Visual WordPress design with Kirki
Kirki Pro and the Agency plan extend Kirki’s visual website-building and theme-customization environment for WordPress. Kirki combines a freeform canvas with WordPress customization tools, allowing designers and developers to create landing pages, business websites, blogs, and complete websites without coding.
The editor uses an infinite canvas rather than fixed grids or rigid column structures. You can drag and drop elements, arrange layouts visually, and preview changes for desktop, tablet, and mobile. Kirki works with any WordPress theme and retains the existing Customizer framework, including its 35-plus controls.
Advanced paid capabilities
Kirki Pro unlocks advanced capabilities for projects that require reusable content, richer interactions, and additional design resources. These capabilities include:
- Dynamic content through collections and templates
- Conditional visibility controls
- The full interaction timeline
- A visual popup builder
- Premium templates
Dynamic templates can support data-driven designs, while conditional visibility helps control when content is shown. The interaction timeline and visual animation tools provide a structured way to create transitions, effects, text animations, and other interactive experiences.
Design and content workflow
Start with a ready-made website template, pre-built section, or layout block, then customize the design on the freeform canvas. Global styles for colors, fonts, and spacing help keep a project consistent. Reusable design assets and components can support repeated layouts across a site or across client work.
Kirki also includes import and export features for projects, a media manager for assets, an icon library, and light and dark interface modes. Version history and rollback provide a way to review earlier work and return to a previous design during development.
Built-in tools
The visual environment includes tools for common website requirements without needing additional plugins in the described workflow. The form builder includes submission management, while the popup builder provides visual controls for popup content. Interaction and animation tools help create more engaging page experiences.
Responsive editing lets you work on desktop, tablet, and mobile presentations. Automatic CSS generation, conditional logic support, and a developer-friendly API extend the WordPress Customizer experience for teams and developers who need both visual editing and extensibility.
Who can use the paid editions?
- Designers: Create freely without being limited to rigid layouts.
- Freelancers: Build and customize client websites visually.
- Agencies: Manage multiple projects with reusable systems and assets.
- Developers: Extend WordPress customization through the API and existing controls.
- Teams: Organize scalable designs with dynamic content, templates, and reusable components.
Installation and setup
Add Kirki to your WordPress site, then open the visual builder or Customizer. Choose a template or begin with the freeform canvas, configure responsive views, and add the Pro or Agency capabilities needed for dynamic content, interactions, popups, or premium templates. Existing Customizer controls remain preserved while the visual builder is used for new design work.
