If you are an individual or a small organization, and thinking of selling your products and services online, where should you start? There are many ecommerce platform to start with, according to a survey by builtwith.com , WooCommerce leads the chart with 22% in ecommerce market, the other competitors are Shopify 18%, Magento 12%, PrestaShop 3%, BigCommerce 3% share.
In an upcoming article we will be discussing the step by step process of starting a small eCommerce website with WooCommerce. In this article we will review top free WordPress WooCommerce themes in terms of user reviews, ratings, design, and features.
Usually any WooCommerce enabled WordPress theme will work fine as small and simple shop because WooCommerec itself is a complete eCommerce system with payment gateways, shipping, taxation and inventory management. But with the time you will miss few basic features like a front-end AJAX cart or a wishlist or an Ajax product loading. I have tried to list the best WooCommerce WordPress themes with the features required for a small online store.
I-CRAFT
I-Craft is developed keeping WooCommerce in mind. This theme has all the features you will need to start an online store. Highly rated with excellent user reviews, this theme is being used by thousands of online stores. You can use one of ready to import demos to start your store. It comes with Elementor/SiteOrigin Page Builder products listing widget to create layout for your front page. This beautiful responsive WooCommerce theme fits in devices with all sizes and shapes. No coding knowledge required to start a store with I-CRAFT.
Main Features
- Ajax Products Loading On scroll.
- Ajax Cart On Top Navigation bar.
- Related Products Carousel.
- Wishlist and Products Compare.
Customify
Customify highly customizable theme based on customizer. It works well with page builders like Elementor, Visual Composer or Beaver Builder, etc. The feature we liked most in the theme was the header and footer builder. This theme is compatible with most of the popular plugins like Yoast SEO, Buddy Press, bbPress, etc. Customify is quite popular in WordPress repository with lots of five star reviews. You can start your website with ready to import demos they provide with the theme.
Main Features
- Header And Footer Builder.
- Ready To Import Websites.
- SEO Optimized..
- Supports All Popular Plugins.
Flash
A versatile multipurpose WordPress theme with WooCommerce support from ThemeGrill. Flash also has a large user base with fairly good reviews and ratings. Flash supports SiteOrigin Page Builder and comes with many demo layouts based on SiteOrigin Page Builder. Flash comes with 18 custom widgets and 6 widgets area to give you high flexibility, Multiple slider widgets bundled with this theme will save lots time and effort while creating your front page.
Main Features
- Supports SiteOrigin Page Builder.
- Comes With Plugin Flash Toolkit.
- 18 Custom Widgets.
- 6 Widget areas.
Phlox
Phlox is light, flexible and multipurpose WordPress theme with RTL support. If you do not have any idea where to start, this theme has around 70 beautiful demo designs including eCommerce stores to kickstart your online store. With Phlox you probably won’t need any additional Elementor addons, it comes with 30 Elementor addons including gallery, accordions, testimonials, contact forms, etc. Customizing is quite easy with customizer graphical interface in this theme.
Main Features
- 30 Elementor Addon Elements.
- 70+ Demo Designs.
- Responsive And Mobile First Approach.
- Collection of 30+ Templates.
ShopIsle
Like the name says, developed by Themeisle specifically to be used as an online store. Shopisle is translation and RTL ready, so if you are planning to start your store in language other than English, it will suit your purpose. This theme also comes with a mega menu to help you build a menu with category links and images. If you are an absolute beginner, Shop isle comes with ready to import demos to help you start your store in few minutes. This theme is being supported by video tutorials and a team of professionals.
Main Features
- Translation And RTL Ready.
- Inbuilt Mega Menu.
- One Click Demo Import.
- Tutorials and Support.
Virtue
Virtue is a highly customizable multipurpose WordPress theme with WooCommerce support. Virtue comes with 3 menu locations on header, means you can assign 1 – 3 menus on top. It is translation ready and responsive, so you do not have to worry about adjustments for different devices with different screen size or different languages. If you are looking for a theme for small store without tons of unnecessary options, virtue can be your choice.
Main Features
- Multiple Header Menu Options.
- WooCommerce Support.
- Google Fonts Integrated.
- One Click Demo Import.
Shopper
Shopper is another WooCommerce specific WordPress theme with many essential features required for an online store. This beautiful theme loads quite fast and search engine friendly. The front page of this theme is customized using live customizer, so it is easy to customize for not technical users. This theme comes with sliders and products carousels to make your pages attractive. This theme comes with social share buttons integrated and you can let you visitors share each products individually on social media.
Main Features
- Social Media Share Integrated.
- Google Fonts Integrated.
- Easy Live Customization.
- Slider And Carousels.
Ecommerce Solution
Ecommerce Solution is simple and neat WooCommerce only WordPress theme. If you has limited amount of products and you do not want to spend lots of time managing your eCommerce website, this theme will suite you. It has all the features you would need to run a small online store without all the fancy features like Ajax Cart and Ajax Product loading. But you can always extend your sites capability with additional plugins.
Main Features
- Responsive And Cross Browser Compatible.
- Translation Ready.
- Inbuilt Full-width Slider.
- Social Media Sharing Buttons Integrated.
eStore
eStore is responsive WooCommrece WordPress theme with several features. It has 10 widget areas and 12 custom widgets to create highly customized front page.Multiple ready to use templates increases its ability to customize. If you wish to add wishlist in your store, this theme integrates well with wishlist plugin YITH Wishlist. One interesting and unique feature in this theme is, you can assign different colors for different product categories. eStore is quite popular among WooCommerce users and comes from well known WordPress developer ThemeGrill.
Main Features
- YITH Wishlist Compatible.
- Category Specific Color.
- Collection Of Templates.
- Multiple Widgets And Widget Areas.
AccessPress Store
AccessPress Store is a customizer based WooCommerce theme from Access Press Themes. AccessPress Store looks beautiful and it is easy to manage from live customizer. It comes with few built in ecommerce features like a wishlist, featured product lists, call to action, etc. You can create simple sliders with product images and details easily because it comes with a slider too. By default WordPress will search entire site including your pages and posts when you use the search tool, but this theme has products only search option.
Main Features
- Customizer Based WooCommerce Theme.
- Multiple Category Display Layout.
- Built-in Slider.
- Wishlist and Call To Action.
There were hundreds of free WooCommerce WordPress themes, while reviewing the themes we tried to select the best out of the best. Most of the themes listed above are from authors who have been developing WordPress themes and plugins with reputation since quite long. Some of these themes have more eCommerce features than others but more than features our focus on user rating, reviews, ease of use and design. If you think we have missed out a theme that should be in this top 10 list, do let us know using the comment form.