Arnold Minimal WordPress theme for portfolio. Lifetime Update Free

Suitable Portfolio / Photography / Freelance / Architecture …

Arnold is a premium minimalist and modern flat design portfolio WordPress theme for the professional creative.

The fully responsive design and lightweight coding solution make website load fast on mobile devices. It’s easy to use and concentrates on showcasing your work to potential clients and employers with interesting interactions. The unique Drag&Drop custom portfolio builder is built-in.

Features Overview

One-click-import demo data
Fully Responsive Layout
Gutenberg editor ready
The unique Full-width Frontend BM Content Builder, it is supported Drag&Drop editing. It is a “What you see is what you get” builder.
The unique BG color transitions option by scrolling
Set fixed or fluid width for main content and header
GDPR ready: Cookie Consent bar, Contact / Comment compatibility
Select your favorite fonts and build your own web font system by Font management
4 sources included:
- Google Fonts(900+)
- Adobe Fonts(1700+)
- Upload fonts: supports modern font format(woff/woff2).
- System fonts: supports web fafe fonts.
Powerful Portfolio list options(Standard Grid / Masonry Grid):
- Source from single posts, single portfolio, WooCommerce product, and media library
- 1-12 columns
- Item spacing
- Show with items filter or without
- Unique Drag&Drag masonry editor for Masonry Grid
- Many grid ratios for Grid
- Pagination: load more button and infinite scroll
- Show text under the thumbnail, show text by mouseover, or without text
- The text style options: font, color, spacing, and alignment
Unlimited single project(portfolio) layouts by builder:
You could mix all elements including gallery, single image, heading, paragraph, slider, social icons, slider, video, and so on
- Text col + Gallery col layout(Gallery on left/right, filled/boxed, demo)
- Fullwidth layout(demo)
- With slider(demo)
- Heading with masked image(demo)
- Gallery Lightbox
- All the demos are built with pre-made templates by 1-click-importing
Slider module, including dozen of options:
- What elements could be shown – title / caption / arrow / page number
- Spacing for most elements
- Text – color/font/font size/line-height/letter spacing
- Slider animation – slide/fade
- Autoplay – enable/disable, speed of autoplay
- Text position – left/center/right/bottom left/bottom center/bottom right
- Page number position – bottom left/bottom center/bottom right
- Arrow position
- Arrow – supports SVG
- Click to open link – enable/disable
Friendly options for Mobile:
- Most element spacing for mobile
- 3 header layouts for mobile
- Font / Icon size for mobile
- Support flexible VW unit for font size
Support WooCommerce plugin(demo)
- 3 layouts for shop archive: fullwidth, left sidebar, right sidebar
- 4 layouts for shop archive: fullwidth+Slider(demo), left sidebar + Slider, right sidebar + Slider, Gallery on Right /Left
- Mini Cart
- Cart Style: Icon Cart and Text style
21 header layouts + 3 mobile header layouts. Logo on right ready(More).
7 Post Formats : Standard, Image, Gallery, Audio, Video, Link, Quote.
Easily create a minimal blog
Fullscreen background video, support mask text with mix-blend-mode
Header Background Video(demo)
Set left/right/no Sidebar for single posts
Define unlimited color by Powerful Theme Options
Custom Social Media link and Share buttons
Custom Logo – image logo / plaint text logo with google fonts
Dual logo version(Dark logo for light page, light logo for dark page)
Set different logo for mobile
Tagline(sub-headding) option (new!)
Support upload animated SVG icons and image
3 kinds of menu mouseover effect
Awesome Lightbox: Navigate images from different modules
Retina Ready Design
Adaptive images: it detects the visitor’s screen size to deliver different size image files
Translation ready (pot file included)
Support the popular multi-language plugins: WPML, Polylang, Loco Translate
RTL CSS included.
Page loader (slide loading effect) option
SEO Optimized – Care was taken when coding ART and search engines will appreciate it.
WordPress Multisite (WPMU) Tested and Approved
Well organized, commented & clean code
Compatible with plugin Contact Form 7
Compatible with optimization plugins:SG Optimizer, WP-Optimize, Autoptimize
Compatible with ProfileGrid
Child theme included
Image Layz-load enable/disable option
Scrolled animation
WP menu support
WP featured thumbnail support
WP widgets support
Page loader transition(it is optional)
100% SSL Support
Warmly and quickly support
Free lifetime updates
Fully documentation
Arnold also supports content creation by Elementor and WPBakery Page Builder. Please note the demo data are built by BM Content Builder.

