Orisa - WordPress Theme Documentation.

• Item Name: Orisa - Creative Agency WordPress Elementor Theme
• Last Update: 24 Oct 2026
• Item Version: v2.0
• Author: alithemes
• Support Ticket: Theme Support
• Website: AliThemes.net

First of all, Thank you so much for purchasing this template and for being my loyal customer. You are awesome! You are entitled to get free lifetime updates to this product + exceptional support from the author directly.

This documentation is to help you regarding each step of customization. Please go through the documentation carefully to understand how this template is made and how to edit this properly.

What's new in version 2.0: Orisa now ships with 10 homepages — the 5 original layouts plus 5 brand-new ones (Home 06 – Home 10) — together with new Elementor widgets, improved demo import and full PHP 8.2 support. See all 10 homepage demos.

Theme Requirements

To use Orisa, make sure your hosting provider is running the following software:

1. WordPress 6.0 or higher.
2. PHP 8.1 or greater. WordPress officially suggests to use PHP 8.2.23.
3. MySQL 5.6 or greater.

Recommended PHP Limits

Many issues that you may run into such as: white screen, demo content fails when importing, empty page content and other similar issues are all related to low PHP configuration limits. The solution is to increase the PHP limits. You can do this on your own, or contact your web host and ask them to increase those limits to a minimum as follows:

• max_execution_time 180
• memory_limit 128M
• post_max_size 128M
• upload_max_filesize 32M
• max_input_time = 300
• max_input_vars = 3000
• wp_memory_limit = 256M

Also consider upgrading your PHP version to the latest version, the newer the better.

WordPress Information

To install this theme you must have a working version of WordPress already installed. If you need help installing WordPress, follow the instructions in WordPress Codex or you can watch the. Below are ll the useful links for WordPress information.

• WordPress Codex – general info about WordPress and how to install on your server
• First Steps With WordPress – general information that covers a wide variety of topics
• FAQ New To WordPress – the most popular FAQ’s regarding WordPress

What's included

• Orisa Theme & Child Theme
• Orisa Core Plugin
• Demo Data (One-Click Import)
• Online Documentation
• Figma Design File

10 Homepage Demos

Orisa 2.0 ships with 10 ready-made homepages. The 5 layouts from version 1.0 are still included, and version 2.0 adds 5 brand-new homepages (Home 06 – Home 10). Every homepage is built 100% with Elementor, comes with its own inner pages, header and footer templates, and can be installed in one click from Appearance > Import Demo Data.

All homepages share the same design system (colors, typography and Elementor widgets), so you can freely mix sections from different demos to build your own layout.

Homepage previews

Home 01 – Creative Agency

Home 02 – Digital Agency

Home 03 – Marketing Agency

Home 04 – AI & Tech Agency

Home 05 – Personal Creative

Home 06 – Branding Studio (New in v2.0)

Home 07 – Startup Agency (New in v2.0)

Home 08 – UI/UX Agency (New in v2.0)

Home 09 – Modern Agency (New in v2.0)

Home 10 – 3D Studio (New in v2.0)

How to switch between the 10 homepages

1. Go to Appearance > Import Demo Data and pick the homepage you like, then click Import. Repeat the import for another demo only when you want to start over with a fresh set of content.
2. If several homepages already exist, go to Settings > Reading and set Homepage to the page you want to show as the front page.
3. Each demo also creates its own Header and Footer Elementor templates. Assign them in Appearance > Customize > Header / Footer.

Theme Installation

It’s easy to install Orisa. Just follow these steps, they won’t take much of your time.

Make sure you have the orisa.zip file on your computer first — that is the installable theme file. The same package also contains the Orisa Core plugin (in inc/plugins/) and this documentation.

1. Locate the orisa.zip file and keep it in a folder you can easily browse to from the browser file dialog.
2. Log in to your WordPress Dashboard (Ex: http://yourwebsite.com/wp-admin).
3. Navigate to Appearance > Themes.

