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Cmsmart Print Shop Store

Applies to Cmsmart Stores 2.0.1 (parent theme 2.1.0 for Cmsmart B2B Store, 2.2.0 for the niche stores and Cmsmart Marketplace Store), Cmsmart Stores Blocks 2.1.2, Cmsmart Store Installer 2.0.3 and Cmsmart Product Designer 2.18.3 · Updated October 2026. This guide shows how to install a Cmsmart store on WordPress, replacing the 0.4.5 theme-only walkthrough with the current Store Setup installer and manual upload path, captured on a live install run after the October 2026 Cmsmart Stores 2.0.1 release.

This guide shows two ways to install a Cmsmart store on WordPress: Store Setup, a one-file installer finishing a WooCommerce store with sample data in about ten minutes, or a manual upload of the theme and plugin zips for full control. It is the install hub for all eight Cmsmart Stores.

What's the cost of a stalled WooCommerce store rollout?

The pains that show up before a Cmsmart store goes live:

• Wrong plan, wrong key. A Fullstore key will not activate Cmsmart B2B Store or Cmsmart Marketplace Store, and a Premium (plugin-only) key activates no store at all.
• Host requirements nobody checked first. A non-writable folder, or a low PHP version, fails the host check.
• Wrong upload order. WordPress won't activate a child theme until the Cmsmart Stores parent theme is already installed.
• Stuck on old releases. Moving a 0.4.x Cmsmart Stores site to the 2.x line is a fresh install, not an in-place upgrade.

What does a finished Cmsmart store look like?

That catalogue is sample data, not a preview: names in a content pack are generic placeholders (a T-shirt listed as "Business Postcard" is normal). Merchants wanting their own branding from day one typically pair the install with Cmsmart's preset installation and demo import service.

How does Cmsmart's dashboard and theme system work?

The pieces behind every Cmsmart store:

• Cmsmart dashboard. Checks your licence against the store you picked, then builds the installer (Cmsmart Store Installer 2.0.3) or hands you the theme zips.
• Parent theme — Cmsmart Stores. A WordPress block theme every store builds on: 2.1.0 for Cmsmart B2B Store, 2.2.0 for the six niche stores and Cmsmart Marketplace Store.
• Child theme — one of eight. Each store's child theme, now 2.0.1 after the October 2026 release, declares its parent in the stylesheet.
• Cmsmart Stores Blocks (2.1.2). A companion plugin for the store's Site Editor block patterns.
• WooCommerce. The cart, checkout and catalog engine every store theme is built around.
• Cmsmart Product Designer. Turns a product into an on-page customizer and generates a print-ready PDF that matches the order automatically. Store Setup bundles version 2.18.3.

Which store should I pick?

A B2B key also activates every Fullstore store, a Marketplace key activates every store. Current plan names are on Cmsmart's pricing page.

What's the business value of getting the rollout right?

A simple way to size the time saved: hours per failed install, times installs per month, times your hourly cost. For an agency running several client installs a month, that adds up fast.

How do you install a Cmsmart store on WordPress?

Before you start

• PHP 8.3 or greater, WordPress's own recommendation.
• WooCommerce, already installed for manual (Store Setup installs it for you); see WooCommerce's requirements.
• Write access to an empty folder (Store Setup) or WordPress admin access (manual).
• Your Cmsmart licence key under Commerce > Your Licenses, matching the plan for your store.

Back up first. Both paths are safe on a fresh install, but if your site has content already, back it up before uploading anything; cheaper to undo than to debug live.

Set up with Store Setup (recommended)

1. In the dashboard, go to Stores > Store Setup, choose your store, and press Continue.
2. On Where to install, choose Download installer file (about 10 minutes) over the manual option.
3. On Connection, note the installer from step 5 carries your key and store inside it, works for 7 days, at most 3 installs.
4. On Your store, set a store name and admin email; sample data stays on for a full launch catalogue.
5. On Review & install, check the details, then press Install my store to download the PHP file.
6. Upload that file to an empty folder on your host and open its link; the installer opens on a Start screen asking for an empty database (or cPanel token) and an admin email.
7. Press Start, then walk Check host, Database, and Your store (admin user name, email, generated password).
8. Press Install my store; it downloads files, installs plugins and themes, and imports the demo store and sample data.
9. On Done, you land on "Your store is ready", logged in, installer deleted, licence key active.
10. For Cmsmart Marketplace Store, demo sellers and products keep populating in the background for a short while once the plan is active.