What’s Customers Say

Not only is the theme slick, solid and perfect for use - but the support is fantastic. Quick responses to all questions which is invaluable. Keep up the great work guys.

Amazing Theme. The minimalist design with all the different customization options. Just a dream for beginners or advanced designers. Love it! Good job guys!

ARNOLD theme is made with the best design i have ever ever ever seen and practiced with wordpress-easy to integrate with incredible support and customize by its author, BWSM ! from france, thank you again!

Excellent design and helpfull support. Code is clean and easy to work with when using firebug. Was offered a very quick and working fix when asking for assistance. I am a fairly frequent user of themes and this one is probably the best experience ive had. Thank you - Henrik

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Log

v2.7.5.4 9/17/2025
[Fix] Errors In some cases(on activating Woo)

v2.7.5.3 9/7/2025
[Fix] Arbitrary File Downloading hole
[Update]  Compatible with WooCommerce 10.0

v2.7.5.1 8/5/2025
[Fix] Arbitrary File Deletion hole

v2.7.5 7/19/2025
[Update]  Compatible with WooCommerce 10.0

v2.7.4 6/29/2025
[Update]  Compatible with WooCommerce 9.8

v2.7.3 4/5/2025
[Update] BM Content Builder version 3.16.3
[Fix] Fixed a privilege escalation vulnerability

v2.7.2.4 3/1/2025
[Update]  Compatible with WooCommerce 9.7

v2.7.2.3 1/24/2025
[Update]  Compatible with WooCommerce 9.6

v2.7.2.2 11/25/2024
[Update] Compatible with WordPress 6.7  
[Update] BM Content Builder version 3.16.2.2
[Update]  Compatible with WooCommerce 9.4

v2.7.2.1 8/1/2024
[Fix] Embed module 

v2.7.2 7/16/2024
[Update] Compatible with WordPress 6.6 
[Fix] issue of missing BM Content Builder button on WordPress 6.6
[Update] BM Content Builder version 3.16.2
[Update]  Compatible with WooCommerce 9.x 

v2.7.1 4/12/2024
[Update] BM Content Builder is updated to version 3.16.1
[Fix] mouseover effect issue if what-cling-thumb is nothing

v2.7.0 1/7/2024
[Update] BM Content Builder is updated to version 3.16.0
[Update] FontAwesome 6.5
[Add] Exclude-current-post for Grid module 
[Fix] Z-index issue for BG video of Group 

v2.6.10 11/7/2023 
[Update] BM Content Builder is updated to version 3.15.9

v2.6.9 8/22/2023 
[Update] Envato Market is updated to version 2.0.10
[Update]  Compatibility with WooCommerce 7.9

v2.6.8 6/22/2023 
[Update] BM Content Builder is updated to version 3.15.8.1
[Update]  Compatibility with WooCommerce 7.8
[Fix] Accordion module animation options

v2.6.7 4/24/2023 
[Update] BM Content Builder is updated to version 3.15.7
[Fix] BM button occasionally does not display

v2.6.6 3/28/2023
[Update] Compatibility with WordPress 6.2
[Update] BM Content Builder is updated to version 3.15.6
[Update]  Compatibility with WooCommerce 7.5 

v2.6.5 1/13/2023
[Fix] Irregular template

v2.6.4 1/11/2023
[Update]  Compatibility with WooCommerce 7.2.1
[Fix] SEO on WooCommerce archive pages

