Getting Started with GrootMade

Welcome to GrootMade — your gateway to premium GPL themes and plugins. This guide will have you up and running in minutes.

What is GrootMade?

GrootMade is a community-driven platform where developers discover, download, and automatically update premium GPL-licensed themes and plugins. Every product in our library is a community-maintained fork of the original GPL-licensed source.

New to GPL?

The GPL (GNU General Public License) grants you the freedom to use, study, modify, and share software. Learn more about GPL.

Quick Start

Create Your Account

Install the Plugin

Download and install our lightweight auto-update plugin on your site. This connects your site to the GrootMade ecosystem.

# Download from your dashboard or use WP-CLI
wp plugin install grootmade-connector --activate

Connect Your Site

Enter your API key from the GrootMade dashboard into the plugin settings. Your site is now connected.

Download Products

Browse our library of 5,000+ themes and plugins. Download what you need — updates are automatic.

What's Included

5,000+ Products

Premium themes and plugins, community-maintained and regularly updated.

Auto-Updates

Set it and forget it. Our plugin keeps everything current automatically.

Collections

Curated bundles created by the community. Or create your own.

White-Label

Run your own branded version for clients. Perfect for agencies.

Choose Your Path

I'm a Freelancer

Build unlimited client sites with one membership.

I'm an Agency

Manage all sites from one dashboard with white-label support.

I'm a Contributor

Fork, improve, and share products with the community.

Need Help?

Documentation — You're here! Browse the sidebar for detailed guides.
FAQ — Common questions answered at /docs/faq.
Contact — Reach our team at /contact. | app/(home) | The route group for your landing page and other pages. | | app/docs | The documentation layout and pages. | | app/api/search/route.ts | The Route Handler for search. |

Writing Content

For authoring docs, make sure to read:

Markdown

Fumadocs has some additional features for authoring content too.

Content Source

Content source handles all your content, like compiling Markdown files and validating frontmatter.

Read the MDX Introduction to learn how it handles your content.

A source.config.ts config file has been included, you can customise different options like frontmatter schema.

Fumadocs is not Markdown-exclusive. For other sources like Sanity, you can build a custom content source.

Customise UI

See Customisation Guide.

FAQ

Some common questions you may encounter.

How to fix stylings not being applied in Monorepo?

Make sure to include the fumadocs-ui package in your Tailwind CSS content configuration.

How to change the base route of /docs?

Update the baseUrl in your source loader configuration.

Getting Started