Sportexx – Gym Fashion WooCommerce Theme Overview
Sportexx is a WooCommerce theme designed for sports equipment, fitness and gym stores, though its layout can be adapted to other kinds of shops. It is built around the needs of retailers selling branded gear and apparel in many sizes and colours, with strong WooCommerce integration and product filtering.
The theme is developed by MadrasThemes and was first released in 2015. It is built on Bootstrap 3, with SASS files included, and uses Redux Framework and the WordPress Customizer for its settings. A tailored version of Visual Composer (now WPBakery Page Builder) and Revolution Slider are bundled, along with the Visual Attributes extension. The author also provides video tutorials on installation, translation and background customisation.
Sportexx integrates with popular extensions, including YITH WooCommerce Wishlist, YITH WooCommerce Compare and Visual Attributes for WooCommerce, which turns attribute dropdowns into images, colours or labels. A dedicated brands taxonomy with brand archive pages is included, which is useful in a sports store where shoppers often search by manufacturer.
Key Features of Sportexx – Gym Fashion WooCommerce Theme
- Five homepages, seven pre-built pages and six WooCommerce pages, with importable dummy data
- Two header designs, two menu styles and a responsive mega menu
- Default and dark colour variants, plus boxed and stretched layouts
- Visual Composer and Revolution Slider bundled, with custom page builder elements
- Visual Attributes for swatches using images, colours, labels or icons
- Brands taxonomy with brand archive pages
- Layered filter widgets extended to size and colour
- Wishlist and product comparison through YITH plugins
- Six product display styles, touch-enabled thumbnail sliders and lazy-loaded thumbnails
- Translation ready with a .pot file, WPML ready, Google Fonts, Font Awesome and custom CSS or JavaScript fields
Who Sportexx – Gym Fashion WooCommerce Theme Is Suitable For
Sportexx suits Canadian sporting goods retailers: a hockey equipment shop in Quebec, a running and fitness apparel store in Calgary, or a gym supplying branded clothing and accessories to its members. Brand pages and size and colour filters help shoppers find the right skates, shoes or shirts in a large catalogue.
It is also a reasonable option for specialty stores such as yoga or cycling apparel shops and team uniform suppliers. The comparison feature helps customers weigh similar items, such as two treadmills or several running shoes, before buying.
Important Notes About Sportexx – Gym Fashion WooCommerce Theme
Sportexx is an older theme: it is based on Bootstrap 3, and the last listed update was in December 2023, adding WordPress 6.4 and WooCommerce 8 compatibility. Buyers should confirm that it still works with current WordPress and WooCommerce versions before committing, and expect a WPBakery-based editing workflow rather than Elementor.
The bundled plugins, including Visual Composer, Revolution Slider and Visual Attributes, are updated through theme releases rather than directly. Each licence covers one website.
Setup & Ongoing Management by AppiAppi
The customer chooses Sportexx and purchases the licence, and AppiAppi installs it with its bundled plugins, imports the dummy data and replaces it with the customer’s branding, product photos, brands and size and colour attributes. We configure WooCommerce, payments, shipping and Canadian sales tax so the live store is ready.
Going forward, AppiAppi provides AI-assisted SEO and content support, uploads new products and seasonal lines, and handles theme and plugin updates, checking compatibility as WordPress changes. We also respond to customer inquiries and help manage orders, with ongoing management matched to the customer’s subscription plan.
Original design by MadrasThemes. This is the starting point — we customize it with your logo, colours, content, services and SEO structure. View original theme source