v2.6.3 12/15/2022 
[Update]  Compatibility with WooCommerce 7.2

v2.6.2 11/4/2022 
[Update]  Compatibility with WooCommerce 7.0.1

v2.6.1 10/29/2022 
[Update] BM Content Builder is updated to version 3.15.4
[update] Lazyload plugin
[Add] New Feature: Modules Top/Bottom Spacing options for tablet
[Add] New Feature: Background slider options on Group module
[Add] End position option of Group Floating text
[Fix] issue of limited number of pictures in the Masonry Grid editor
[Fix] Scrolling-down button issue
[Fix] Alternative tagline color option issue
[Fix] Issues(opening new tab, scroll-in-animation) ajax-ed items of Grid/Masonry Grid
[Fix] Scroll-in-animation position issue on Filter
[Fix] Button issue for multiple Embed modules 

v2.6.0 6/18/2022 
[Update] BM Content Builder is updated to version 3.15.0
[Add] New Feature: Accordion Module
[Add] New Feature: ux-portfolio-cat slug custom
[Add] New Feature: Border Radius options
[Add] New Feature: Shaped edge options on Group module

v2.5.1 – 4/6/2022
[Update] BM Content Builder is updated to version 3.14.2
[Add] Floating Title mouseover option 

v2.5.0 – 4/1/2022
[Update] BM Content Builder is updated to version 3.14.1
[Add] Freelancer Demo 
[Add] Floating Text feature inside Group module
[Add] Parallax options
[Add] Text Marquees effect for Text module
[Add] vertical social share button layout
[Add] Before/After option of Slider
[Add] Rotation animation in the Single image
[Improve] layout on mobile landscape mode
Add Subscription box option for contact form
[Fix] CSS issues including: footer spacing,
[Add] Font size option for tablet
[Add] Divide Module

v2.4.3 – 1/18/2022
[Update] BM Content Builder is updated to version 3.11.7.1
[Update] Envato Market is updated to version 2.0.7

v1.8.6.2  1/25/2022
[Update] for version 1.x, BM PageBuilder 1.1.9.1
[Fix] WordPress 5.9 compatible for version 1.x (please update BM PageBuilder plugin)

v2.4.2 – 12/10/2021
[Update] BM Content Builder is updated to version 3.11.7
[Improve] Demo data

v2.4.1 – 11/24/2021
[Update] BM Content Builder is updated to version 3.11.6
[Add] Demo9(Shop) 
[Add] Dropdown layout of the Filter

v2.4.0 – 10/12/2021
[Update] BM Content Builder is updated to version 3.11.2
[Add] "Image button" type for Button module
[Add] "Showing Image on Mouseover" option for Button module
[Add] Tabs Module
[Add] Border radius option for the Embed module
[Improve] Speed and tool layout of the Text editor
[Improve] Hide infrequently used tools(click ... to show more tools) on the toolbar
[Add] show 2nd feature image / show 2nd feature image + title to excerpt for the Masonry Grid
[Add] Separate item spacing options: horizontal/vertical 2 options
[fix] font size for mobile issue in Text editor
[fix] cloning issue of Single Image module(SVG)
[Fix] Slider flash issue of WooCommerce products
[fix] Spacing issue of Masonry Grid
[fix] Switch and Upload components issue of items 

v2.3.3 – 9/12/2021
[update] BM Content Builder is updated to version 3.9.10
[Add] Inserting picture from Text editor of BM Content Builder
[Add] Preview icon on the Top toolbar of BM Content Builder

v2.3.2 – 9/5/2021
[update] BM Content Builder is updated to version 3.9.8.2
[Fix] Cloning modules issue of Polylang
[Fix] SVG width issue of Single Image module

v2.3.1 9/01/2021
[update] BM Content Builder is updated to version 3.9.8.1
[Fix] Divide spacing issue

v2.3.0 8/30/2021
[update] FontAwesome 5.15.4
[update] BM Content Builder is updated to version 3.9.8
[Improve] FOUT with font loading
[Add] Mouseover option – “Title to Excerpt”(Check demo) for Masonry Grid module
[Add] “Image on Left” layout for Grid module
[Add] Divide option for Group module
[Add] search icon on the header bar
[Fix] Cloning issue of newly created Group

