it is something like site optimization, keeping track of your site traffic or overseeing and altering your display settings, you can call the shots for you site through Webmaster tools. These tools also allow you to add to your site Header and Footer Scripts like Google Analytics, Site Stats, Facebook, twitter and much more.
Incredible Support
We have a great line of support team and support documentation. You do not need to worry about how to use the themes we provide, just refer to our Tech Support segment. Further, if you need to do advanced customization to your website, you can always hire our theme customizer!
Featured Page Slider
Featured Page Slider is an option that is helpful to highlight noteworthy pages on your site. You can have columns of content as well as selected images set on your page slider. The fun part is, you get to decide for how long a page stays on your page before something else comes up on the slider. How will you make that happen? By exercising your control over different slide effects and their timing!
Featured Content
Featured Content allows you to highlight your recent & popular posts on your website. It can either be displayed on Homepage or the entire site. You can add your title and sub-title for featured content, select the number of featured content, display Meta, select multiple categories, and enjoy displaying your featured & recent posts.
Services
Every website owner wants the world to know about the services they provide. It allows you to place the services you provide for your customers on the spotlight. Choose to display the services in 2 to 4 columns. Display your services on the homepage only or on the entire website.
Hero Content
You can now display the best assets of your website with the Hero Content feature. The feature allows you to highlight the most important content in a fashion that is easily attention-grabbing. You can enable the hero content either on Homepage or the entire site. Hero Content - the easiest way to display your strengths.
WordPress Standard Codes
Our code is secure and optimized. We do proper data validation and sanitization and follow core theme guidelines. Our developers are active contributors to WordPress theme review and WordPress core. Our themes will always be updated as things change in WordPress.
Testimonials
People are always curious about what your goods and services are really like. Since customer testimonials are candid and not by the company promoting the product, they assist in building trust. You can display testimonials on Homepage, the entire site or disable it completely.
Portfolio
Portfolio empowers you to showcase your professional skills and accomplishments to the world at large. Display your Portfolio in an elegant manner on the Homepage/Frontpage, the entire site or you can also disable it completely if you don’t need it. An astounding way to easily display your experience, skills, talent, and expertise.
More Features
- Theme Options
- Responsive Design
- Featured Slider
- Webmaster Tools
- Page Templates
- Featured Thumbnail
- Threaded Comments
- Dropdown Menu
- Excerpt Length
- Gravatar Ready
- Localized for translations
- Custom Header / Logo
- Custom Favicon
- Custom Menu
- Custom Layout
- Custom CSS
- Support
- Hero Content
- Portfolio
- Testimonials
- Services
- Header Video
- Featured Content
- WordPress Standard Codes
Free Vs Pro (Premium)
| Free | Features | Pro (Premium) |
|---|---|---|
| Responsive Design | ||
| Super Easy Setup | ||
| Color Options for various sections | ||
| Base Color Scheme: Dark, Gray and Yellow | ||
| Header Media | ||
| Primary Menu | ||
| Social on Header Top | ||
| Social on Header | ||
| Social on Footer | ||
| Social on Contact Info | ||
| Comment Options | ||
| Contant Info | ||
| Contant Form: Post | ||
| Contant Form: Page | ||
| Contant Form: Custom | ||
| Discography | ||
| Excerpt Options | ||
| Featured content: Post | ||
| Featured content: Page | ||
| Featured content: Category | ||
| Featured content: Custom | ||
| Featured content: Custom Post Types | ||
| Featured Slider: Post | ||
| Featured Slider: Page | ||
| Featured Slider: Category | ||
| Featured Slider: Custom | ||
| Featured Video | ||
| Font Family Options | ||
| Footer Editor Options | ||
| Header Top | ||
| Gallery: Post | ||
| Gallery: Page | ||
| Gallery: Category | ||
| Hero Content:Post | ||
| Hero Content: Page | ||
| Hero Content:Category | ||
| Hero Content:Custom | ||
| Site Layout: Fluid/Boxed | ||
| Default Layout: Right Sidebar ( Content, Primary Sidebar ) | ||
| Default Layout: Left Sidebar ( Primary Sidebar, Content ) | ||
| Default Layout: No Sidebar | ||
