Two ways to build the same page
Borgholm's vendor description puts Elementor compatibility near the top of the feature list, and then spends most of the remaining space on shortcodes. Both statements are true at once, and that combination is the first thing to understand about the theme: you can compose a page inside a builder canvas, or place theme-specific elements as shortcodes, and the showcase pieces in the library only exist in the second route.
That matters because the pieces an agency site usually needs for its case studies — horizontal showcases, interactive link showcases, card galleries, image marquees, vertical split sliders — are named by the vendor as shortcodes, not as Elementor widgets. If you plan to work mainly by dragging blocks in Elementor, expect some of the theme's distinctive presentation blocks to sit outside that workflow.
The marketplace also marks Gutenberg Optimized as Yes, so the block editor is declared as a usable editing route. The description does not explain how block content and shortcode content behave when they meet on the same page.
Portfolio as the content model
For a marketing or branding agency, the portfolio system is closer to the heart of the theme than the homepage. Select-Themes lists four list layouts — Masonry, Gallery, Slider and Justified Gallery — plus a category filter on those lists. On the single-project side there are four more: Gallery, Images, Masonry and Slider layouts for a project page.
Read together, that means the same body of case studies can be presented as a dense grid on an index page and as a slower, sequenced view on the project itself, without building separate templates by hand. A category filter on the list is what keeps a large archive navigable when the agency covers several service lines.
Three supporting shortcodes go with it: Portfolio Category List, Portfolio Info and Portfolio Tags. The Info and Tags elements suggest project metadata and taxonomy can be placed into a project layout rather than being fixed by the template. The vendor states the feature names; it does not document the fields.
Headers treated as a configuration layer
The header system is where Borgholm goes further than most themes of this kind. Three header types are named: Standard, Minimal and Vertical Sliding. On top of that sit three behaviour modes — sticky, fixed, and sticky only on scroll up — which are different interaction patterns, not cosmetic variants.
Logo handling is similarly granulated. The vendor describes separate logo versions for normal, sticky and mobile states, and separate logo versions for dark and light header skins. If your brand mark needs a reversed version on a dark overlay and a darker version on a white bar, that is built in rather than handled with custom CSS.
Around the header sit a customisable mega menu, a side area, an optional header top widget area, multiple header and footer widget areas, and anchor functionality in the menu for jumping to a section on the same or a different page. Anchor links are a practical detail for agency sites, which often have long single-page sections that need to be addressable from the main navigation.
One uncertainty worth naming: these are vendor feature claims from the description, not observations of the theme running. Which header types and behaviour modes can be combined, and whether the mobile logo swap covers every header type, is not stated.
What the wider shortcode library covers
Beyond portfolio, the library reads like a toolkit for the kind of pages agencies pitch with. Presentation pieces include Triple Frame Image Highlight, Horizontal Showcase, Interactive Link Showcase, Cards Gallery, Image Marquee, Vertical Split Slider and a Banner shortcode. Content pieces include Awards List, Working Hours List, Team List, Clients List, Testimonials List, Info Section and a Video Button.
There is also a set of number-and-time elements: progress bars, counters, countdowns and what the vendor calls various infographic shortcodes. For a studio that wants to present figures on a homepage — projects delivered, years active, campaign reach — those are the blocks that carry it.
Two smaller details are unusual enough to mention. The preloading effect offers a choice of more than 15 loader icons, and design tokens are broad: 900+ Google Fonts and seven icon packs (Font Awesome, Font Elegant, Ion Icons, Simple Line Icons, Linea, Linear and Dripicons).
The consequence to weigh is portability. Content written as theme shortcodes is tied to this theme's rendering. If you expect to change themes later, or have an editorial team that only works in blocks, that is a real cost against the layout freedom the library provides.
Blog, shop and multilingual pieces
The blog side is treated with the same layout variety as the portfolio: list layouts in Gallery, Masonry, Slider and Justified Gallery forms, custom post formats for Standard, Gallery, Link, Quote, Video and Audio, related posts on single posts, and a set of blog widgets plus custom sidebars.
The shop layer is declared through WooCommerce compatibility, with a Product List shortcode and a WooCommerce Dropdown Cart widget among the listed features. The vendor lists WooCommerce 9.x.x and 10.x.x in the marketplace compatibility attributes. Nothing in the description describes how a shop section is styled or how the page templates interact with WooCommerce templates, so treat the shop as a declared connection rather than a documented workflow.
For multilingual agency sites, WPML compatibility is declared, and the changelog records a WPML config file being added in version 1.5 and updated in later releases. A child theme is included, which is the right place for customisations that should survive theme updates.
Declarations, maintenance and the demo image caveat
The compatibility attributes recorded on 4 November 2026 name WordPress 6.5.x through 7.0.x, WooCommerce 9.x.x and 10.x.x, Contact Form 7, Elementor, WPBakery Page Builder and WPML, with browsers listed as Firefox, Safari, Opera, Chrome and Edge. The file attribute lists PHP, CSS and JS files. Slider Revolution is described by the vendor as included.
Those are listing declarations made by the vendor and marketplace, not results from running the theme against your PHP version or plugin set. The presence of both Elementor and WPBakery in the compatibility list is worth checking against your own build plans rather than reading as a recommendation of either.
The changelog shows regular maintenance: version 1.6 in February 2026 updated Revolution Slider and the Borgholm Core plugin, refreshed the WPML config, improved font and pagination helpers and fixed custom font adding. Earlier releases record PHP 8.3 compatibility work, Elementor compatibility improvements and translation loading fixes.
Finally, the description carries a copyright note worth taking literally: the demo images are not licensed for reuse. They are presentational only and must be replaced with your own photography or properly licensed stock. Budget for that image pass before you judge how a Borgholm build will look.
Questions & answers
Do I have to use Elementor to build pages with Borgholm?
No. The vendor lists Elementor compatibility alongside an extensive shortcode library, and the block editor is marked as Gutenberg Optimized in the listing. Many of the showcase elements — marquees, horizontal showcases, card galleries — are described as shortcodes, so a fully Elementor-only build would not use all of the theme's presentation pieces.
Can different case studies use different portfolio layouts?
The vendor lists four portfolio list layouts and four single-project layouts (Gallery, Images, Masonry, Slider), plus a category filter on lists. The description does not state whether the single-project layout is chosen globally or per project, so confirm that in a test install if per-project variation matters to you.
Are the images in the Borgholm demo included with the theme?
No. The vendor states that the demo photography is presentational only and is not licensed for use on your site. You need to supply your own images or purchase stock licences separately.