Install the theme files manually

1. In the dashboard, open Theme files & changelog and download the Cmsmart Stores parent theme zip and your store's child theme zip.
2. In wp-admin: Appearance > Themes > Add New Theme > Upload Theme, choose the parent zip, click Install Now, but do not activate it yet.
3. Once it shows "Theme installed successfully," upload the child theme zip the same way; WordPress checks the parent is installed, then installs the child.
4. Open Themes, click Activate on the child theme, and confirm it shows active next to the parent.
5. Under Plugins > Add New Plugin > Upload Plugin, install and activate Cmsmart Stores Blocks, then Cmsmart Product Designer the same way.
6. Open Tools > Cmsmart Stores demo content, choose your content pack zip, tick Import full sample data, press Import, then use Load demo images for the real demo photos.
7. In WooCommerce > Settings > Site visibility, switch from "Coming soon" to Live.

What to do in your first hour

• Set your logo, colors and home template in Appearance > Editor before you touch products.
• Walk through the customisation guide for recommended plugins and Site Editor changes.
• Remove sample orders, customers and reviews from Cmsmart > Store Setup before you go live.
• On a paid plan, load real demo pictures from Cmsmart > Store Setup > Load demo images.

Troubleshooting

Wrong plan. The dashboard shows This key does not activate this store for a Fullstore key on Cmsmart B2B Store or Cmsmart Marketplace Store, or Premium is the plugin plan — stores need Fullstore for a plugin-only key; the installer's own licence check gives the same answer mid-download. Download the theme files free, add the right key later.

A red item on the host check. Usually a non-writable folder; set its permission to 755 and press Check again.

A second browser tab shows the install running. You opened the link twice; finish in the first tab.

"The parent theme is missing" (manual). You uploaded a child theme before the Cmsmart Stores parent theme; install the parent first.

Moving on from 0.4.x. The 2.0 stores are a fresh install, not an upgrade: export content, install fresh, bring the catalogue back in.

Can Cmsmart customize or build more than the base package?

What we build on top of a fresh Cmsmart store, project by project:

• Preset install and demo import, done for you. We install the store and replace the sample catalogue with products shaped to your business. See Cmsmart Store preset installation & demo import.
• Brand styling. Site Editor templates, colors and typography matched to your brand.
• Catalog and pricing migration. Products, categories and price-matrix rules from an existing store or platform.
• Product designer configuration. Design areas, print options and output settings for your range.
• B2B and marketplace operations. Company accounts, approvals and vendor onboarding on Cmsmart B2B Store or Marketplace Store.
• ERP and POS integration. Connecting orders and inventory to the systems you run on.

Delivery: discovery call, solution design, build sprints, QA, launch, then support. See Cmsmart ecommerce projects.

Get my Cmsmart store installed and branded

Why Cmsmart for your store rollout?

Cmsmart has delivered 6,300+ client projects and runs 1,800+ live stores in 80+ countries, rated 4.2 on Trustpilot (404 reviews):

"The plugin used is really top, time saving and complete features. ultra easy installation and configuration. And even when I needed specific development in relation to my theme, Andrea from customer service was very competent and fast. I recommend!" — Adrien Darmon, Trustpilot review

Related reading: the Cmsmart Product Designer plugin page, our web-to-print solutions hub, and the plugin's installation and activation guide. New to the plugin? Try the free lite version, or see all Cmsmart Stores side by side first.

Frequently asked questions

How long does installing a Cmsmart store take?

About 10 minutes with Store Setup once your licence key and database or cPanel token are ready. The manual path is closer to 30 minutes.

Do I need a licence key to install a store?

No. Download the theme files free and install with no key; the store stays gated until a trial or paid key activates it. A free 30-day trial unlocks every Fullstore store, no card required.

What happens to the sample data when I go live?

Remove sample products, orders, customers and reviews from Cmsmart > Store Setup before real orders; on the manual path that is Tools > Cmsmart Stores demo content.

Can I switch which store or child theme is active later?

Yes, within the same family: switching from Print Shop to Gift just means uploading and activating the new child theme on the shared parent. Cmsmart B2B Store and Cmsmart Marketplace Store use their own parent theme versions, so treat those as separate installs.

Does Store Setup work for Cmsmart B2B Store and Cmsmart Marketplace Store too?

Yes, the same flow and installer apply; only the licence plan differs, and a Marketplace store's demo sellers keep populating briefly after the done screen.

What changed in the October 2026 Cmsmart Stores 2.0.1 release?

