Starting an e-commerce store? If you’ve decided to use WordPress, great choice! It provides a solid, reliable, and scalable platform for e-commerce.

The next question you'll probably have, though, is what theme to use. Try this selection of five great themes for your next e-commerce project.

1. Storefront

Storefront is a WordPress theme that is purpose-built to work with WooCommerce. This is an important detail because plugins and themes from different creators don’t always work well together.

Considering how complex e-commerce websites can get, it’s a smart move to use an e-commerce theme and plugin from the same creator.

Additionally, Storefront comes with a prebuilt e-commerce layout. All you’ll have to do is connect the theme with WooCommerce and upload your products and other website content. Your e-commerce store is then good to go.

Storefront is entirely free to use but if you want to extend its functionality, there’s a Storefront extension bundle that costs $69.

2. Kadence E-Commerce Templates

Kadence is one of the most popular multipurpose WordPress themes on the market today. It is popular for being lightweight and fast, as well as for offering a feature-rich free version.

While a theme like Storefront gives you a standard e-commerce layout, millions of websites use it too. This means your Storefront-based website won’t stand out. Kadence is a great option that allows you to get around this by easily creating unique designs.

The Kadence theme also supports full-site editing using its Kadence Blocks plugin. And if you don't have the time to devote to extensive designing, Kadence offers a few e-commerce templates to help kickstart your design.

Kadence is available for free, but also offers fully-featured paid bundles. You can upgrade by signing up at $129 for the Essential Bundle, and $199 for the Full Bundle.

3. Astra E-Commerce Starter Templates

Astra is one of the most popular multipurpose WordPress themes on the market. Like Kadence, it is lightweight and fast with a rich array of design features.

E-commerce websites can accumulate quite a bit of data over time, and this can affect the way your website performs. One part of the solution to this is starting with an extremely lightweight theme like Astra.

Astra is fully compatible with WordPress’s native Gutenberg block editor. This means you won’t need to install any heavy page builder plugins to tweak its design. In addition, you can use a free Astra e-commerce starter website by installing the Starter Templates plugin.

Astra is available for free with a premium Astra Pro package that costs between $49 and $249.

4. Elementor Pro E-Commerce Templates

Elementor is one of the most popular WordPress page builder plugins. You can use it to build out the front end of pretty much any type of website.

If you want well-designed pages that you can customize easily, Elementor’s e-commerce templates are a great option.

While the plugin itself is quite heavy, you can pair it with a lightweight theme like Kadence or Astra. You can also combine it with Elementor’s custom Hello theme to help to improve site performance.

You can use Elementor for free, but its premium e-commerce templates are only available on paid plans which start at $49 per year and peak at $999 per year.

5. Woostify

Woostify is a dedicated WordPress e-commerce theme that ticks quite a few boxes. The theme is lightweight, sleek, and offers e-commerce functionality out of the box.

Woostify integrates seamlessly with WooCommerce, so you don’t have to worry about any conflicts when you upgrade the plugin. Another benefit is Woostify’s premium Woobuilder add-on. This allows you to customize pages like the shop, product, cart, and checkout pages.

Woostify uses a modular approach that lets you turn off any modules you’re not using. This helps improve the performance of your e-commerce stores.

Woostify is free to get started with, but for more features you can try the Woostify Pro Add-on bundles from $49 to $129.

Build a Modern, Functional E-Commerce Store

Each of these five themes and templates has unique advantages to using it. Consider the benefits of each one, try them out, and pick the one that’s just right for you!

In addition to using the right theme, the right choice of plugins can help you get the most out of your WordPress e-commerce website.