WooCommerce Integration

WooCommerce is the most popular and powerful eCommerce solution for WordPress. As partners of WooCommerce, Organic Themes understands how to develop themes to work perfectly with the platform. We applied that knowledge to Version 5 of the Restaurant Theme.

As seen in the updated Restaurant Theme demo, WooCommerce is seamlessly integrated into the website experience. Additionally, the Restaurant For WooCommerce extension will provide your website with everything it needs to process delivery and pickup orders.

One Click Demo Import

Installing and activating a WordPress theme is simple. However, adding content can be time consuming. We vastly improved this process with the updated Restaurant Theme. Now, the theme includes support for the One Click Demo Import plugin. Meaning, all content, media, and options are imported exactly as it appears in the theme demo. With the click of a button. Simple!

Importing demo content will save loads of time when it comes to the setup of your website. The demo content is a guide. It can be replaced or deleted as needed.

Gutenberg Support

Version 5 of the Restaurant Theme features full compatibility with the Gutenberg block editor. The theme features conditional sidebars, full and wide alignment support, editor styles, and several block styles for perfect integration with the new WordPress editor.

Organic Themes has worked directly with the makers of Gutenberg. As partners of WordPress.com, the Restaurant Theme has undergone a rigorous code review process to ensure maximum compatibility of the theme with Gutenberg.

Additionally, the theme works perfectly with the new Organic Blocks Bundle plugin. So, you can add slideshows, testimonials, portfolios, and much more on any page or post using the Gutenberg editor. Cool!

Improved Menu Post Type

The Restaurant Theme contains a custom post type for adding food and drink menu items. In previous theme versions, menu items were displayed by applying the “Menu” page template. Then, choosing your food menu categories within the theme options. It worked. However, there were limitations. So, we improved the process of displaying food menu items with the latest theme update.

With Version 5, menu items automatically display in order on the custom post type template. As seen in the demo here.

The custom post type template automatically orders menu items by category. However, you may change the order of menu items using the Custom Taxonomy Order plugin.

Add the “/menu/” page extension to the URL of your website to view the menu custom post type template. For instance, https://mycafe.net/menu/. Then, use a custom link in your website navigation to access the menu.

The new custom post type template provides much more flexibility than the menu page template options. It allows for the display of endless categories.

Countless Additional Updates

The Restaurant Theme has been available for several years. It’s in use by literally thousands and thousands of restaurant websites. Organic Themes maintains our products to take advantage of the latest web technologies and WordPress features. As a result, the theme has evolved considerably. Version 5 is no exception.

We inspected the code line by line. We made several updates to the security, styles, functionality, and mobile display of the theme. Now, it features a beautiful new mobile menu navigation, accessibility updates, a new logo resizer option, and several more improvements.

Most improvements maintain backwards compatibility with older versions of the theme. However, this is a major update. As a result, you may need to enter the WordPress Customizer, and re-save your theme options after updating. Otherwise, it should be a smooth transition. All your content and templates will remain unaffected by updating to the most recent theme version.

We hope the Restaurant Theme serves restaurant owners well during this time. And makes the transition to moving your business online a little less stressful. Stay safe and well, and order online!

The New Restaurant Theme Is “So Ono!”

Version 4 of the Restaurant Theme is oh so tasty! We attempted to keep a general essence of the previous version. Otherwise, the theme has been completely rebuilt — and it’s a vast improvement.

View the demo to see it in action. The design enhancements are extensive. They include a full width featured slideshow with parallax effects, CSS3 design accents, better handling of featured images and much more. Development improvements are extensive as well, including an updated custom post type for food menu items, use of the WordPress customizer for an insanely easy setup, integrated shortcodes, new page templates, automatic updates and much more!

Sink your teeth in to the latest version of the Restaurant Theme!

It’s time to announce another major theme update. The Restaurant Theme is the latest in our collection to be spiced up. Check out the updated demo here. Like the Natural Theme, we have condensed the 3 previous color variations in to one super theme with several color choices available in the new Options Framework. We have updated the food menu page template and custom post type, and given the design a major update. The new Restaurant Theme is more delicious than ever. Check out some of the additional features:

Options Framework

The theme update also integrates with the Options Framework plugin, which offers a much more sleek options interface.

Featured Content Slider

The new featured content slider can display posts with a featured image or a featured video.

Featured Videos

The theme is now capable of displaying featured videos within the slider and on the homepage.

Featured Image Banners

Featured images can now be added to pages and page templates to be displayed as a banner image for that particular page.

Numbered Pagination

The blog and category pagination is now much more accommodating — allowing you to skip ahead to specific page numbers.

Color Options

We have included options for changing the link and highlight colors within the Options Framework — providing a greater array of customization options.

Rumor has it, WordPress 3.0 will be released within a few weeks. We plan to release the Restaurant Theme with the launch of WordPress 3.0, and it will take advantage of all the great new features.