Name: HONOKO Core
Author: Carlos Banyuls

HONOKO Core keeps persistent content functionality separate from presentation. It provides the free HONOKO Builder, Frontend Builder, pillar-page mapping, content clusters, SEO metadata, Schema markup, XML sitemap generation and the free HONOKO block set.

The plugin can remain active when you change themes, so Builder content and SEO data are not tied to a specific presentation layer.

HONOKO Core is fully functional without HONOKO Pro. An optional premium add-on is available separately and is not included in this plugin.

Developer note: Builder column payloads use Base64 encoding as a transport format inside shortcode attributes. This is serialization only; it is not code obfuscation and no executable code is downloaded from third parties.

Source Code

HONOKO Core does not require npm, webpack, minification, or another build step. The JavaScript and CSS files distributed under assets/js/ and assets/css/ are the human-readable source files loaded directly by WordPress. No separate generated bundles are shipped.

Resources

HONOKO Builder icon artwork, Copyright 2026 Carlos Banyuls.
License: GPL-2.0-or-later.
Source: https://honokotheme.com/