TownPress – Municipality & Town Government WordPress Theme

TownPress & 8211; Municipality & Town GovernmentWordPress Theme

A Five Star WordPress Theme For Your Local Government

TownPress stands as an accessible premium WordPress theme meticulously crafted for municipal, parish, town, or city websites. This theme delivers a comprehensive solution tailored to meet the essential requirements of a modern municipality. Packed with niche-specific features such as a local weather widget, directory listings, upcoming events, document management, galleries, and more, TownPress integrates these functionalities within a classic three-column layout. Developed with a no-clutter, straight-to-the-point philosophy, this theme ensures clarity and efficiency for both administrators and visitors.

Built With No Clutter, Straight To The Point Philosophy

The clean code underpinning TownPress provides a seamless experience not only for developers seeking advanced customization opportunities but also for individuals with disabilities and search engines. This commitment to good accessibility and SEO practices is fundamental. To enhance your municipality& 8217;s branding, TownPress allows you to create a custom color scheme through simple clicks within the admin panel. Furthermore, this is a responsive theme, guaranteeing an optimal appearance on mobile devices and desktop computers alike. TownPress is translation-ready, supporting RTL languages, and optimized for the WordPress block editor (Gutenberg). While Elementor and WPBakery Page Builder plugins are supported, importing demo content is exclusively available for the WordPress block editor.

Main Features

This theme includes several built-in post types, enabling efficient management of diverse content categories. The Directory module serves as an ideal solution for displaying a directory of local businesses complete with essential contact details and opening hours. The Documents module facilitates access to both locally uploaded attachments and external links. The Events module offers a versatile system for organizing town events, supporting precise location, date, time, and recurrence settings. The Galleries module provides the most efficient method for showcasing stunning photo galleries featuring the town& 8217;s key assets, points of interest, and architectural highlights. The News module assists in keeping citizens, visitors, and the public well informed. The Notices module presents a convenient way to display important information messages without overwhelming the main news feed. The People module functions as a simple tool for presenting professional profiles of elected officials, service personnel, and employees in an elegant format.

General Features

TownPress supports multiple map providers, including Google Maps, Mapbox, and Open Street Map, for directory listings and event locations. The theme is inherently mobile-friendly, ensuring a great user experience across various screen sizes. Built with Gutenberg compatibility, it supports WordPress& 8217;s native editor for easy page building, though it also works seamlessly with Elementor and WPBakery Page Builder plugins (note: demo content imports are block editor-only). The theme also supports the bbPress plugin, enabling the creation of a powerful forum within your website. Creating a custom color scheme is straightforward via admin clicks, or you can delve deeper using the dedicated CSS (SCSS) file for comprehensive color customization. Included translation files ensure the theme and bundled LSVr plugins are fully translatable. Modular post types allow disabling unnecessary types for a bloat-free admin. Demo content is included to recreate the live preview site in minutes, though demo images are excluded for copyright reasons and imported pages are editable via the block editor. The code is well-commented and overrideable via a child theme. A child theme is included for advanced customization. RTL (Right-to-left) support automatically activates when switching to an RTL language. PHP 8 compatibility maximizes server performance. Images seen in the live preview (demo) are not included.

Admin Screens

Front page edit screen | Event post edit screen | Directory pages customizer screen

FAQ

Is the price a one-time payment or recurring? As with all ThemeForest items, it is a one-time payment. This includes six months of support and access to updates for the theme& 8217;s lifetime (as long as it remains on ThemeForest). Support extensions are available if needed.

What does item support include? Support covers theme-related issues and explanations of features. While customization isn& 8217;t included, the author typically assists with simple CSS snippets and provides useful hints for code customization. Reading the theme documentation is recommended first, as it addresses most questions. More details on support are available here.

Can the theme be used on staging/development sites simultaneously with the live site? Yes, you can use the theme on multiple staging/development sites alongside your live site. However, a single license permits only one final live site. More on licenses is available here.

How can you contact the author privately? Use the contact form on the author& 8217;s profile page to send a private message.

Is the WPBakery Page Builder plugin included? Yes, the bundled version is included.

Can& 8217;t Decide Between Wordbench, Pressville, and TownPress? All three themes are excellent for municipal websites. They share similar feature sets, including essential LSVR plugins for events, directories, documents, notices, galleries, and people directories. Backend and code quality are comparable. The primary difference is design; choose the one that best fits your municipal website& 8217;s style.

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Customer Reviews

& 8220;Great, great, great! I love it!& 8221;
& 8220;The author seems very responsive to customer questions and feedback.& 8221;
& 8220;Besides the clear manual, awesome design, and simple setup, you give great support, fast replies, and personal attention. Don& 8217;t hesitate to score another template from you.& 8221;
& 8220;beautiful template for cities, clean design, simple setup, valid HTML5 code, overall excellent work, thank you& 8221;
& 8220;If I could select numerous reasons, I would. Support & 8211; TOP quality Theme & 8211; Best by far on Themeforest.& 8221;

Updates

v3.8.12 & 8211; 8 July 2025: Updated WPBakery Page Builder plugin to 8.5 (update instructions available).
Complete changelog is available here.

Features

& 8211; columns: 4+
& 8211; compatible-browsers: Array
& 8211; compatible-software: Array
& 8211; compatible-with: Array
& 8211; demo-url: https://preview.lsvr.sk/townpress/
& 8211; documentation: Well Documented
& 8211; gutenberg-optimized: Yes
& 8211; high-resolution: Yes
& 8211; layout: Responsive
& 8211; themeforest-files-included: Array
& 8211; widget-ready: Yes

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