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Core Framework

Say hello to Core Framework - a FREE modular CSS framework platform.

By Core Framework·CSS·Free
5(41 reviews)
·10K+ active installs·Updated 1 week ago
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As of April 2026, Core Framework is a WordPress css plugin with 10K+ active installations and a 5/5 rating from 41 reviews. It has been downloaded 160K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 6.0+ and PHP 8.0+. Available on WordPress.org since 2024. Actively maintained — updated within the last month. Downloads are down 73% this week. Top alternative: WPCode – Insert Headers and Footers +….

5/541 reviews
10K+active installs
160K+total downloads
2 yearssince 2024

Overview

Hey there! If you’re tinkering with WordPress and have a knack for making sites look just right, you might like what we’ve cooked up with Core Framework. It’s like a Swiss Army knife for your CSS woes but way easier to use and with a lot more fun involved.

What’s Cooking?

✅ Make It Yours: Ever felt boxed in by CSS frameworks? We get it. That’s why we made Core Framework as customizable as a build-your-own pizza. You start with our base (which is pretty awesome on its own), and then add, tweak, or remove anything you don’t need. It’s all about making it fit your project like a glove.

✅ Play Well with Others: Whether you’re team Gutenberg, all about Bricks, or an Oxygen fan, we’ve got your back. Core Framework slides right into your workflow, making it that much smoo…

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Ratings & Reviews

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Recent Reviews

Love it!
by Martin Sauter·3 months ago

Invaluable for any WordPress site without a page builder.

Best in class – no lock-in – great support – we love Core
by lanxalot·5 months ago

I have used ACSS and other Frameworks. I love Core as it is intuitive, lightm it has the right ammount of features for me, and you can easily remove the builder plugin (if you choose to use one) by simply exporting the styles and importing them directly into your builder. No lock-in. Support is great too. Thanks guys!

Excellent Investment
by groggy72·6 months ago

This is a massive productivity investment. I bought the bricks addon and it’s a game changer.

Exactly what I have been looking for
by Sunny·1 year ago

This bring much needed CSS class management to the block editor + an entire design Framework system. This allows me to keep a limited set of WP block controls for my clients e.g. font size, colors, while giving my full design control via classes.

At some point it would be nice to be able to limit access to specific user roles.

Awesome
by Yasin·1 year ago

This is awesome! 🤩 Thanks for making it freely available for Gutenberg. 🙏

It’s amazingly easy to manage classes and create custom style variation for items.
I love that it’s class-based and I can edit the class and it applies to the entire website, unlike other editors where appearance and style settings are tied to the element and can’t be edited globally.

  • This topic was modified 1 year, 1 month ago by Yasin.

Download Trends

Today: 203Yesterday: 301This week: 2KPeriod total: 102K

Compatibility

WordPress6.0+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4
PHP8.0+ required

Version Adoption

v1.9
45.3%
v1.10
33.3%
v1.8
8.5%
Other
6.6%
v1.7
6.4%

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

Latest Changelog is available here.

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Contributors

Core FrameworkCore Framework
Plugin Info
Version
1.10.2
Last Updated
Mar 24, 2026
WP Requires
6.0+
Tested Up To
6.9.4
PHP Requires
8.0+
Active Installs
10K+
Downloads
160K+
Added
Mar 26, 2024
Business
Free

Tags

cssbricksoxygenframeworkstylesheet

Developer

C
Core Framework
1 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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