Lawyer Base

Two post types decide what your site publishes

GoodLayers builds Lawyer Base around content the vendor defines, not just page templates. The feature list names an Attorney post type that lets you create attorney profiles, with a multi-column layout for the listing that gathers them. A separate Practice post type handles service areas, and the vendor says it ships with three layout styles for that.

That changes the editing routine in a practical way. Each fee earner becomes an entry you add, edit and retire rather than a hand-built page that has to be rebuilt when someone leaves. Practice areas work the same way, so a firm that adds a new department can publish a new practice entry in the existing style instead of designing another page.

How deep each profile goes is not detailed in the vendor text beyond the profile creation claim and the multi-column listing. Plan to check the demo for the fields a profile actually supports before you commit to a structure.

Starting a page from a preset, not a blank canvas

The Page Builder Setting Shortcut Button is the detail that shapes how a page gets made. According to the vendor, one click loads builder settings along the lines of Homepage, About, Careers, Q&A, Awards & Honors, Contact 1 and Contact 2. In practice, you pick the closest starting point and then modify it, which suits a firm that needs a consistent set of pages with predictable sections.

The section-level design controls go further. Lawyer Base offers parallax or colour sections, and the vendor says you can set the parallax speed or fix the background. The more useful part is the separate custom skin: you create one in the admin panel, then assign it to a parallax section. That answers a common snag with dark background bands, where default heading and link colours become hard to read; the skin sets those text colours for that band rather than for the whole site.

A GoodLayers importer is also listed for turning the site into something close to the demo, with a step-by-step video, so the preset route can begin from imported content.

Width settings that apply across the site

Several of the vendor's options sit above individual pages and change the frame every layout sits inside. Sidebar width is set in the admin panel from five values: 16%, 25%, 33%, 41% and 50%, with 25% and 33% when both sidebars are in use. The container width is also settable in pixels.

Those two settings are worth thinking about together. A firm with long practice descriptions will likely want a narrower sidebar so the reading column stays comfortable, while a directory-style attorney listing can absorb a wider one. Because the values are fixed steps rather than a free slider, the decision is a choice among presets, and a 41% or 50% sidebar will leave the main column visibly narrow on mid-sized screens.

The vendor also lists floating navigation, boxed or full-width layouts and a Landing Page Template that can disable the header, the footer, or both. That last option is the one to reach for when a campaign page should not carry the full site chrome.

Slider formats and a built-in mega menu

The vendor describes a slider that manages elements by drag and drop, with a timeline for controlling transition period, and three formats: full-screen, full-width and boxed. The format choice is mostly about how much of the first screen the hero takes. A full-screen slider owns the viewport, which suits a firm leaning on photography of its offices or team; a boxed slider keeps the content column intact underneath.

Menu structure is handled without an extra plugin. The vendor describes a built-in mega menu, which is how a firm can show several practice areas, attorney groups and contact options in one wide panel instead of nested dropdowns.

Social links are placed in the header, and the vendor lists a testimonial element and a personnel element among the shortcodes. These are presentation tools, so the shape they take in your build depends on the demo you start from.

What the listing declares about versions and files

Separate from the feature claims, the marketplace attributes observed on 4 November 2026 record compatibility with WPML and with WooCommerce 6.x.x through 10.x.x, and WordPress 6.1.x through 7.0.x. The included files are listed as PHP, CSS and JavaScript plus layered and flat PSD files, with widget-ready areas and documentation described as well documented. Browsers named are Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge and IE11; the IE11 entry is a declaration from the listing rather than a sign that every feature behaves the same there.

These attributes are declarations recorded on that date, not the result of anyone running the theme against your stack. If you depend on a current WordPress release, treat the declared range as a starting point and check behaviour on a staging copy.

One exclusion is stated plainly by the vendor: images from the preview site are not included in the theme package. The demo's photography needs replacing with your own, so budget a shoot or a licensed image set rather than assuming the demo look carries over.

Where this structure earns its keep

Lawyer Base makes most sense for a practice that publishes about people and services in a regular rhythm: a firm with a growing roster of attorneys, several practice areas, and a preference for building pages from a known set of section layouts. The combination of Attorney and Practice post types with one-click page presets means the site's growth happens inside the theme's own structure.

If your site is one long marketing page for a single solicitor with no team listing, the post types add administration you will not use, and the value comes down to the slider and page presets alone. The demo photography question is the other practical check: the layout depends on strong imagery, and that imagery is yours to supply.

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