Introducing Belletrist, a beautiful place where every story is truly worth reading! We designed Belletrist for all modern writer blog websites as well as bookstores, and equipped it with every template and functionality a contemporary blog can ever need. Beautiful assortment of exciting single post and blog list variations, full Elementor Page Builder compatibility and tons more awaits inside! Sometimes you can judge a book by its cover – welcome to Belletrist!

Here’s a link if you wish to view the Belletrist documentation.

If you have any questions or wish to learn more about Belletrist theme, we’ve compiled a huge selection of useful articles which you can easily lookup over at our Knowledge Base.

In case you have already purchased Belletrist and you happen to have some questions about it, feel free to visit our Help Center where our support team will be more than glad to help you out.

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Theme Features

Easy-to-Use Powerful Admin Interface
One-click import of demo site
9 predesigned homepages
Practical inner pages
Elementor Page Builder plugin compatible
Slider Revolution Responsive WordPress Plugin included ($29 value)
Compatible with the WooCommerce plugin for eCommerce
Large collection of custom shortcodes
Blog List shortcode
Customizable blog layouts
Custom Post Formats: Audio, Video, Standard, Gallery, Link, Quote
Blog Masonry List shortcode
Blog Single Loop shortcode
Events List shortcode
Social Share functionality
Author List shortcode
Vertical Split Slider shortcode
Portfolio List shortcode
Multiple customizable layouts for portfolio lists
Portfolio List Gallery layout
Portfolio List Masonry layout
Portfolio List Slider layout
Portfolio List Justified Gallery layout
3 pagination types for portfolio lists
Standard pagination
Load More pagination
Infinite Scroll pagination
Enable Category Filter on portfolio lists
Portfolio Category List shortcode
Multiple customizable layouts for portfolio single items
Custom Portfolio Single layouts
Portfolio Gallery – Big layout
Portfolio Image Bottom layout
Portfolio Images – Big layout
Portfolio Images – Small layout
Portfolio Masonry – Small layout
Portfolio Slider – Small layout
Portfolio Slider – Big layout
Portfolio Category List shortcode
Product List shortcode
Product Category List shortcode
Highlight shortcode
Interactive Link Showcase shortcode
Image Gallery shortcode
Custom Slider shortcode
Various nfographic shortocodes
Progress Bar shortcode
Counter shortcode
Countdown shortcode
Instagram List shortcode
Icon List Item shortcode
Team List shortcode
Clients List shortcode
Testimonials List shortcode
4 Header types
Standard Header
Minimal Header
Centered Header
Vertical Sliding Header
Multiple Header behaviors
Side Area
Integrated Search
Optional separate logo for Mobile Header
Separate styles for Mobile Header
Optional separate logo for light and dark header versions
Optional separate logo for Sticky header type
Header Top and Header Bottom Widget Areas
Parallax images in sections
Customizable Mega Menu
Variable grid size
Back to Top button functionality
Content Entry Animations
Blog List widget
Contact Info widget
Simple Social Links widget
Custom Categories widget
Social Share widget
WooCommerce DropDown Cart widget
Contact Info widget
Social Icons widget
WooCommerce Dropdown Cart widget
Footer Top and Footer Bottom
Customizable Footer Top with 1-4 Columns layouts
Customizable Footer Bottom with 1-4 Columns layouts
Child Theme included
Custom Widget Areas
Responsive Design
Retina Ready
Ion Icons font pack
Font Elegant font pack
Dripicons font pack
Font Awesome font pack
Linea Icons font pack
Linear Icons font pack
Material Icons font pack
Simple Line Icons font pack
Translation Ready
WPML compatible
Contact Form 7 compatible
Highly customizable typography settings
Separate typography settings for responsive
900+ Google Fonts

We do not own the copyright for the images featured in this theme. The images in question are only used for presentational purposes on our demos. These images cannot be used on your website, unless you purchase the license from a stock image website yourself.

Update Log

Version 1.4 – July 21st, 2025

- Added readme.txt
- Added WPML config file
- Updated Qode Framework to 1.2.6
- Updated Revolution Slider to 6.7.35
- Updated Belletrist Core to 1.2
- Updated FontAwesome icons pack to 6.6
- Updated Search template helper functions
- Updated Contact Form 7 helper functions
- Improved theme's security
- Improved Google Map API compatibility
- Improved PHP 8.3 compatibility
- Improved pagination helper functions
- Improved Elementor compatibility
- Improved back to top scrolling
- Fixed translation loading
- Minor fixes

Version 1.3 – August 28th, 2023

- Added WordPress 6.3 compatibility
- Added WooCommerce 8.2.0 compatibility
- Added belletrist_validate_pagination_data helper function
- Updated Belletrist Core plugin to 1.1.1
- Updated Qode Framework plugin to 1.2.2
- Updated Revolution Slider plugin to 6.6.15
- Updated Swiper to 8.4.5
- Improved Google Maps API with callback function
- Improved search widget compatibility

Version 1.2 – December 10th, 2022

- Added Qi Addons for Elementor plugin as required
- Added WordPress 6.1.1 compatibility
- Added WooCommerce 7.1.0 compatibility
- Added PHP 8 compatibility
- Added Theme Validation Rest Endpoint
- Added isotope and packery scripts in elementor admin
- Updated Belletrist Core plugin to 1.1
- Updated Revolution Slider plugin to 6.6.7
- Updated Qode Framework plugin to 1.2
- Improved theme registration functionality
- Improved theme registration - code already used case
- Improved theme registration to block Shortcodes and CPT loading if the theme is not registered
- Fixed issue with Related Posts section displaying recent Posts
- Fixed Testimonials List shortcode general options
- Fixed PHP 8 fatal error caused by:
    $line_break_positions
    $hightlight_positions
    mobile header layouts enqueue_additional_assets method
- Fixed WordPress 5.6 jQuery compatibility
- Fixed JS window.load() function to window.on('load'... - WP 5.5
- Fixed get author query deprecation error
- Fixed woocommerce quantity input console error
- Fixed star rating style

Version 1.1 – May 27th, 2021

- Added compatibility with Qi Addons for Elementor plugin
- Added WordPress 5.7.1 compatibility
- Added WooCommerce 5.2.2 compatibility
- Updated Revolution Slider plugin to 6.4.11

Belletrist WordPress Theme