Yes, Shapely is completely free to use. It is available on WordPress.org at no cost.

How many websites use Shapely?

Shapely has 10K+ active installations as tracked by WordPress.org.

What are the best Shapely alternatives?

Popular alternatives to Shapely include Twenty Twenty-Five, Astra, Twenty Twenty-Four. You can compare them on our theme directory.

Does Shapely work with the latest WordPress?

Shapely requires WordPress 6.4+ and PHP 7.4+. Check the theme's WordPress.org page for the latest compatibility information.

Shapely — Reviews, Rating & Alternatives (2026)

As of April 2026, Shapely is a WordPress theme with 10K+ active installations and a 4.6/5 rating from 67 reviews. It has been downloaded 1.5M+ times in total. Requires WordPress 6.4+ and PHP 7.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2017. Top alternative: Twenty Twenty-Five.

4.6/567 reviews

10K+active installs

1.5M+total downloads

9 yearssince 2017

Overview

Shapely is a powerful and versatile one page WordPress theme with pixel perfect design and outstanding functionality. It is by far the most advanced free WordPress theme available today with loads of unmatched customization options. This theme comes with several homepage widgets that can be used to add portfolio, testimonials, parallax sections, your product or service information, call for action and much more. Shapely supports most free and premium WordPress plugins such as WooCommerce, Jetpack, Gravity Forms, Contact Form 7, Yoast SEO, Google Analytics by Yoast and much more. This theme is the best suited for business, landing page, portfolio, ecommerce, store, local business, personal websites but can be tweaked to be used as blog, magazine or any other awesome website while highligh…

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Ratings & Reviews

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Recent Reviews

Good one.

by aivarlipp·3 years ago

Will fill all requirements at first glance. Has many options (maybe too many).

Broke site

by Muette·3 years ago

Massive ‘not valid json response’ problem after trying to use their theme widgets. Also picked up ‘variable error in extras.php’. Notice lots of unresolved topics and theme update hasn’t appeared as promised.

Unusable despite the fact it looks good. Avoid.