Extensions
Add new types of content in a click.
Extensions add ready-made content types to your Zen Builder site – events, popups, projects and reviews. Switch one on and it appears in your dashboard with its own fields, blocks and page templates.
Standard extensions
Ready when you need them.
Standard extensions are included with every Zen Builder licence at no extra cost, including new ones as they are added.
What is an extension?
Structured content, without the set-up.
A normal WordPress page is a blank canvas. An extension gives one kind of content its own form, so every event, project or review has the same details in the same place – and looks consistent wherever it appears.
- Its own menu in your WordPress dashboard
- Simple fields to fill in – no layout work for each entry
- Blocks to place each detail exactly where you want it
- Page templates for listings and single entries
- Categories to organise your content
- Styled automatically by your Theme Options
Events
Publish and promote upcoming events.
Add each event once – dates, venue, price and contact details – and your listings stay up to date on their own. Past events drop off automatically.
- Start and end dates, location, address and organiser
- Entry fee, phone, email and a booking or ticket link
- Listings show upcoming events only, in date order
- Visitors can switch the listing between soonest and latest
- Event categories, each with its own listing page
- Ready-made templates for the event list, single events and categories
Great for: Workshops, classes, open days, webinars and meetups.
Event information
- Start date
- End date
- Location
- Address
- Organiser
- Fee
- Phone
- Link
Popups
Announcements and offers, shown at the right time.
Write a popup like a post – a title, an image and your message – then choose when it runs and which pages it appears on.
- Start and end dates, so offers switch on and off by themselves
- Show on every page, or only on the pages you choose
- An optional button linking to any page, opening in a new tab if you like
- Once a visitor closes it, it stays closed for the time you set
- Built on the Bootstrap modal, styled by your Theme Options
- Keyboard friendly, with a clear close button
Great for: Sales, newsletter sign-ups, holiday opening hours and event announcements.
Popup information
- Start date
- End date
- Button text
- Link
- Open in a new tab
Conditional display: the popup appears on all pages unless you restrict it.
Projects
Show off your best work.
Build a portfolio of case studies. Every project gets its own page with a photo gallery, the key facts and a quote from the client.
- Client, location, start date and fee
- A photo gallery that opens in a lightbox
- A quote or testimonial section with its own background image
- A call-to-action button to an internal or external link
- Organise by category and by industry, each with its own listing page
- Ready-made templates for the portfolio, single projects and listings
Great for: Builders, architects, designers, agencies and landscapers.
Project information
- Client
- Location
- Start date
- Fee
- Quote
- Testimonial background
- Link type, text and style
Reviews
Turn happy customers into social proof.
Keep all your reviews in one place, then show them wherever they help – a grid on a reviews page, a carousel, or your best few on the home page.
- Reviewer name, role, company and location
- Star rating and review date
- Reviewer photo, with a neat placeholder when there isn’t one
- A link back to the original review, with your own label
- Mark your best reviews as Featured to show them first
- Display them with Zen Builder’s dynamic card and carousel blocks
Great for: Any business that wants visitors to see what customers say.
Review information
- Name
- Role
- Company
- Location
- Stars
- Review date
- Source link and label
- Featured
How it works
Up and running in three steps.
1. Switch it on
Install the extension from your WordPress dashboard and activate it. A new menu appears, for example Events or Reviews.
2. Add your content
Click Add New and fill in the form: the title, your text and the details in the sidebar.
3. Show it on your site
Listing pages such as /events/ and /projects/ work straight away. Use the extension’s blocks and templates to design them your way.
Extensions need the Zen Builder plugin. Only switch on the ones a site uses, so each site stays lean.
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