BookJunky – WooCommerce Book Store for WordPress Theme Overview
BookJunky is a WooCommerce theme for WordPress aimed at booksellers, libraries, publishers and individual authors. Its predesigned pages that present titles, authors and collections in a responsive layout that works on phones, tablets and desktops.
The theme is made by CMSSuperHeroes and includes three premium plugins: Slider Revolution, WPBakery Page Builder and Essential Grid. WPBakery allows pages to be customized or built from scratch, while Essential Grid helps display book collections in flexible grids. Built on Bootstrap and Less CSS, the theme supports a range of shortcodes and includes styling for Contact Form 7.
BookJunky offers boxed or full-width layouts that can be set globally or per page, unlimited colour options, and movable sidebars that can sit on the left or right or be hidden entirely. Parallax image and video sections add visual interest to homepages and promotional pages, and unlimited portfolio and blog layouts let authors and publishers share news, reviews and upcoming releases. The changelog also mentions a book filter and author-related functions for single product pages.
Key Features of BookJunky – WooCommerce Book Store for WordPress
- Designed for book stores, libraries, authors and publishers
- Slider Revolution, WPBakery Page Builder and Essential Grid included
- Boxed or full-width layouts, set globally or per page
- Movable and unlimited sidebars on the left, right or hidden
- Book filter and author-related functions (per changelog)
- Parallax image and video scrolling sections
- Unlimited colour options and customizable design
- Unlimited portfolio and blog layouts
- Contact Form 7 styling and translation ready with WPML support
- Demo content, video tutorials and detailed documentation
Who BookJunky – WooCommerce Book Store for WordPress Is Suitable For
BookJunky suits Canadian independent bookshops, such as a neighbourhood store in Toronto, a used and rare books dealer in Victoria, or a French-language bookseller in Quebec using WPML. Small publishers and self-published authors can use it to sell titles directly and share news.
Libraries and literary organisations may also find its layouts useful for catalogues and events, with WooCommerce enabled only if they sell items. Essential Grid makes it straightforward to feature staff picks, new arrivals or award shortlists in visual grids, and the blog layouts give space for author interviews, reading lists and event announcements.
Because of the theme’s age, it is best suited to businesses willing to invest in a careful compatibility review, or those who value its book-focused layout enough to accept some adjustment work.
Important Notes About BookJunky – WooCommerce Book Store for WordPress
The latest listed update is version 1.0.6 from March 2020, so this theme is significantly out of date. Compatibility with current WordPress, WooCommerce, PHP and bundled plugins should be tested carefully before purchase, and some fixes may be required.
WooCommerce is required for the store, and a regular licence covers one website. Bundled premium plugins are updated only through theme releases, and the versions last shipped (Slider Revolution 6.2 and WPBakery 6.1) are old. The listing also contains leftover text from another product, "Pro Business", in its Bootstrap description.
Setup & Ongoing Management by AppiAppi
After you choose BookJunky and purchase the licence, AppiAppi installs it, tests it with current software, and customizes it with your branding, book catalogue and author information. We set up WooCommerce for Canadian taxes, shipping and payments.
AppiAppi then manages your site ongoing, providing AI-assisted SEO and content support for book descriptions and category pages, new title uploads, updates, and responses to customer inquiries and orders, matched to your subscription plan.
Original design by CMSSuperHeroes. This is the starting point — we customize it with your logo, colours, content, services and SEO structure. View original theme source