Gantry 5 Framework
Gantry is a comprehensive set of building blocks to enable the rapid development and realization of a design into a flexible and powerful web platform
4.6(32 reviews)
·8.0K+ active installs·Updated 1 month agoAs of April 2026, Gantry 5 Framework is a WordPress theme plugin with 8.0K+ active installations and a 4.6/5 rating from 32 reviews. It has been downloaded 330K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.2+ and PHP 8.1.0+. Available on WordPress.org since 2015. Recently updated within the last 3 months. Downloads are up 20% this week. Support resolution rate: 0%. Top alternative: Kirki Customizer Framework.
4.6/532 reviews
8.0K+active installs
0%resolved
11 yearssince 2015
Overview
Gantry 5 is a comprehensive set of building blocks to enable the rapid development and realization of a design into a flexible and powerful web platform theme.
Please visit http://gantry.org to download a FREE WordPress Gantry 5 default theme which can be used as a base for your own themes!
Gantry 5 is packed full of features created to empower the development of designs into fully functional layouts with the absolute minimum effort and fuss.
Responsive Layout System
Gantry 5 uses the Nucleus grid system, built from scratch using Flexbox and tied in to the Layout Manager to generate classes.
Cross-platform Support
The new responsive Gantry 5 framework is available for WordPress 5.2+, Joomla 3.9+ and Grav 1.7+.
Intuitive YAML-driven Configuration
YAML is a human-readable data serializat…
Ratings & Reviews
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Very good opensource and free framework
by Andrea Scarfo'·6 months ago
I made many websites using Gantry5 + Helium + Child theme
It was not manteined for long time, but now that it was taken by tiger12 it supports php 8.1
We can hope it will be developed as well as possible, the community is waiting for so long time some features…
We’ll see
Great, advanced
by kuldaoo·1 year ago
I use it since my joomla days. I created at least 30 quite comlicated webs with this framework. Not so easy for the first time but complex. Advanced features. Thanks
I wonder why.
by DrLightman·4 years ago
Another wrapper framework theme takeover buildt on top of WordPress core APIs.
And then behold, a templating system, twig, one of the many which failed such as Smarty and so on which adds to confusion and cut your legs when you have to do a simple modification you have to study yet another documentation to find what you need, and you end up needing the tag to allow you to insert a simple snippet of PHP code that you could do in a nanosecond in the core WordPress way.
If you develop a thing in WordPress, please stick to the WordPress way of doing things.
I simply can’t stand the fact that if I edit header.php and footer.php of this theme I don’t see <head> and <body> right away.
- This topic was modified 4 years ago by DrLightman.
- This topic was modified 4 years ago by DrLightman.
Great lightweight framework
by freddie79·4 years ago
I use Gantry on many websites, along with Beaver Builder. It’s a great framework that is so flexible and allows me to create totally custom designed websites with built in mobile support.
I wouldn’t use anything but Gantry.
by derekmoore333·4 years ago
I wouldn’t use anything but Gantry. I’ve been using Gantry on WordPress and Joomla for around 10 years. It simply works well and RocketTheme.com regularly updates the project. It’s a little daunting at first, but it’s well worth it once you get it. It is very good switching between Mobile and Desktop Versions. The menus work well on both size screens. That is just one great thing about Gantry. You won’t be disappointed and you can always upgrade to one of their themes that use Gantry and save yourself a ton of styling work.
Gantry, being free from Gantry.Org, that is the place to get it with their free themes if you know nothing about Gantry. Even their Free Themes are great. NEVER download any themes/templates from 3rd party sites unless you want Adware or worse injected into the code.
Good luck with your website, especially if you don’t use gantry.
Download Trends
Today: 87Yesterday: 91This week: 435Period total: 27K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 5.2+ requiredTested up to 6.8.5 |
| PHP | 8.1.0+ required |
Version Adoption
v5.5
60.9%
v5.6
24.3%
v5.4
14.6%
v5.2
0.1%
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Changelog
You can read the full changelog at the Gantry Framework site.
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