   

4. Click on Add New and then click on Upload Theme.

   

5. Click Add New, then click Upload Theme > Choose File

   

6. Browse to the orisa.zip file on your computer, then click Install Now

   

7. When the installation is complete, click Activate. You will be redirected to the Themes page with Orisa activated.

   

Install theme via FTP

To manually upload your new WordPress theme, login with your credentials to your website and locate the wp-content folder in your WordPress install files. Upload the un-zipped 'Orisa' folder into the: wp-content/themes folder.

Once uploaded, activate the theme by heading to the “Themes” menu in the WordPress Dashboard. Locate the Orisa Theme and hit “Activate”.

The theme files will be stored on your server in the wp-content/themes/ location.

Note: When uploading your theme with the installer, please ensure you are uploading the theme .zip file itself, not an extracted folder. In this case, you will be uploading orisa.zip

Install necessary plugins

After installing and activating the theme, you need to install some required plugins. Please follow the steps below:

Select all plugins → Choose Install → Click Apply.

Wait a few minutes and the successful installation screen will appear. Click "Return to Required Plugins Installer".

Select all plugins -> Choose Activate -> Click Apply.

One-Click Import Demo Data

If you want to have a website exactly like our demo ( https://orisa.alithemes.net ) please go to Appearance -> Import Demo Data.

Select the homepage you want (Home 01 to Home 10), then click Import. Each demo imports its own pages, posts, menus, header/footer templates and site settings.

Select Plugins (You may skip this step).

Wait a few minutes.

Note: demo images are downloaded from our demo server. Make sure your site has an active internet connection and enough upload space before importing, and give the process a few minutes to finish on slower servers.

Manual Import Demo Data

In case you don’t want to import all demo data, you can choose to import specific parts as follows:

1. Import content data (posts, pages, categories, tags, media, etc.)

Go to Tools -> Import -> WordPress (click to Install Now) -> Run Importer -> Browse to 3.Demo data -> Choose contents-demo.xml -> Upload file and Import -> Check to " Download and import file attachments" -> Click Submit button

2. Import SCF config

Go to SCF -> Import -> Browse to 3.Demo data -> Choose scf-data.json -> Import JSON

General Settings

You can enable or disable some elements such as Preloader, Offcanvas, Back to Top, or set Dark Mode as default. Go to Customize → Orisa Customizer → General Settings

Header Builder

You can customize the Header. Go to: Header Builder -> All Templates -> Edit with Elementor.

Select Header Style Globally

There’re different Header Style in Orisa. All of them can be configured in
Customize → Orisa Customizer → Header Layout Settings  → Select Header Style Globally

You can select the Elementor Header (created by the Header Builder).

Footer Builder

There’re different Footer Style in Orisa. All of them can be configured in
Dashboard → Footer Builder → Choose Footer Style  → Edit with Elementor

Select Footer Style Globally

There’re different Header Style in Orisa. All of them can be configured in
Customize → Orisa Customizer → Footer Settings  → Select Footer Style Globally

One great feature is that you can choose different Headers and Footers for each individual page. This gives you great flexibility.

How to Create a Menu

Setting up Navigation Menus works normally as it does for any WordPress theme. If you’re new to WordPress, you can learn more about menus in the WordPress Codex article.

1. Go to Appearance → Menus in your admin sidebar and click Create a new menu option..
   
2. Select Create a new menu at the top of the page
   
3. Choose menu items you want to add from the left and hit Add to Menu. Then hit Save Menu
4. Your new menu has been created:
   
5. Using the Custom Links and Pages boxes at the left, add items to the menu and drag and drop to arrange them.
6. If you would like to use this menu in the primary navigation of the theme, scroll down to the Menu Settings area, enable the checkbox next to the Main Menu menu locations.
   
7. Click Save Menu and that is all.

Blog Settings

There are many options available for the Blog such as: Author / Date / Category / Comments / Reading Time / Views Count / Share / Tags / Related / Navigation...

Go to Customize → Orisa Customizer → Blog Settings

Color Settings

Go to Customize → Orisa Customizer → Color Settings

404 Page Settings

Go to Customize → Orisa Customizer → 404 Settings

Typography Setting

Go to Customize → Orisa Customizer → Typography Setting

Page Options

On each page you'll see a Template Settings metabox, located below the page content editor. This metabox includes various options to control the header style , footer visibility and Logo Setting on each page.

