DankcaveWordPress theme handoff

Everything you need to install the theme, edit content, tune the design, and take the site live.

Install the theme

Go-live checklist

Install

Zip upload, page setup, and the migrator plugin that cleans up Elementor / WoodMart leftovers.

Setup steps

Interactive features

Age gate, cookie consent, search autocomplete, cart cross-sells, compare modal, PDP hover-zoom, GA4 events.

Feature tour

Block patterns

20 registered patterns you can compose into any campaign page — hero, cards, editorial band, product row, category showcase, more.

Pattern library

Customizer

Every field under Appearance → Customize with the region it maps to on the front-end.

Customizer reference

Editing content

How to update copy on About, Contact, Shipping, Returns, Privacy, Terms — and how the block-pattern references work.

Content guide

Go live

A ticked checklist for launch day — DNS, backups, cache, SEO, analytics, rollback plan.

Launch checklist

Current version

v0.2.2 — Phase 2 shipped: age gate, cookie consent, recently viewed, search autocomplete, compare modal, cart cross-sells, PDP hover-zoom, GA4 dataLayer events. 82 PHP files. 332 automated Playwright QA assertions.

Where to look

I want to…	Read
Install the theme, set up pages	Install
Toggle maintenance mode	Maintenance mode
Change branding, hero copy, footer, category tiles	Customizer
Compose a new page from block patterns	Patterns
Edit About / Contact / legal pages	Editing content
Understand the AJAX endpoints	AJAX endpoints
Take the site live safely	Go-live checklist
Debug something	Troubleshooting

Also available as one-file markdown for offline / print: README.md · HOWTO-CUSTOMIZER.md · HOWTO-PATTERNS.md · HOWTO-CONTENT.md · HOWTO-MAINTENANCE.md · GOLIVE.md · QA.md in the theme repo.