v2.2.1 8/13/2021
[Fix] Menu items horizontal spacing issue on some header layouts
BM Content Builder is updated to version 3.9.6
[Fix] height of Group module cannot work in live(editing) mode
[Fix] Invalid email tips of Contact form cannot show
[Fix] Grid Items Float of Masonry Grid module issue

v2.2.0 7/23/2021
[add] Architecture demo
[update] BM Content Builder version 3.9.5.2

v2.1.3 7/15/2021
[update] BM Content Builder version 3.9.5.1
[fix] Thumbnail video in Grid & Masonry Grid

v2.1.2 7/8/2021
[update] BM Content Builder version 3.9.5
[add] New demo - portfolio video
[add] “Grid Items Float” option in the Masonry Grid Editor, check how it work
[add] Auto-updating option, check how to config theme auto-updating
[add] Mask/Position for Group Background Video
[add] Excerpt option for Masonry Grid(Image Text, Portfolio/Post)
[fix] Slider height issue

v2.1.1 6/21/2021
[update] BM Content Builder v1.9.4.3
[fix] Masonry Grid: inserting image issue

v2.1.0 6/12/2021
[update] BM Content Builder v1.9.4.1
[add] Single Product Layout: Gallery on Left/Right
[add]  Cart text style option
[add]  Sub-menu layout option

v2.0.1 5/24/2021
[add] Disable Anchor Title(hover tip) for Single Image, Grid, MasonryGrid
[fix] Divide length issue

v2.0 5/12/2021
[update]BM Content Builder replace the BM PageBuilder
[add] Font Management, supports Google, Adobe, hosted, and system fonts
[add] Hosted-video option in the Embed module
[add] Pre-made templates
[add] More Scroll-in Animation options
[add] More Header layouts
[add] Header Sticky option
[add] Logo tagline option
[add] Column spacing option
[add] All new Slider module
[add] More WooCommerce options(Sidebar, Slider, Mini cart...)
[add] Translated FR, ES, DE, NL, JA, CN PO(front-end) PO(front-end) files
[add] Custom mouse cursor option
...

v1.8.6.1 5/3/2021
[fix] Post navigation(next/prev) is not shown on a single gallery created by BM PageBuilder
[fix]  Link format post cannot be listed in the Irregular template

v1.8.6 4/6/2021
[fix] Editing page is broken by the double quotation mark
[update] BM Page Builder 1.1.9(fixed the image alt)

v1.8.5 2/17/2021
[add] Add Lightbox slide transition option(Theme Option)
[fix] Single Image module Lightbox repeat issue
[fix] Password from repeat issue on single posts

v1.8.4.4 1/19/2021
[fix] Accordion/Toggle, Faq module

v1.8.4.3 1/9/2021
[fix] Contact form single field format
[fix] Single Image module link area on the mobile
[fix] Slider template blank area on the mobile

v1.8.4.1 12/9/2020
[update] WordPress 5.6(please update BM Pagebuilder also)
[update] WooCommerce 4.8

v1.8.4 11/01/2020
[update] WooCommerce 4.6
[update] BM PageBuilder 1.1.4
[improve] Define the footer menu for translating

v1.8.3 9/24/2020
[fix] Customize/WooCommerce Thumbnail width & Cropping
[fix] Post editing JS issue with embed codes
[update] WooCommerce 4.5

v1.8.2.1 08/22/2020
[update] WooCommerce 4.4

v1.8.2 08/12/2020
[update] WordPress 5.5
[update] WooCommerce 4.3
(Update BM Shortcodes plugin also)

v1.8.1 08/09/2020
[add] Narrow option for list width of Portfolio template
[improve] Increase the hot area of the Menu icon
[fix] Header bar is not shown when going back to the previous page
(click Back of the Browser)

v1.8.0 06/21/2020
[add] Showing the category description when user click the filter
[improve] Show original option affect single Gallery post
[improve] Move the position of Show original option in Theme Option

