Description
Basil is a theme designed for cooking schools, gastronomic workshops, and chefs who conduct in-person or workshop-style classes, featuring 4 homepage layouts, a recipe module with ratings and a integrated WooCommerce store. Built on the WPBakery Page Builder, it brings editable header and footer within the visual builder itself, support for Slider Revolution, Essential Grid, and an Instagram feed to showcase dishes, classes, and workout calendar.
Main Features of Basil
- WPBakery Builder
Builds pages, header, and footer by dragging visual blocks without editing code. - Recipe Module
Publishes recipes with ingredients, preparation methods, ratings, and student comments. - WooCommerce Store
Sells courses, culinary kits, books, and ingredients via WooCommerce’s native cart. - Premium Plugins Included
Includes Slider Revolution, Essential Grid, Swiper Slider, and WPML for translation. - Panel with 750+ Options
Adjusts typography, colors, boxed/fullwidth layouts, and animations via the WordPress Customizer.
Benefits of Basil
- Ready Gastronomic Identity
Visual style already tuned for the cooking niche, no need to hire a designer. - Registrations and Sales on the Same Site
Centralizes workshop promotion, spot sales, and billing via WooCommerce. - Multilingual Reach
WPML compatibility enables serving foreign classes in multiple languages. - Engagement with Recipes
Rating system retains students and attracts organic search by dish name.
Who Is Basil Intended For?
- Cooking schools offering in-person courses, short modules, and thematic workshops.
- Chefs and pastry chefs conducting private lessons and wishing to sell spots online.
- Those producing recipe content and wanting to monetize with courses, ebooks, or ingredient kits.
- Culinary venues combining restaurants, events, and workshops on the same calendar.
How to Download Basil
Basil is available for download here on Ultrapack. After downloading the .zip file, install it in Appearance > Themes > Add New > Upload Theme, select the package, and activate it. Then install the recommended plugins suggested by the theme and import one of the demo homepages via the panel.
Focused on the gastronomic niche at its core, Basil brings together in a single package the WPBakery Builder, WooCommerce store, and recipe module with ratings, covering everything from workshop promotion to spot payment. The result is a site capable of functioning as an institutional showcase, class catalog, and online shop simultaneously, without adding separate plugins for each function.
Frequently asked questions
Is Basil | Cooking Classes and Workshops WordPress Theme GPL-licensed?
Yes. Basil | Cooking Classes and Workshops WordPress Theme is distributed under the GPL (GNU General Public License). You may legally use, modify and redistribute it on as many sites as you want.
Can I use Basil | Cooking Classes and Workshops WordPress Theme on multiple sites?
Yes. You can install Basil | Cooking Classes and Workshops WordPress Theme on as many sites as you want. Only automatic updates through Ultrapack Auto Updater have a limit: from 3 to 80 sites, depending on the plan.
How much does Basil | Cooking Classes and Workshops WordPress Theme cost at Ultrapack?
Basil | Cooking Classes and Workshops WordPress Theme costs US$2.99 as a single purchase, and it is also included in the subscription plans starting at US$12/mo (VIP I).
Does Basil | Cooking Classes and Workshops WordPress Theme include updates?
Yes. The current version of Basil | Cooking Classes and Workshops WordPress Theme is 1.3.12, published at Ultrapack on Mar 5, 2025. Subscribers update straight from the WordPress dashboard with UAU (Ultrapack Auto Updater).
Is Basil | Cooking Classes and Workshops WordPress Theme scanned before publication?
Yes. Every version of Basil | Cooking Classes and Workshops WordPress Theme goes through a malware scan (ClamAV and YARA rules, at UltraHub) before it is published.
How to install
Automatic updates: this item is updated by the Ultrapack Auto Updater. With it installed, the new version shows up in your dashboard like any other WordPress update (how to set it up).
The file on this page is the developer’s full package, with documentation, demos and plugins. Do not upload that file to WordPress. The theme comes ready inside it, as a ZIP of its own, and that is the one you upload.
- Download the file
elements-basil-cooking-classes-and-workshops-wp-theme.zipand extract it on your computer. - Look inside the extracted files for the file
basil_v.1.3.12/basil.zip. - In the WordPress dashboard, go to Appearance > Themes > Add New > Upload Theme.
- Select that file and click Install Now.
- Click Activate.
- There is nothing to zip. The ZIP inside the package is already in the format WordPress accepts.
- Uploading the whole package is the most common mistake when installing a theme: WordPress answers that no valid theme was found, and nothing is installed.
- The rest of the package belongs to the author: documentation, demo files and, in some themes, the plugins it asks for during setup.
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