Belletrist - Blog Theme for Writers

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.

Check out the Qode Video Tutorials where you can find step-by-step guides on how to customize our themes to achieve exactly what your website needs.

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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 1.5 – March 30th, 2026

- Updated Revolution Slider to 6.7.51
- Updated Belletrist Core to 1.3
- Updated WPML config file
- Improved fonts helper functions
- Improved pagination helper functions
- Improved WooCommerce styles
- Fixed custom font adding
- Minor fixes

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