Stillform — WordPress architecture studio

A native WordPress theme with a working Docker demo, five main pages, four fictional project detail pages and three journal articles. The v1.0.0 static preview is superseded by v1.1.0.

Download and install

Use stillform-1.1.0.zip. Upload it through Appearance → Themes, activate, then open Appearance → Stillform demo and explicitly install the bundled demo. Set a real email in Appearance → Customize → Stillform contact before public launch. No contact form is simulated. Demo content and project names are fictional; photographs do not represent the site owner's work.

Full theme instructions and asset license notes: theme README.

Run locally with Docker

Requires Docker Desktop with Linux containers and Docker Compose.

1. Copy .env.example to .env and choose three independent local passwords. Never commit .env.
2. Run docker compose up -d --wait.
3. Install WordPress at http://127.0.0.1:8097 using its browser setup wizard.
4. Activate Stillform and use Appearance → Stillform demo.
5. Set a post-name permalink structure in Settings → Permalinks.

Only the web port is exposed, bound to localhost. Database and WordPress data use isolated named volumes. Do not use down -v unless you explicitly intend to erase this local site's database and uploads.

Verified release

The release ZIP was extracted and exercised in a separate fresh Docker WordPress database at http://127.0.0.1:8098. This is the verified local review site on the build machine, not a public hosting URL.

• WordPress 7.1.0 / PHP 8.3 / MySQL 8.4.
• 5 demo pages, 4 projects, 3 journal posts and 8 imported photographs.
• Installer repeated without duplicate content; conflicting non-owned content preserved.
• Theme activation did not create content.
• Native page content changes and contact setting changes rendered on frontend, then test changes were restored.
• All five pages captured from the real Docker site at 1440px and 390px.
• 12 internal navigation/content URLs returned HTTP 200.
• Images loaded on all ten main-page captures; no horizontal overflow.
• Mobile menu opens and Escape closes it; additional 360px check passed.
• 8 structural regression tests passed; theme PHP and JavaScript syntax checks passed.

Machine-readable evidence: runtime-evidence.json, browser-evidence.json, link-evidence.json, interaction-evidence.json. Screenshots are in screenshots/, not from a separate HTML mock.

Limitations: focused Chromium checks, not an exhaustive cross-browser/accessibility audit. Core PHP warnings/deprecations occurred during WP-CLI setup; no fatal error was observed. Contact uses a clearly marked configurable example address until replaced. No email delivery service or form plugin is bundled. The recurring publishing schedule remains paused pending user review.