| Default Layout: No Sidebar: Full Width | ||
| Homepage Layout: Right Sidebar(Content, Primary Side) | ||
| Homepage Layout: Left Sidebar(Primary Side, Content) | ||
| Homepage Layout: No Sidebar | ||
| Homepage Layout: No Sidebar:Full Width | ||
| Homepage Post Column: 1Column | ||
| Homepage Post Column: 3Columns | ||
| Blog/Archive Layout: Right Sidebar(Content, Primary Sidebar) | ||
| Blog/Archive Layout: Left Sidebar(Primary Sidebar, Content) | ||
| Blog/Archive Layout: No Sidebar | ||
| Blog/Archive Layout: No Sidebar:Full Width | ||
| Blog/ Archive Posts Column: 1Column | ||
| Blog/Archive Posts Column: 3Columns | ||
| Archive Content Layout: Show Excerpt | ||
| Archive Content Layout: Full Content | ||
| Archive Content Layout: Hide Content | ||
| Archive Display Meta: Hide Meta | ||
| Archive Display Meta: Show Meta | ||
| Single Page/Post Image Layout: Post Thumbnail(1060*596) | ||
| Single Page/Post Image Layout: Featured(664*373) | ||
| Single Page/Post Image Layout: Original Image Size | ||
| WooCommerce Layout | ||
| Logo Slider: Page | ||
| Logo Slider: Post | ||
| Logo Slider: Category | ||
| Logo Slider: Custom | ||
| Menu Options: Classic | ||
| Menu Options: Modern | ||
| Menu Options: Enable/disable search on Primary Menu | ||
| Menu Options: Enable/disable cart on Primary | ||
| Portfolio: Page | ||
| Portfolio: Post | ||
| Portfolio: Category | ||
| Portfolio: Custom | ||
| Portfolio: Custom Post Type | ||
| Promotion Headline: Page | ||
| Promotion Headline: Post | ||
| Promotion Headline: Category | ||
| Promotion Headline: Custom | ||
| Pagination Options | ||
| Scroll Up Options | ||
| Section Sorter | ||
| Services: Post | ||
| Services: Page | ||
| Services: Category | ||
| Services: Custom | ||
| Services: Custom Post Type | ||
| Stats: Post | ||
| Stats: Page | ||
| Stats: Category | ||
| Stats: Custom | ||
| Team: Post | ||
| Team: Page | ||
| Team: Category | ||
| Team: Custom | ||
| Testimonials: Post | ||
| Testimonials: Page | ||
| Testimonials: Category | ||
| Testimonials: Custom | ||
| Testimonials: Custom Post Type | ||
| Playlist | ||
| Sticky Playlist | ||
| Update Notifier | ||
| WPML Ready | ||
| WooCommerce Ready |
Theme Instructions
#How to install theme?
Go to this link
#How to update theme to the latest version?
Go to this link
#Always Set Featured Images
This theme relies heavily on Featured Images. If your post is missing a Featured Image, the post image will not show up on homepage, on archived pages and on Featured Page Slider Content. Click Here to see how to add Featured Image in your Post/Page.
Image Sizes in px:#
Post Thumbnail
Width: 1230
Height: 692
Slider Image:
Width: 1920
Height: 1080
Hero Content
Width: 600
Height: 600
Featured(Portfolio, Featured Content, Services, Scrolling, Top Reads, Featured Two colurm except first
Width: 640
Height: 480
Testimonial/Service
Width: 150
Height: 150
Team/Shop
Width: 596
Height: 795
Logo
Width: 216
Height: 108
Why Choose Us
Width: 75
Height: 75
#How to add Featured Image in Post/Page?
Go to this link.
#Regenerate Thumbnails
For regenerate thumbnails got to this link
Customizer (Theme Options) #
You can customize this theme using cool additional features through Customizer at “Appearance => Customize” from your WordPress Dashboard.
#How to add Logo?
Go to this link
#How to enable/disable Site Title and Tagline
Go to this link
#How to add Site Icon (Favicon/Web Clip Icon)?
Go to this link
#How to add Header Video?
Go to this link
#How to add Header Image?
Go to this link
#Menus
Mode offers exciting Menu Options! This theme supports and recommends using “Custom Menus”. You can create Custom Menu through “Appearance => Menus” from your WordPress Dashboard.
Go to this linkto know how to add custom menu
Select Menu Locations
You can assign your custom menu in 2 different locations. You assign it either from “Appearance => Customize => Menus => Manage Location” or from “Appearance => Menus => Manage Location”
Select your Custom Menu as Primary Menu to display it as the Main Menu, which will replace the default Page Menu
Social Footer Menu to display social menu in footer
#How to Change the Excerpt Length and Read More Text?
Go to this link
#Featured Content
Mode supports 5 featured content types to choose from: 1. Post, 2. Page, 3. Category and 4. Custom. 5.Custom Post Type(requires Essential Content Type Plugin ). For Featured Content Options, go to “Appearance => Customize => Theme Options => Featured Content”
Go to this link
#Featured Slider
Mode supports featured slider as Page. For Featured Slider Options, go to “Appearance => Customize => Theme Options =>Featured Slider”.
