Kinetra has two parts: the Kinetra theme (design, animated frontend, Setup Wizard, Customizer) and the Kinetra Core plugin (projects, sections, SEO, contact form, newsletter, custom code). Core keeps your content working if you ever change themes, and the theme installs it for you.
What’s in the download
| File | What it is | Who needs it |
|---|---|---|
kinetra.zip | The theme. It already contains Kinetra Core. | Everyone |
kinetra-core.zip | The companion plugin on its own. | Only if the wizard can’t install plugins on your host |
kinetra-child.zip | A ready-made child theme. | Only if you want to add your own PHP or a lot of CSS |
kinetra-frontend-source.zip | The Next.js source of the animated frontend. | Developers who want to change the app |
If your download is one large zip, unzip it first and upload only
kinetra.zip. Uploading the whole package gives “The theme is missing the style.css stylesheet.”
Requirements
| Component | Minimum | Recommended |
|---|---|---|
| WordPress | 6.3 | Latest (tested up to 7.1) |
| PHP | 7.4 | 8.2 or newer |
| Database | MySQL 5.7 / MariaDB 10.4 | MySQL 8.0 / MariaDB 10.6+ |
| PHP memory limit | 128 MB | 256 MB with WooCommerce or Elementor |
| Max execution time | 30 s | 120 s, for faster demo imports |
| Uploads folder | Any | Writable, for static cached files |
| HTTPS | Optional | Yes, required for payments |
No Node.js or build tools are needed on the server. Shared hosting, managed WordPress and VPS all work, on Apache, Nginx or LiteSpeed.
Install from the WordPress dashboard
- Back up your site if it already has content (for example with UpdraftPlus).
- Go to Appearance → Themes, click Add New Theme, then Upload Theme.
- Choose
kinetra.zipand click Install Now. - Click Activate. The Setup Wizard opens and asks for your licence key. Continue with the Setup Wizard guide.
Install with FTP or your host’s file manager
- Unzip
kinetra.zipon your computer. You get a folder calledkinetra. - Upload it to
wp-content/themes/, so the theme is atwp-content/themes/kinetra/style.css. - Activate it in Appearance → Themes.
Activate your licence
Your licence key is in the email you get right after buying. You can also look it up, with the email address you bought with, on Your licence. Activating it unlocks the demo import, one-click updates and support.
- Go to Kinetra → Licence (or the first step of the Setup Wizard).
- Paste your key and click Activate. The key is now bound to this domain. The screen shows the domain, your plan, how many of your domains are used, and when updates and support end.
- Moving to a new domain? Click Deactivate on this site first, or remove the old domain on Your licence, then activate the key on the new site.
| Licence | Demo import | One-click updates | Support |
|---|---|---|---|
| Active | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Expired | Yes | No, renew at 40% off | No |
| Not activated | No | No | No |
Your site keeps working in every case: the licence never switches off the theme or your content. Local sites (localhost, .local, .test) work without a key.
One key, one domain
Each activation binds your key to one domain, such as example.com (with or without www., and including the folder if WordPress is in one, such as example.com/shop). Your plan sets how many domains a key can be bound to: Personal 1, Professional 5, Agency unlimited.
- Once a key has used all its domains, it can’t be activated on any other domain until you free one.
- If a licensed site is copied or moved to another address, the key stops working there: Kinetra → Licence shows “Bound to another domain”, and demo import and updates are locked. The theme and your content keep working.
- A staging copy on a subdomain of a licensed domain, such as
staging.example.comordev.example.com, activates for free (up to 3 per domain). Removing the main domain removes its staging copies too. - See and free your domains any time on Your licence.
Install Kinetra Core by hand
The wizard normally installs Kinetra Core for you. If your host needs FTP details to install plugins, go to Plugins → Add New Plugin → Upload Plugin, upload kinetra-core.zip (also inside the theme at kinetra/plugins/), activate it, and run the wizard again.
Child theme (optional)
Most sites don’t need one: design lives in the Customizer and custom code in Kinetra → Custom Code, and both survive updates. If you want to add your own PHP or a large stylesheet, install kinetra-child.zip from your download. Your Customizer settings, logo, menus and Additional CSS are copied into it automatically. The Child theme guide explains the rest.
Updating Kinetra
With an active licence, new versions appear in Dashboard → Updates and Appearance → Themes like any other theme. Back up your site, then click Update now. If a new Kinetra Core is included, update it from Kinetra → Plugins.
To update by hand instead, download the new kinetra.zip from Your licence, upload it in Appearance → Themes → Add New Theme → Upload Theme and choose Replace current with uploaded.
Your content, Customizer settings, custom code and Elementor kits are kept, and caches are cleared automatically.