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BeFree Gantry 1.1.0 adds a Slideshow section for sliders such as MetaSlider and a new light preset, Bloom. It is a GPLv3 Gantry 5 theme for WordPress by Intense Finance (https://if.finance).

Install: install and activate the Gantry 5 plugin (5.6.4 recommended), then go to Appearance > Themes > Add New > Upload Theme and choose befree-gantry-1.1.0.zip. To update from 1.0.0, upload the zip and choose Replace current with uploaded. Outlines already saved in custom/ are not edited.

What's new

  • A Slideshow section directly under Navigation and above the page body, following Gantry Helium's pattern. It is in the Default, Left Sidebar, Both Sidebars, Full Width, Magazine Home, Home and Error layouts, uses Fullwidth (Flushed Content), and draws no markup when nothing is assigned.
  • Bloom, a light preset in a violet, rose and amber palette. Every checked pair meets WCAG AA (lowest 5.98:1).
  • Cyan Night (preset4) is removed and replaced by Bloom. The preset4 id still resolves, so saved outlines keep working. Light Paper is unchanged.
  • Theme author is now Intense Finance (https://if.finance) in the WordPress theme header, the Gantry About details and the PHP file headers. The original Hydrogen copyright lines stay.
  • Checked against Gantry 5.6.4, the latest official release. The theme templates match Hydrogen 5.6.4 apart from BeFree's own changes.
  • Existing particles are untouched, including the homepage hero, sidebars, Sister Site block and the main content where stock charts live. The theme still never restyles TradingView or chart embeds.

Add a MetaSlider slideshow

  1. Install and activate the MetaSlider plugin and create a slideshow.
  2. Widget option: in Gantry 5 > Layout, drag a Widget Block particle into the Slideshow section and set Block Key to slideshow. Then, in Appearance > Widgets, add the MetaSlider widget to that block.
  3. Shortcode option: in Gantry 5 > Layout, drag a Custom HTML particle into the Slideshow section, paste the shortcode MetaSlider gives you (for example [metaslider id="123"]) and turn on Process shortcodes.
  4. Save the layout. To keep the slider in the page column instead of edge to edge, open the section's gear menu and choose Fullwidth (Boxed Content). Colors are under Styles > Slideshow.

Requirements

  • WordPress 6.0+
  • Gantry 5 Framework plugin: minimum 5.5, recommended 5.6.4
  • PHP 8.1+

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The theme is based on Gantry 5 Hydrogen by Tiger12, LLC and RocketTheme (GPLv2 or later) and is released under GPLv3 or later. Copyright (C) 2026 Intense Finance.

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