{"id":72820,"date":"2016-07-07T09:42:49","date_gmt":"2016-07-07T13:42:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/?p=72820"},"modified":"2016-08-02T07:51:02","modified_gmt":"2016-08-02T11:51:02","slug":"what-is-a-wordpress-framework","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/what-is-a-wordpress-framework.html","title":{"rendered":"What is a WordPress Framework?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-container\">\r\n\t<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2JAIa7X5sco\"><\/iframe>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<h3 class=\"custom\">WordPress Framework is often underestimated<\/h3>\r\n\r\n<p>Hello! People often ask me what a <strong>WordPress Framework<\/strong> is. It&#8217;s a good question because WordPress Frameworks are often underestimated, they need more credit.<\/p>\r\n<p>However a lot of people use them on daily basis and not many people know the very concept of WordPress Frameworks.<\/p>\r\n<p>One of the reasons is that WordPress Frameworks don&#8217;t have exclusive and unique definition like WordPress plugins, for example.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<h3 class=\"custom\">Two ways of WordPress Framework Perspective<\/h3>\r\n\r\n<p>Frameworks have merged into the developer&#8217;s area. That&#8217;s why sometimes they remain not famous and not many people know about them.<\/p>\r\n<p>Today there are two main perspectives of how you may think about WordPress Framework:<\/p>\r\n<ul class=\"list\">\r\n\t<li>End User&#8217;s perspective.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Developer&#8217;s perspective.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>For End User WordPress framework adds sets of tools that are built into WordPress functionality, it may look like a part of an engine.<\/p>\r\n<p>Also WordPress Framework brings number of child themes for End User and as a result additional design options that can be switched on and off.<\/p>\r\n<p>The WordPress theme developers use WordPress Framework as their own internal toolkit for producing WordPress themes faster and make them more stable. \r\n\t<p>For example, when using parent and child themes, you can fix or customize one element without breaking code in the other.<\/p> \r\n\t<p>This is one of the features which makes WordPress Framework so popular and widely spread.<\/p>\r\n\t<p>A lot of WordPress developers are using WordPress Frameworks to build themes faster.<\/p>\r\n\t<p>Main value of WordPress Framework lies in the developer&#8217;s area, i.e., developers use WordPress Framework to speed up theme creation process, make process of theme building seamless.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<h3 class=\"custom\">Most popular WordPress Frameworks<\/h3>\r\n\t\r\n\t<p>Below is the list of the most popular WordPress Frameworks:<\/p>\r\n\t<ul class=\"list\">\r\n\t\t<li> Genesis Framework <\/li>\r\n\t\t<li> WooFramework from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/woocommerce-themes.php\"title=\"WooCommerce Themes\">WooThemes<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t\t<li> Thesis<\/li>\r\n\t\t<li> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/cherry-framework-4-wordpress-themes\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cherry Framework<\/a> built by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/\">TemplateMonster<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t\t<li> Gantry Framework<\/li>\r\n\t<\/ul>\r\n\t<p>Top Frameworks aren&#8217;t free, e.g., the Genesis Framework costs about $60 per license while Thesis starts at $90 per license. 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