Create a New Page

Step 1: Navigate to Pages in your admin sidebar and click Add New option.

Step 2: Enter a new name for your page, then find the Page Attributes box on right side to set your Parent or Template page.

Step 3: in Page info, you can choose custom header and footer for this page. You can show or hide breadcrumb.

Use Elementor Page Builder to Build Page

Step 1: Choose Edit With Elementor to edit your page.

Step 2: Choose Add Element to start adding our premade elements to your new page.

How to Change Page Title

Step 1: Go to Pages > All Pages. Then point at the page you want to edit. You will see the Quick Edit option.

Step 2: Edit the title as you want. Delete the current slug. Then hit Update. It will automatically generate new slug for your page.

You can also edit some other options such as parent, template, status... If you want to edit more options, hit Edit instead of Quick Edit.

Contact Form Setup

Overflow comes with integrated support for the Contact Form 7 plugin:

Contact Form for Contact Page

Copy the shortcode Paste it everywhere then you will get a contact form

How to Create a New Post

Step 1: Navigate to Posts > Add New in your WordPress admin sidebar.

Step 2: Create a title, and insert your post content in the editing field.

Step 3: For a video/audio post, just simply paste the video/audio URL into the Embed Code field.

Step 4: Add Categories from the right side. Categories is meta information you create for the post. Each category is a meta link that your viewer can click to view similar type of posts. To assign it to the post, check the box next to the Category name. You can also access and edit Categories from the Post sidebar item in your WordPress admin sidebar.

Step 5: Add Tags from the right side. Tags is meta information you create for the post. Each tag is a link that your viewer can click to view similar type of posts. Type the name of the tag in the field, separate multiple tags with commas. You can also access and edit Tags from the Post sidebar item in your WordPress admin sidebar.

Step 6: For a single image, click the first Featured Image Box, select an image and click the Set Featured Image button.

Step 7: You can also customize Page Title & Sidebar Options in Settings.

Step 8: Once you are finished, click Publish to save the post.

Here is the screenshot that shows the various areas of the blog post page:

There are many options for Header and Post formats to showcase your post in an impressive way.

How to Create a Category

Step 1: Post >> Categories

Step 2: Name the category and fill to other section below.

Step 3: Hit Add New Category. Your new Category will aprear in the table of all category immediately.

You can choose different layouts for each Category. You can also select a Thumbnail and an Icon for each category. Very flexible.

Similar to Category, you can create a new Tag in the same way.

How to Add Widget in Sidebar

Step 1: Appearance >> Widgets. You can see all of the Sidebar here.

Step 2:Choose the Widgets you want and drag it to the Sidebar you want or click on it to choose the Sidebar.

In the case you want to delete its settings, drag it back.

Free Support System

All of alithemes’s items come with 6 months of included support and free lifetime updates for your Theme.
Once the 6 months of included support is up, you have the opportunity to extend support coverage up to 6 or 12 months further.
If you choose to not extend your support, you will still be able to submit bug reports via email or item comments and still have access to our online documentation knowledge base and video tutorials.

We have an advanced, secure ticket system to handle your requests. Support is limited to questions regarding the theme’s features or issues that are related the theme. We are not able to provide support for code customizations or third-party plugins. If you need help with anything other than minor customization of your theme, we suggest enlisting the help of a developer.

Our Support Mail

All of our items come with free support, and we have a dedicated mail: https://support.alithemes.com/ to handle your requests. Support is limited to questions regarding the theme’s features or problems with the theme. We are not able to provide support for code customizations or third-party plugins. If you need help with anything other than minor customizations of your theme then you should enlist the help of a developer.

Item Support Includes

• Answering questions about how to use the item
• Answering technical questions about the item
• Help with defects in the item
• Item updates to ensure ongoing compatibility and to resolve security vulnerabilities

Not Included in Item Support

• Theme customization and requests that require or involve custom coding
• Installation of the item
• Hosting, server environment, or software
• Support for compatibility with 3rd party plug-ins
• Support for out-dated or modified themes