The six niche store child themes moved from 2.0.0 to 2.0.1, matching the version Cmsmart B2B Store and Cmsmart Marketplace Store already shipped. Store Setup still bundles Cmsmart Product Designer 2.18.3; later Product Designer updates reach an installed store through its normal plugin update, not a reinstall.

What if my current store still runs the old 0.4.x Cmsmart Stores theme?

Treat the 2.0 stores as a fresh install, not an upgrade. Export your products and content first, install fresh, then bring your catalogue back in before pointing your domain at the new site.

Applies to Cmsmart Print Shop Store 2.0.1 (parent theme Cmsmart Stores 2.0.0) with Cmsmart Product Designer 2.18.3 · Updated October 2026. This guide follows a fresh Store Setup install end to end: branding, the sample catalogue, pricing and print-ready output, payments and shipping, and a first test order.

A WooCommerce print shop store setup doesn't need to start from a blank theme: Cmsmart Print Shop Store is a ready-made WooCommerce storefront for business cards, postcards and flyers, built on Cmsmart Product Designer. It takes about an hour to brand, configure and test before going live.

What does manual quoting cost a print shop?

Print is not a shrinking market — the U.S. commercial printing market alone was estimated at USD 129.21 billion in 2025, and most of that volume is won or lost on how fast a shop can answer "how much, and when." The usual pain points behind a manual process:

• Quotes by email or phone. Every job gets re-typed from a message or call before anyone can price it.
• Proofs that go back and forth. A PDF proof means another email thread before the artwork is approved.
• Reprints. Files that reach press without a bleed, safe-zone or resolution check come back as a reprint, not a reorder.
• Abandoned carts. A buyer who can't see a price until someone replies often buys from whoever shows one instantly.
• Staff time. Someone re-enters the same order into a spreadsheet or print MIS after it's already been quoted once.

A rough way to see the cost: (quotes handled by phone or email each week) × (minutes spent re-keying and pricing each by hand) × (your staff's hourly cost) = hours spent quoting instead of printing.

What would it look like if the store ran itself from day one?

See it running in the live demo, or check the product page for everything it includes. Install first. The Cmsmart Print Shop Store is a parent/child theme pair plus Cmsmart Product Designer, set up from your Cmsmart dashboard or uploaded by hand. We cover that upload step by step in Install a Cmsmart Store: parent and child theme, step by step — come back once "Your store is live" shows the installer has finished. Everything below assumes that part is done.

How does the Cmsmart Print Shop Store solution work?

Four building blocks make up the preset, all visible in the live store:

• Storefront theme. Cmsmart Print Shop Store (child theme) on the Cmsmart Stores parent theme, block-based and editable in the Site Editor.
• Product Designer. Cmsmart Product Designer sits on every product as a "Setting Cmsmart" box: Enable Design, a Modern editor layout, templates, DPI and dimensions.
• Pricing & quotes. An "NBD options" box holds separate tabs for Printing Option (the price a buyer sees) and Request Quote (jobs that don't fit a standard price); a Product Builder tab is there too for component-based products, a different module.
• Checkout & production. Standard WooCommerce cart, payments and shipping zones, plus Cmsmart's AI preflight check and a print-ready PDF that matches the order, queued the moment the buyer presses Process.

What's the business value of running on Cmsmart?

The shift this preset rides is already underway in the data: the global web-to-print market is forecast to grow from USD 26.59 billion in 2025 to USD 36.38 billion by 2031 (a 5.43% CAGR), as more print buyers expect to configure and price a job online rather than wait for a reply.

Where do I see my store's numbers?

Check this screen in the first week after going live — it's the fastest way to see whether branding and pricing changes are actually converting, before you wait for a monthly WooCommerce report.

How do you handle the WooCommerce print shop store setup, from install to go-live?

