# Salvia: free WordPress theme

URL: https://symelo.com/tools/wordpress-themes/salvia

Free WordPress theme. A slow, dark and editorial block theme for day spas, massage studios, physiotherapy and holistic practices.

A slow, dark and editorial block theme for day spas, massage studios, physiotherapy and holistic practices.

- Price: free (GPLv2 or later)
- Category: Health
- Version 1.0.0, 2026-10-22. WordPress 7.0+, PHP 7.4+. GNU General Public License v2 or later.
- Style variations: Clay, Linen, Mist
- Fonts: Marcellus, Karla
- Works with: [Secure Custom Fields](https://wordpress.org/plugins/secure-custom-fields/), a free plugin by WordPress.org, optional

## Description

Salvia is a calm, dark-first block theme for day spas, massage and bodywork studios, physiotherapy-and-yoga studios and holistic practices. Forest-night tones with cream type, amber and sage accents, generous space and large photographs in pebble, oval and capsule frames. A linen light scheme is one click away.

Built in, no plugins needed:

* Treatment menu that reads like a spa menu: name, duration, dotted leader and price, grouped by discipline, with a "Treatment menu" page template and its sticky discipline list.
* Therapists with round portraits or Marcellus monograms, disciplines, languages, studios and weekly hours in the studio.
* Studios with opening hours, "open now", special closing days, address, directions and a map that loads only after a click.
* Booking request, contact and seasonal newsletter forms, stored under Messages and emailed to you.
* Rituals, gift vouchers and payment methods, guest testimonials, a slow marquee of treatment names, a visit timeline, a water circuit feature, galleries with a lightbox and a video opener.
* Search panels for treatments (word, discipline, time, price, order) and therapists (discipline, language, studio, taking new guests).
* Header that sits over the opening photo and turns into a dark translucent bar as you scroll; on wide screens the menu splits around your centered name.
* Dark and light schemes with a switch in the header; four styles: Forest, Linen, Clay and Mist.
* Slow, gentle motion (long fades, parallax, word-by-word headlines) that switches off for visitors who prefer reduced motion.
* Structured data for search engines (DaySpa, services with offers, people, FAQ).

The theme keeps therapists, treatments, studios and their details in the free Secure Custom Fields plugin; the theme offers a one-click install. Without it every page still renders from the saved data.

## Frequently Asked Questions

#### Where do form messages go?

Every booking request, contact message and newsletter signup is saved under Messages in the dashboard and emailed to the address in Messages → Settings (or the site's admin email). Booking requests go to the address under Settings → Clinic details when one is set.

#### How do I change who receives booking requests?

Settings → Clinic details → Form email. The booking form never asks for medical details.

#### How do I get the demo content?

Appearance → Import demo. Choose "Wellness studio" (made for this theme) or the shared "Medical clinic" set, and tick the boxes to create the menu and use the demo home page.

#### How do I add a featured video to a journal post or treatment?

Open the post and use the Featured video panel in the sidebar. YouTube and Vimeo load only after a click.

#### Can I turn the animations off?

Remove the motion classes in the block's Motion panel. Visitors who ask their device for reduced motion never see them, and the video opener shows a still photo instead.

#### How do dark and light mode work?

Salvia starts dark (Forest and Mist) or light (Linen and Clay). The switch in the header changes the scheme and remembers the choice. The footer, the menu panel and photo covers stay dark in both.

#### Is there an emergency notice?

No. Salvia is made for wellness studios, so the medical emergency notice is left out of the header and footer. Physiotherapy-led studios can add the "Emergency notice" block to their Contact page.

## Downloads

- [Salvia 1.0.0](https://symelo.com/wordpress-themes/salvia/1.0.0/salvia-1.0.0.zip) (2026-10-22, 3.1 MB, SHA-256 e9987892ea39faa82d492f605357f365a485091333784aa98961178dcaf282ae)

## Screenshots

- https://symelo.com/wordpress-themes/salvia/shots/home-130fdaa2b9.webp
- https://symelo.com/wordpress-themes/salvia/shots/studios-3dee1d06ec.webp
- https://symelo.com/wordpress-themes/salvia/shots/therapists-0a4a7b0ee8.webp
- https://symelo.com/wordpress-themes/salvia/shots/therapists-owen-park-96ba8da1c1.webp
- https://symelo.com/wordpress-themes/salvia/shots/treatment-menu-2901107bc9.webp
- https://symelo.com/wordpress-themes/salvia/shots/admin-fields-523dd38d8e.webp

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