LT Garage is a theme for independent repair garages and MOT test centres, built with free Elementor: a shadow-board hero that shows every job with its price and whether it can be fitted in this week, MOT testing with fees and retest rules, repair prices and the labour rate, how a job runs from drop-off to collection, common MOT fails, mechanics, courtesy car, a booking request form, opening hours and a map. A Hello Elementor child theme with bundled fonts, one-page mode and a mobile menu.
Editions
| Edition | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | The child theme with its design, fonts, header and footer, The garage and Book in pages, blog and 404 templates, one-page mode and the mobile menu. Credit link stays. |
| Pro Standard | $29 a year | Every page, sample posts and one-click demo import, credit removal. Downloads, updates and ticket support for 1 year, 1 website. |
| Pro Unlimited | $49 once | Everything in Pro Standard plus the AI kit. Unlimited websites, lifetime updates and ticket support. |
Pages in Free (Appearance → Starter setup): The garage, Book in, Advice. Pages in Pro (Appearance → Demo import): Home, The garage, Our mechanics, Courtesy car and collection, Repairs, Servicing, Brakes, Clutch and gearbox, Diagnostics, MOT testing, Free retest, Common MOT fails, Lights and wipers, Tyres and wheels, Brakes and steering, Book in, Advice.
Quick setup
- Install the free Elementor plugin and the Hello Elementor theme, then upload and activate LT Garage (Install and update).
- Optional: activate WPForms Lite for the booking request form.
- Pro: Appearance → Demo import → Import (Demo import). Free: Appearance → Starter setup.
- Replace the demo content and pictures (below), set your logo and the header button.
Pages in the demo
| Page | Under | Edition |
|---|---|---|
| Home | – | Pro |
| The garage | – | Free |
| Our mechanics | The garage | Pro |
| Courtesy car and collection | The garage | Pro |
| Repairs | – | Pro |
| Servicing | Repairs | Pro |
| Brakes | Repairs | Pro |
| Clutch and gearbox | Repairs | Pro |
| Diagnostics | Repairs | Pro |
| MOT testing | – | Pro |
| Free retest | MOT testing | Pro |
| Common MOT fails | MOT testing | Pro |
| Lights and wipers | Common MOT fails | Pro |
| Tyres and wheels | Common MOT fails | Pro |
| Brakes and steering | Common MOT fails | Pro |
| Book in | – | Free |
| Advice (blog) | – | Free |
Home page sections
The home page sections, in order, with the name they have in Elementor’s Navigator and their CSS ID (the anchor used by one-page mode and by links such as /#board).
| Section (Navigator name) | CSS ID |
|---|---|
| Jobs this week | #board |
| MOT testing | #mot |
| Repairs and prices | #repairs |
| How a job runs | #how |
| The garage | #garage |
| Customer notes | #notes |
| Advice | #advice |
| Find us | #visit |
| Call to action | #due |
- Jobs on a shadow board: The home page opens with every job as a tool on a pegboard, with its from-price, time on the ramp and whether it can be fitted in this week.
- MOT testing: MOT fees for cars and vans, what the tester checks, the three results explained, retest rules and a guide to common MOT fails.
- Repairs and plain prices: Repair rows with what is included, the time it takes and the price, the labour rate and pages for servicing, brakes, clutches and diagnostics.
- How a job runs: Five steps from booking to collection, so customers know about the phone call before any work and the old parts in the boot.
- Free Elementor and a booking form: Every page is built with free Elementor widgets on Hello Elementor, with a booking request form made with the free WPForms Lite plugin. Fonts are bundled: no Google Fonts requests.
Menu
The demo import creates this main menu (Appearance → Menus):
- Home
- The garage → Our mechanics, Courtesy car and collection
- Repairs → Servicing, Brakes, Clutch and gearbox, Diagnostics
- MOT → Free retest, Common MOT fails (Lights and wipers, Tyres and wheels, Brakes and steering)
- Advice
- Book in
Header button: Book an MOT (link /book-in/), changed in Appearance → Customize → LT Garage options.
One-page mode (Pro)
With Pro Standard or Pro Unlimited, tick One-page mode on the home page in Appearance → Customize → LT Garage options and the menu scrolls to these sections: Jobs this week, MOT testing, Repairs and prices, How a job runs, The garage, Customer notes, Advice, Find us, Call to action. To change the labels or leave sections out, see One-page mode.
Used the old LT Garage onepage WordPress theme? It is not sold any more: version 2.0 is one theme for both. Install its Pro edition and turn on one-page mode.
Colours and fonts
Change them in Elementor Site Settings → Global Colors and Global Fonts; the whole site follows.
| Name in Global Colors | Value |
|---|---|
| Tool-chest red (buttons, links, rules) | #A3271C |
| Gauge grey (soft text) | #545A60 |
| Sump graphite (text, shadows, label tape) | #1C1F22 |
| Board yellow (the shadow board only) | #F2C230 |
| Bay grey (page) | #F1F2EF |
| Ramp steel (tinted sections) | #E0E3E3 |
| Hairlines | #C3C8CA |
| Cabinet drawer (dark bands) | #24282C |
| Text on dark | #F1F2EF |
| Soft text on dark | #B8BEC3 |
| Button hover | #7E1C14 |
| Name in Global Fonts | Font |
|---|---|
| Headings, prices and step numbers (Stardos Stencil) | Stardos Stencil |
| Menus, labels and small headings (Monda) | Monda |
| Body text (Monda) | Monda |
| Buttons (Monda) | Monda |
Form
With WPForms Lite active, the demo import creates the form Booking request on the Book in page. Fields: Your name (required), Email (required), Phone, Car make, model and year (required), What does the car need? (required), Drop-off, Preferred day, What is the car doing?. Email subject: “Booking request from the website”. After sending, visitors see: “Thank you. We will ring or email you to confirm the day, usually within one working day.”