1. Confirm the install. From your Cmsmart dashboard, Store Setup step 6 "Live" gives you View store and Open admin once the installer has finished on your domain.
2. Brand the header and footer. In wp-admin, open the Site Editor's Header and Footer template parts to swap the Site Logo block and review the menus.
3. Check the imported pages. Pages > All Pages lists what the preset creates — Home, Shop, Cart, Checkout, About, Contact, FAQ, plus the Designer, Designer Studio and Gallery pages — ready to edit or unpublish.
4. Review the sample catalogue. Products > All Products ships with sample business-card and postcard products; replace them with your own range before you accept real orders.
5. Open the Cmsmart Product Designer tab on one product. The "Setting Cmsmart" box controls Enable Design, the editor layout (Modern, Visual, or the deprecated Classic layout), templates, DPI and dimensions.
6. Turn on printing options and quote requests. The "NBD options" box's Printing Option tab assigns the pricing set buyers see; leave Request Quote on so non-standard jobs still reach you as a lead.
7. Set your store address and currency. WooCommerce > Settings > General holds the address, selling/shipping locations and currency that tax and shipping rates use.
8. Connect a payment method. WooCommerce > Settings > Payments lists WooCommerce Payments, PayPal Payments and Take offline payments — set up at least one before a real order.
9. Check your shipping zones. WooCommerce > Shipping zones ships with one zone set to Local pickup — add a calculated method if you post orders out.
10. Run a test order. Open the demo product (desktop or phone), press Start Design, build a design, run Preflight Check, press Process, then check out with Take offline payments so the order lands in WooCommerce > Orders.

The test order itself runs on the storefront the same way a real buyer would see it, on desktop or on a phone:

What can Cmsmart build beyond the preset?

• Bulk catalogue rollout. Turning a paper price list into dozens of Printing Option sets instead of configuring each product by hand.
• MIS/ERP sync. Pushing paid, preflighted orders into an existing print-shop management system instead of re-keying them.
• B2B ordering. Company accounts, approval flows and negotiated pricing for repeat corporate clients.
• Custom finishing & pricing rules. Foil, uncommon stocks, gang-sheet layouts or multi-up pricing beyond a standard Printing Option set.

Cmsmart's delivery approach runs discovery → design → sprints → QA → launch → support — see examples on Cmsmart's ecommerce project case studies.

Plan my print shop store

Prefer to hand off the first hour itself? Cmsmart's team can install the preset and import your own catalogue for you through the store preset installation service.

Why work with Cmsmart for your print shop store?

Cmsmart Product Designer is also sold on its own as the Cmsmart Product Designer plugin page, with more guides in the Cmsmart Product Designer user guides and the wider web-to-print solutions hub. The Print Shop Store is one of several ready-made Cmsmart Stores presets — see all Cmsmart Stores if a different product range fits your business better. Rating: Trustpilot 4.2 (404 reviews).

Frequently asked questions

Can I use my own products instead of the demo catalogue?

Yes. The demo catalogue is sample data meant to be replaced — add your own products and turn on the "Setting Cmsmart" and "NBD options" boxes the same way the demo products use them.

Which plan activates the Cmsmart Print Shop Store?

The store is free to set up and runs with sample data from the first minute, but the Cmsmart Fullstore plan activates it for a live domain, along with the other Cmsmart Stores presets. Check the pricing page for the current rate, since plans may change.

Can I change the colours and logo without touching code?

Yes. The header and footer are block-based template parts in the WordPress Site Editor — swap the Site Logo block, edit the menus, and adjust colours and fonts from there.

What happens to a print job the standard pricing options don't cover?

Leave the Request Quote tab on. A buyer with a non-standard size, stock or finish submits a quote request instead of leaving without a price, and your team prices it manually — just without losing the lead.

Where do I check how the store is actually performing?

Open Cmsmart > Overview in wp-admin. It shows revenue and orders for the last 30 days, what's in production, a revenue trend chart and your top products, with no separate analytics plugin to configure.

Do I need to update Cmsmart Product Designer myself?

Yes — it's a normal WordPress plugin update. When Dashboard > Updates shows a new version for Cmsmart Product Designer or the Cmsmart Stores Blocks plugin, install it from there like any other update.

Dear our beloved customer,

As we know, the website is the face of a business. Did you choose to give your company a perfect image? Each field will have a separate website that matches the product and the purpose of the seller. In order to bring a smart and complete image of the most features, Cmsmart, we would like to offer a "Printshop" super product that is storming the print industry.

Today, I will tell you to install Printshop theme into hosting

We have many special features like:

• We give users the ability to control each and every nuance of the design with personalization options including rotate, flip, resize and many other.
• Woocommerce color swatch plugin is a very useful plugin for an e-commerce website that you should integrate it. It helps customers find their favorite color in the easiest way.
• Allows customers to upload one or more files for products, its Order Upload.
• Flexible Table Pricing Matrix for WooCommerce helps your site display two or more variations of a variable product in the form of a pricing table instead of showing them in the drop - down boxes.
• Product Notification: This plugin display cross-sells, up-sell, selected product and category products, same category products as notification and boost your product sells.
• Delivery Date: This Woocommerce Delivery Date plugin will allow you to improve your customer service by delivering the order on the customer's chosen date and let them choose an order delivery date on the checkout page
• CRM: It will increase your sales volume immediately for sure. You can manage all data with system, easy find history as well as store customers activation. It helps customers operate clear and professional. Automatically in the sales process and take care of customers that improve s businesses strategy effectively.
• Multivendor: This plugin enables you to build a multi-seller or multi-vendor e-commerce solution with WordPress. Invite your friends and partners to come to your site and earn money together.
• Printstore Admin template: Here is a general management page for shop, You will see your total revenue, many public products are available on your site and you can control it easily, Display sales volume of product, Display the revenue of your business.