v1.7.12 05/30/2020
[fix] Menu item mouseover Highline color
[improve] Cart page table on the mobile
v1.7.11 04/25/2020
[add] Translated DE, ES, FR, JA PO/MO(front-end) files

v1.7.10 03/13/2020
[fix] Slider gallery template arrow doesn’t show on the Edge browser
[improve] Interactive area for Slider with the columned menu layout
[improve] Lazy load for the Gallery of the shortcodes

v1.7.9 01/22/2020
[add] Footer Widget option for Pages
[fix] New tab link for Text of Gallery Layout Builder

v1.7.8 11/14/2019
[update] WooCommerce 3.8
[improve] Disable link with empty URL on the Single Image

v1.7.7 10/15/2019
[improve] Shop/Archive page subtitle of WooCommerce
[improve] the content issue with the Elementor plugin

v1.7.6 8/16/2019
[update] WooCommerce 3.7
[improve] Post title SEO
[fix] Single field type of Contact Form module

v1.7.5 6/5/2019
[update] WooCommerce 3.6.x

v1.7.4.3 4/21/2019
[fix] BM Slider issue (Tab Slider on the touch screen)

v1.7.4.2 4/10/2019
[fix]  Gallery Layout Builder logic issue

v1.7.4.3 4/21/2019
[fix] BM Slider issue (Tab Slider on the touch screen)
[fix] Gallery Layout Builder logic issue

v1.7.4.1 4/10/2019
(Please reinstall the BM Pagebuilder plugin)
[fix] BM Pagebuilder conflicts with Slider Revolution on WordPress 5.x
[fix] Lightbox image position issue

v1.7.4 4/8/2019
[add] Shop cart ajax number
[add] BM Slider clickable area (Please reinstall the BM Slider plugin)
[fix] Custom CSS order
[add] filter hush URL
[fix] Search position on Safari, BM Slider dot issue

v1.7.3 3/6/2019
[fix] Gallery Layout Builder text(only) repeat issue
[fix] Container width of BM Pagebuilder and WooCommerce

v1.7.2 12/20/2018
[update] Disable block editor by default
[update] Classic editor installation guide

v1.7.1 12/9/2018
[fix] wp_kses lost option on some template

v1.7.0 11/7/2018
[update] WooCommerce 3.5.x
[add] Open on same window option of single gallery post

v1.6.9.3 10/19/2018
[fix] Ajax pagination issue with WPML
[fix] Infinite scroll 3rd page issue

v1.6.9.2 9/13/2018
[improve] remove the blank for iPhone X landscape mode
[fix] logo color when clicking the menu icon on the slider
[improve] font smooth firefox
[add] hide cart icon if empty

v1.6.9.1 7/24/2018
[update] Plugins
[improve] standardization and security
[improve] Google fonts queue 

v1.6.9 6/25/2018
[fix] Link post in the list Background color
[fix] Link post URL cannot be opened in lightbox list
[fix] Font Awesome version different from PB

v1.6.8 6/8/2018
[update] WooCommerce 3.4.x

v1.6.7 5/11/2018
[fix] Fullscreen slider no work on trackPad
[add] Slider navigation by right/left keyboard
[add] Swipe tips icon in single gallery post : slider template
[add] Caption of gallery list in single gallery post
[fix] “Show Tags” change as “Show Category” of Irregular List
[add] Hide post navigation in single gallery : fullscreen template
[update] Plugins

v1.6.6 4/13/2018
[add] Header height option on mobile
[improve] Allow br tag to arnold_shapeSpace_allowed_html
[fix] Text not shown on list layout of single gallery
[improve] WooCommerce:Sold out tips
[improve] CSS / JS files optimization

v1.6.5 3/16/2018
[add] Hide More Button(+) On Project Item Page / Hide Back-to-top Button …
[add] Hide Description under Title

v1.6.4 2/28/2018
[improve] Fullwidth wrap video on new  mobile  browser
[add] BM slider image position option for portrait view
[fix] Irregular list light logo issue
[fix] WooCommerce 3.3.2 overdate