See Contact form for where messages go and how to change the fields.
Demo content to replace
Everything marked with one of these in the demo is sample content: names, numbers, prices and addresses that you replace with your own (or delete):
(sample)Example pricesexample.com(555)Kiln Street GarageKiln StreetSpringfieldSample customer
- Keep the shadow board for the jobs and their weekly state: a tool on its peg means the job can be fitted in this week, a shadow means it is booked. Do not use it as decoration.
- Board yellow is the board surface only: never use it for text or buttons.
- Keep prices marked as example prices until they are your real prices, and never promise an MOT pass.
Only publish facts that are true for your business: real prices, opening hours, reviews and qualifications. Pro Unlimited’s launch checker lists every sample marker left on the site.
Photo guide
The demo uses placeholder pictures. Replace each one in Elementor (click it → Choose image) with a photo of about this size; save photos as JPEG or WebP under about 300 KB.
| Picture | Upload size |
|---|---|
| A clean workshop with a car raised on a lift and tools along the wall | 1600 × 1067 px |
| A mechanic in blue overalls inspecting the underside of a car on a lift | 1600 × 900 px |
| A mechanic working on a front wheel hub of a raised car | 1600 × 1067 px |
| A mechanic's hands with a spanner and an Allen key working on an engine | 1600 × 1067 px |
| A brake disc and caliper on a car with the wheel removed | 1600 × 1069 px |
| A mechanic rolling a wheel and tyre under a car raised on a lift | 1600 × 900 px |
| A diagnostic code reader resting on a wing cover next to an open engine bay | 1600 × 1067 px |
| Close-up of a car headlight | 1600 × 1067 px |
| A mechanic checking the underside of a car with an inspection lamp | 1600 × 900 px |
| Stacks of car tyres showing their tread patterns | 1600 × 1067 px |
| A digital multimeter with red and black test leads on a wooden bench | 1600 × 1067 px |
AI kit (Pro Unlimited)
The AI kit’s AGENTS.md tells an assistant how LT Garage is built. The CSS classes it relies on (keep them when you edit):
| CSS class | What it is |
|---|---|
lt-hero | home hero band (headline, then the shadow board) |
lt-board | the yellow pegboard; children lt-tool (add is-in = can fit in this week, is-out = booked, shadow only) |
lt-tool | one job on the board: tool image, label tape, price and status |
lt-tool__img | tool drawing; with lt-shadow–<tool> the painted shadow is drawn behind it (clipboard, spanner, disc, gauge, reader, ratchet) |
lt-tape | black embossed label tape with the job name (Heading widget) |
lt-tool__price | from-price and time on the ramp under the tape |
lt-tool__status | this week's status line (can fit in / booked, next free day) |
lt-legend | the key under the board |
lt-job | one repair row (job, included, time, price) |
lt-steps | how a job runs, numbered in order; each lt-step |
lt-result | MOT result rows (pass, advisories, fail) |
lt-quote | sample customer note |
lt-pagehead | inner page heading band |
lt-price | price or hours row (label + amount) |
lt-person | mechanic in the team grid |
lt-desk | contact block on the Book in page |
lt-map | street drawing |
lt-cta | closing call to action band |
See AI kit for the prompts, the safe edit tool and the launch checker.
Questions about LT Garage
Do I need Elementor Pro?
No. LT Garage uses only the free Elementor plugin and the free Hello Elementor theme. The header and footer are part of the theme, so you do not need Theme Builder.
How do I show which jobs I can fit in this week?
Each job on the board is a tool image. Use the tool drawing when you have room that week, or its shadow drawing when the bay is booked, and type the next free day under it. The AI kit's safe edit tool can do this from a short instruction.
Will my site look like the demo?
Yes, with Pro: Appearance > Demo import creates every page, the colours, fonts, menu, header and footer. The demo photos are replaced by placeholders you swap for your own.
Does it work as a one-page site?
Yes. Turn on one-page mode in the Customizer and the menu scrolls to the home page sections; every edition includes it.
What is the difference between Free and Pro?
Free has the design, header and footer, The garage and Book in pages and the blog. Pro adds the home page, the Repairs and MOT pages with their sub-pages, sample posts, one-click demo import, credit removal, updates and support. Pro Unlimited adds the AI kit.
I have the old LT Garage. Is this an update?
It is a new version 2.0 with a new design, built for free Elementor. Your current site keeps working; install 2.0 on a new site or a staging copy and import the demo there.
Also for Joomla
LT Garage also exists as a Joomla template: see the LT Garage Joomla docs.
Ask AI about LT Garage
Ask in your own words. The assistant answers from these docs and links the sections it used.
AI answers can be wrong; check the linked section. Never share passwords or licence keys. Open a ticket