Fast, private, and yours to build.
A lightweight WordPress theme with a drag-and-drop header and footer builder, a local pattern library, and 30+ blocks. No telemetry, no licensing servers. Free, forever.
Everything to build. Nothing to leak.
Header & footer builder
Drag rows, columns, and elements - navigation, search, cart, social, buttons - into place. Build multiple headers and show them conditionally.
Local pattern library
A Pattern Hub of ready-made sections, plus your own saved patterns. Pattern markup is served from disk; example images and videos load from our CDN while you browse, and are imported into your own media library when you save - so published pages are fully self-hosted.
30+ block library
Posts, post grids, testimonials, accordions, tabs, sliders, countdowns, forms, info boxes, and more, all styled to match your global settings.
Global typography & colour
Intelligent global controls for fonts, sizes, and colour. Google Fonts are hosted locally by default, switchable to remote loading per site.
Privacy-first by default
No telemetry, no tracking. Fonts and Gravatars are served locally. The only call about you is a version check for updates; Pattern Hub preview media loads from our CDN in the editor and is imported on save.
Plays well with plugins
Built-in styling for WooCommerce, LearnDash, LifterLMS, Tutor LMS, bbPress, and The Events Calendar.
Built visually. No code required.
Design your header and footer by dragging elements into place. Drop in sections from the local pattern library. Tune typography and colour globally, and watch it apply everywhere.
Who actually uses Signocore Slate.
Bloggers & publishers
Clean typography, fast pages, and accessible markup for content-driven sites.
Developers & agencies
A builder, custom elements, and starter sites to ship client work fast, with no cloud lock-in.
WooCommerce stores
Product blocks, a header cart, and shop styling that matches the rest of the site.
Course creators
Native styling for LearnDash, LifterLMS, and Tutor LMS course and lesson pages.
From download to working in under two minutes.
No. 1
Download the ZIP
Hit the download button. Single ZIP file, ready for WordPress.
~30 sec
No. 2
Upload in WP admin
Appearance → Themes → Add New → Upload Theme → activate.
~1 min
No. 3
Import a starter or start building
Open the Slate dashboard to import a starter site, or jump straight into the header and footer builder.
~5 min
Free. No catch.
Common questions about Signocore Slate.
Is Signocore Slate a block theme?
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It is a hybrid. You get a block-driven editor with a 30+ block library and a local pattern library that plug into Gutenberg, plus a visual drag-and-drop header and footer builder rather than Full Site Editing. It needs WordPress 6.3 or newer.
Does the theme track users or phone home?
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No telemetry, no tracking, and no licensing servers - the theme does not phone home about you or your visitors. Google Fonts and Gravatars are served locally, so visitor data stays on your server. The only call about you is a periodic version check against update.signocore.com. While you browse the Pattern Hub the editor also loads example preview media from our CDN (cdn.signocore.com); that media is imported into your media library on save, so published pages make no calls to us. Optional features you turn on - a form that sends to MailerLite, a captcha, or an embedded video - call those services by design, only when you enable them.
Will it work with WooCommerce and my LMS?
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Yes. Slate ships built-in integrations for WooCommerce, LearnDash, LifterLMS, Tutor LMS, bbPress, and The Events Calendar, so shop, course, and community pages inherit the theme styling automatically.
Can I import a ready-made design?
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Yes. Import a starter site from the Slate dashboard - content, customizer settings, and widgets in one step. You can also export and import your customizer settings to move a look between sites.
What are the requirements?
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WordPress 6.3 or newer and PHP 8.0 or newer. Slate is accessibility-conscious (WCAG 2.2 AA), translation-ready, and RTL-ready.
Is it really free?
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Yes. Free forever under GPL v3, updates included, no upsell tier and no licensing servers.