Even with the Kudos User Guide, this theme was super difficult for me to work with. I ended up having to buy WP Bakery even though it was supposed to be one of the included plug ins. Also, the WooCommerce plug in that came with this theme was outdated, so I had to go through a process of learning how to update it on my own (using code) and make sure it would still function with Kudos (which at the time hadn't been updated in over a year).
I do want to point out that I was brand new to Wordpress at the time I downloaded Kudos (September 2020), so my challenges were from a mixture of learning Wordpress and Kudos at the same time. So please keep in mind I already lacked familiarity with everything in general and perhaps you won't have these same struggles as me if you're a Wordpress whiz. I gave it 3 stars for this reason.
I'm sad that I will no longer be using Kudos to build my site as I had originally desired. Personally, it did not feel beginner friendly. The design was really nice, and the theme had everything I wanted for my site, but it just didn't work out for me when it came time to actually build. I ended up purchasing another theme and have been building with that one instead.
Author response
Hi there,
Sorry to hear this but please understand that WPBakery does come bundled within the theme and you do not need to activate any license for it as bundled plugins do get updated when the theme is.
You can read more about it here and you certainly do not need to purchase the plugin.
When it comes to WooCommerce also there has been an update of the theme which supports the latest version. Besides of that, running on an older version of the theme you should know that it is compatible with the latest version of WordPress as well as it is compatible with the latest WooCommerce as well. You will get this message though but it will not affect the performance of the theme.
We are sorry to heat this however we do believe that our theme is well documented. We do understand that it might be confusing sometimes but you can find our themes documentation here as well as many great articles, and video tutorials that might help you on the way developing your website.
Also, Commercial themes on Theme Forest often offer the framework of their own option, and they offer a lot of options, functionalities, and custom elements, and the learning curve can be steep sometimes, especially when you are facing some new theme for the first time.
Besides, the tutorials, documentation, and articles we do have an outstanding support team that are always eager to help all our customers, At the moment we could not locate any request from your Envato username and would appreciate it if you can submit a request at our help center where you can get help for sure.
We do hope that you will turn to our support team and once you are provided with help that you will reconsider your rating.
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