Go to this link
#Hero Content
Mode supports Page as Hero Content. For Hero Content Options, go to “Appearance => Customize => Theme Options => Hero Content Options”.
Go to this link
#How to Set Certain Categories to Display in Homepage/Frontpage?
Go to this link
#Layout Options
Mode has 2 Default Layout, 2 Homepage/Archive Layout to choose from “Appearance => Customize => Theme Options => Layout Options”
Default Layout
Once you are in Layout Options, you can Check the option below “Default Layout Options” which will set our site layout. Further, you have the choice of selecting custom layout for individual pages and posts through “Catch Sketch Options => Layout Options”, which you shall find below individual posts and pages, when you click on them for adding/editing
Homepage Layout
Once you are in Layout Options, you can Check the option below “Homepage Layout” which will set our site layout for Homepage Posts
Blog/Archive Layout
Once you are in Layout Options, you can Check the option below “Blog/Archive Layout” which will set our site layout for Blog and Archive pages
Single Page/Post Image
Once you are in Layout Options, you can Check the option below “Single Page/Post Image” which will set our site layout for Single page and posts
#How to change Pagination Options?
Go to this link
#Portfolio
Mode supports Portfolio types to choose as Custom Post Type.
#How to add Portfolio in Homepage/Frontpage using Essential Content Type?
Go to this link
#How to enable/disable Scrollup feature?
Go to this link
#How to change default text in search box?
Go to this link
Service #
Mode supports Custom Post Type as Service.
#How to add service in theme?
Go to this link
#Testimonials
Mode supports Custom Post Type as testimonials.
#How to add Testimonials in Homepage/Frontpage using Essential Content Type?
Go to this link
#How to add Widgets in widget area?
You can add widgets to your widget area from two location
Go to this link for more detail.
#Additional CSS
Go to this link for more detail.
#Webmaster Tools
Go to this link for more detail
Recommended Plugins
* Catch Web Tools for Webmaster Tools, To Top, Catch IDs and so on
* Essential Content Type
* Contact Form 7 for Contact Form
* Regenerate Thumbnails to for Regenerating Thumbnails
* Jetpack for Infinite Scroll, Gallery, Stats, Image CDN and many more
Change Log
2.1.2 (Released: November 22, 2024)
- Bug Fixed: WooCommerce Thumbnail for single product page
- Updated: WordPress 6.7 ready
2.1.1 (Released: June 12, 2024)
- Updated: WordPress 6.5 ready
2.1 (Released: February 05, 2024)
- Removed: Depreciated Instagram Feed Plugin recommendation
- Updated: WordPress 6.4 ready
2.0.3 (Released: July 28, 2022)
- Updated: Google Font hosted locally (https://make.wordpress.org/themes/2022/06/18/complying-with-gdpr-when-using-google-fonts/)
2.0.2 (Released: March 26, 2022)
- Updated: Blocks and editor blocks updated
2.0.1 (Released: March 24, 2022)
- Bug Fixed: Jetack Testimonial headline and sub-headline issue
2.0 (Released: February 10, 2022)
- Bug Fixed: Continue reading text color in Featured Content Section
- Bug Fixed: Block widget title issue
- Updated: WordPress 5.9 ready
1.2.3 (Released: December 16, 2021)
- Bug Fixed: Removed extra ; from style
1.2.2 (Released: January 16, 2021)
- Bug Fixed: Header Media Issue
- Bug Fixed: Multi flex-height, changed to flex-height and flex-width
1.2.1 (Released: October 12, 2020)
- Added: Social icon support for Soundcloud, Apple and Amazon
1.2 (Released: May 23, 2020)
- Bug Fixed: content.php heading condition
- Updated: readme.txt and style.css as per the new requirement
- Updated: Customizer reset button moved to the bottom
1.1.2 (Released: April 21, 2020)
- Updated: wp_date issue in older WP themes
- Updated: TGM plugins list
- Updated: Clean up codes
1.1 (Released: February 24, 2020)
- Bug Fixed: Changes button background color on editor style
- Bug Fixed: Page item dropdown button issue
- Bug Fixed: h1 HTML tag issue
1.0 (Released: November 21, 2019)
- Added: Requires PHP block in readme file
- Bug Fixed: Escaping issue in excerpt more text
0.4 (Released: November 15, 2019)
- Added: Update Notifier
- Bug Fixed: Content area
- Bug Fixed: Margin of heading issue
0.3 (Released: August 28, 2019)
- Bug Fixed: Tag link Spell wrong issue
- Bug Fixed: comment-edit-link color added
- Updated: Header Media Code
0.2 (Released: August 23, 2019)
- Homepage default layout set to right sidebar (Content, Primary Sidebar)
- Removed: Extra code from about page
0.1 (Released: August 19, 2019)
- Initial Release