Alibaba – Shopping and Furniture WooCommerce WordPress Theme Overview
Alibaba is a WooCommerce theme that combines a fully styled online shop with a blog. The idea behind it is simple: write about the products and topics you care about, then sell the items you feature. Although the title mentions furniture, the vendor’s description focuses mainly on fashion and style content, so it is best viewed as a general shop-and-blog theme.
The theme comes from JWSThemes and dates back to 2016. It is built on Bootstrap 3 and uses Visual Composer (now called WPBakery Page Builder) for layouts, with Revolution Slider and WooCommerce Currency Switcher bundled. The live WordPress Customizer handles the main colour, Google font choice and column layouts.
Alibaba offers ten header styles, five footer styles, boxed or full-width layouts and styled WooCommerce widgets, cart and product pages. A one-click importer loads demo pages, posts, products, sliders, widgets and theme options, and a child theme is included so customizations survive parent theme updates.
Key Features of Alibaba – Shopping and Furniture WooCommerce WordPress Theme
- One-click demo import covering pages, posts, products, sliders, widgets and theme options
- Ten header styles and five footer styles
- Boxed or full-width layout, set site-wide or per page
- Visual Composer (WPBakery Page Builder) and Revolution Slider bundled
- WooCommerce Currency Switcher included for switching currencies with live rate conversion
- Compatible with WC Marketplace and WC Vendors for multi-vendor stores
- Live Customizer colour pickers, Google font selection and column layout options
- Movable, unlimited sidebars that can sit left or right or be hidden, globally or per post
- Instagram integration, custom social links and styling for the Restaurant Reservations plugin
- Right-to-left support, shortcode support, Contact Form 7 and an included child theme
Who Alibaba – Shopping and Furniture WooCommerce WordPress Theme Is Suitable For
Alibaba fits Canadian businesses where content and commerce go together: fashion or style bloggers selling featured pieces, lifestyle and home decor writers with a small shop, or boutique owners who want to publish regular articles alongside their products. Keeping the blog and store in one design avoids running two separate sites.
It can also serve small furniture or home goods retailers who want a simple, editorial storefront, and the currency switcher helps stores that price for both Canadian and international shoppers. Businesses that need the latest builder technology or a large, complex catalogue may be better served by a newer theme.
Important Notes About Alibaba – Shopping and Furniture WooCommerce WordPress Theme
Alibaba is an older theme: its changelog shows no updates between 2018 and late 2025, when plugin updates and bug fixes resumed, followed by a jQuery compatibility fix in February 2026. It runs on Bootstrap 3 and WPBakery rather than a modern block or Elementor workflow. AppiAppi tests it against current WordPress, WooCommerce and PHP versions before recommending it for a live store.
WooCommerce is required and a regular ThemeForest licence covers one website. The demo images are not part of the download.
Setup & Ongoing Management by AppiAppi
If Alibaba is your choice, you buy the licence from the theme marketplace and AppiAppi handles installation. We set up the theme, child theme and bundled plugins, import the demo content, and then customize the header, colours, fonts, blog layout and shop pages with your branding, articles and products. We also configure WooCommerce payments, shipping and Canadian sales tax, and set up the currency switcher if you sell internationally.
After launch, AppiAppi keeps the site running smoothly with AI-assisted SEO and content support for posts and product pages, regular product uploads, theme and plugin updates, and handling of customer inquiries and orders. The ongoing management you receive depends on your subscription plan.
Original design by jwsthemes. This is the starting point — we customize it with your logo, colours, content, services and SEO structure. View original theme source