Introduction
Welcome to the HiAnime WordPress Theme documentation — your complete guide to building a fully functional anime streaming website.
Welcome to HiAnime
HiAnime is a premium WordPress theme built specifically for anime streaming websites. It ships with a custom post type for anime series, a dedicated episode system, a rich OtakuThemes dashboard for all theme settings, a built-in comments plugin, and much more — everything you need to launch a professional anime streaming platform right out of the box.
Key Features
Modern Design
- Responsive Layout — Fully responsive design that looks great on any device
- Dark Interface — A sleek, dark-themed admin experience powered by the OtakuThemes Dashboard
- Customizable — Fine-grained control over appearance, content, navigation, and more
Content Management
- Anime Post Type — A dedicated
Animecustom post type with rich metadata: genres, types, studio, season, producer, related series, schedules, and auto-import from MyAnimeList - Episode System — Add episodes as WordPress posts with sub, dub, and raw embed video support
- News Post Type — A separate
Newspost type with labels for publishing anime news - Taxonomies — Genres, Types, Studio, Season, and Producer taxonomies, all manageable from the WordPress admin
OtakuThemes Dashboard
- Appearance — Colors, theme style, and branding options
- Content — Control anime/episode display limits and content settings
- Navigation — Page linking and menu configuration
- Features — Toggle user features, profile pages, schema, image CDN, and more
- Ads — Ad slot management for monetization
- Scripts — Custom header and footer code injection
- Socials & Images — Social media links and image configuration
- Cache — Built-in performance and cache settings
- Demo Import — One-click demo content importer
- License — License activation and management
- About & Support — Theme information and support links
Built-in Comments
- A powerful custom comments plugin (
Commentsmenu) with reporting, statistics, bulk actions, and system maintenance tools — all separate from WordPress's native comments
System Requirements
Before installing HiAnime, ensure your server meets these requirements:
| Requirement | Value |
|---|---|
| WordPress | 6.7 or higher |
| PHP | 8.1 – 8.3 |
| PHP Extensions | Ioncube Loader, cURL, fileinfo |
| Required Plugin | Meta Box |
HiAnime requires PHP 8.1, 8.2, or 8.3. PHP 8.0 and below are not supported. PHP 8.4+ has not been tested and may cause issues.
HiAnime uses Ioncube-encoded files. The Ioncube Loader PHP extension must be installed and enabled on your server, otherwise the theme will not function. Contact your hosting provider if you're unsure whether it's available.
What You'll Learn
This documentation covers:
- Installation — How to upload and activate the theme
- Initial Setup — Activating your license and importing demo content
- OtakuThemes Dashboard — Configuring all theme settings
- Adding Content — Creating anime, episodes, and news
- Customization — Menus, widgets, site identity, and reading settings
- Troubleshooting — Common issues and how to fix them
Getting Help
- Documentation — Browse this documentation for step-by-step guides
- Support — Submit a ticket through the member area
- About & Support tab — Quick links to support are also available directly inside the OtakuThemes Dashboard within your WordPress admin
Proceed to the Installation guide to upload and activate your theme.