Getting Started

What is CORA

CORA is Vital’s WordPress platform — a curated theme, plugin stack, block library, and set of AI-powered tools that give marketing teams more control and developers a faster, more consistent starting point.

The platform at a glance

CORA isn’t a SaaS subscription. It’s a set of coordinated WordPress components that Vital deploys, maintains, and extends across client engagements. From a technical standpoint, CORA is:

• A WordPress parent theme — the base all CORA child themes extend
• A curated plugin stack — installed by default on every new CORA site
• A block and pattern library — hosted centrally, available to any CORA build
• A set of feature plugins — Compose, Assist, Compliance, Create, Redirects, and more
• A customized admin UX — a cleaner WordPress backend for editors and content managers

From Skeletor to CORA

CORA evolved from an internal Vital project called Skeletor — a set of blocks, plugins, and theme conventions developed over years of client work. CORA is a rebranded, reorganized, and significantly extended version of that foundation. If you encounter references to Skeletor in legacy code or old documentation, treat them as CORA equivalents.

How CORA sites are structured

1. Parent theme (CORA) — core styles, block registrations, plugin hooks. Never edited directly.
2. Child theme — client-specific brand, overrides, and custom templates. All customization lives here.
3. Default plugin stack — installed automatically on every new site
4. Optional plugins — added per project based on scope
5. Feature plugins — Compose, Assist, Compliance, etc. activated as needed

CORA environments

• coraweb.com — marketing and sales site
• dev.coraweb.com — active parent theme development
• base.coraweb.com — cloneable base build for new projects
• sandbox.coraweb.com — internal training environment
• campus.coraweb.com — higher education industry demo
• services.coraweb.com — professional services industry demo
• fintech.coraweb.com — finance industry demo
• manufacturing.coraweb.com — manufacturing industry demo