v1.6.3 2/14/2018
[update] WooCommerce 3.3.x compatible
[fix] Some issues of BM PageBuilder: Client, Tab and fullwidth wrap on mobile
[add] Lightbox button option
[improve] Post cover and fullscreen slider size on portrait mode

v1.6.2 1/23/2018
[fix] Link post url option in Inregular template
[fix] BM Pagebuilder > Contact form “Sending” not hidden
[add] Col 1 option for Masonry / Standard template
[fix] Filter on header not work
[fix] WooCommerce default categories style
[add] Open lightbox option in standard grid template

v1.6.1 11/20/2017
[fix] "Open link in a new tab" doesn't work
[add] External link option in Single image of BM PageBuilder

v1.6.0 11/06/2017
[fix] Infiniti scroll issue of Blog Masonry
[fix] Video in Lightbox of the page template
[fix] Text position issue of the page template

v1.5.3 10/13/2017
[add] Slide Duration for Autoplay for BM slider
[fix] Video in lightbox cannot be closed
[update] OwlCarousel plugin update to 2.3.0
[fix] Logo vertical center issue on Safari

v1.5.2 9/12/2017
[fix] Built-in plugins text domain
[fix] Images of gallery post 1px gap issue
[fix] Pot file wihtout lightbox strings

v1.5.1 8/22/2017
[upadte] WooCommerce 3.1.x compatible

v1.5.0 8/11/2017
[add] Introduction section for Blog Masonry template
[fix] BM PageBuilder Image Box
[fix] Text “All” is lost in pot file
[fix] Horizontal scrolling problem on Safari
[fix] Related post does not show the image on old version iOS(6/7)
[fix] Vh-unit bug on old version iOS(6/7)
[fix] Link not work within list layout of the gallery post

v1.4.0 6/28/2017
[add] Logo height option
[add] Mouseover effect option “NONE” for portfolio template
[add] Disable animation option
[fix] Single Gallery Slider template on mobile
[improve] The masking text compatible with Firefox
[fix] Text Logo and Custom css quote symbol issue
[fix] BM Pagebuilder / Button font size issue
[improve] Remove image name when mouseover

v1.3.2 5/16/2017
[add] Use Original Images for Portfolio List option
[fix] Loop within normal post Next/Prev

1.3.1 4/25/2017
[fix] "Transparent for Mask"  option issue
[fix] 1px gap issue in Gallery post

1.3.0 4/20/2017
[add] Mouseover effect option for Standard Grid template
[add] Header sticky option
[add] More options in "Transparent for Mask" 
[fix] Pagination repeat issue
[fix] Lightbox loop issue within Gallery post
[fix] Video gap issue within the Gallery post

1.2.1 3/30/2017
[add] Scroll down button option for the standard layout of the gallery post
[fix] Text in gallery list-builder cannot be linked
[fix] Footer texture quote tag issue
[fix] Some CSS issue

v1.2 2/23/2017
[fix] Custom grid portfolio responsive 768 issue
[fix] Post option “Brightness of featured image

v1.1.2 2/16/2017
[add] Social media – new window/tab option
[fix] Some css issue, like WPML switcher
[fix] List layout(Gallery post) spacer
[fix] Custom grid filter and item number
[improve] Gallery slider image size

v1.1.1 2/6/2017
[fix] Custom grid portfolio animation

v1.1 2/4/2017
[add] WooCommerce compatible

v1.0.4 2/2/2017
[add] Spacing option for gallery post images list layout
[fix] Hot area for the thumbnail of Irregular list

v1.0.3 1/23/2017
[fix] WPML switcher
[fix] Hamburg Icon 3 Layout toggle issue

v1.0.2 1/18/2017
[fix] Hosted video in default editor no playing
[fix] Some CSS issue
[update] BM Pagebuilder plugin(need re-install)

v1.0.1 1/14/2017
[fix] Page cover on header layout "Centered" 
[fix] Customize issue
[fix] Some css issue: like audio player

Credit

Thanks to the authors for the awesome demo images: YeongKyu Yoo, byfutura, William Stormdal, Noeeko

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