Details invite you to watch the video below:

How to install the Printshop theme looking like demo with quickstart package? 

The above is a tutorial on how to install the printshop theme. Hopefully, the article has brought the most overview for you. If you have any question, feel free to feedback here. I and colleagues are willing to support you. Here the demo link is. You can see the details and compare with the package you have just installed. Using coupon code MAR_DL to get 18% OFF for this item.

Best regards. 
Have a nice day!

Vincent
Sales Consultant Manager

Skype: live:vincent_4281
Phone/ whatsapp: +84 868 901 261 
Email: vincent@cmsmart.net

Dear our beloved customers,
As we know, the website is the face of a business. Did you choose to give your company a perfect image? Each field will have a separate website that matches the product and the purpose of the seller. In order to bring a smart and complete image of the most features, Cmsmart, we would like to offer a "Printcart" super product that is storming the print industry.

Printcart - Premium Printing Theme for all Web2Print stores - is a modern theme that easy to customize for any web-to-print business. One of the key elements for a successful business is to cooperate smoothly with customers. Printcart is a perfect solution. It is making your customers' life easier when dealing with your business. It offers a clean layout that can be adapted to almost printing website business projects.

Printcart can be used for T-shirt printing, business cards printing, mugs printing, wedding card, canvas printing, phone case printing, printing services, printing companies, newspaper, postcard, magazine, brochure, flyer, and portfolio websites.

Some outstanding features of Wordpress printshop

• We give users the ability to control each and every nuance of the design with personalization options including rotate, flip, resize and many other.
• Woocommerce color swatch plugin is a very useful plugin for an e-commerce website that you should integrate it. It helps customers find their favorite color in the easiest way.
• Allows customers to upload one or more files for products, its Order Upload.
• Flexible Table Pricing Matrix for WooCommerce helps your site display two or more variations of a variable product in the form of a pricing table instead of showing them in the drop - down boxes.
• Product Notification: This plugin display cross-sells, up-sell, selected product and category products, same category products as notification and boost your product sells.
• Delivery Date: This Woocommerce Delivery Date plugin will allow you to improve your customer service by delivering the order on the customer's chosen date and let them choose an order delivery date on the checkout page
• CRM: It will increase your sales volume immediately for sure. You can manage all data with system, easy find history as well as store customers activation. It helps customers operate clear and professional. Automatically in the sales process and take care of customers that improve s businesses strategy effectively.
• Multivendor: This plugin enables you to build a multi-seller or multi-vendor e-commerce solution with WordPress. Invite your friends and partners to come to your site and earn money together.
• Printstore Admin template: Here is a general management page for shop, You will see your total revenue, many public products are available on your site and you can control it easily, Display sales volume of product, Display the revenue of your business.

Tutorial video of install Printcart - WordPress Printshop

How to install Princart - WordPress Printshop theme into your hosting? 

The above is a tutorial on how to install the printshop theme. Hopefully, the article has brought the most overview for you. If you have any question, feel free to feedback here. I and colleagues are willing to support you. Here the demo link is. You can see the details and compare with the package you have just installed. Don't miss coupon code MAR_DL to get 18% OFF for this item. 

Best regards. 
Have a nice day!

Dear our beloved customer,

As we know, the website is the face of a business. Did you choose to give your company a perfect image? Each field will have a separate website that matches the product and the purpose of the seller. In order to bring a smart and complete image of the most features, Cmsmart, we would like to offer a "Printshop" super product that is storming the print industry.

Today, I will tell you "How To Install The Printshop Theme Looking Like Demo With Quick Start Package?". 

We have many special features like:

• We give users the ability to control each and every nuance of the design with personalization options including rotate, flip, resize and many other.
• Woocommerce color swatch plugin is a very useful plugin for an e-commerce website that you should integrate it. It helps customers find their favorite color in the easiest way.
• Allows customers to upload one or more files for products, its Order Upload.
• Flexible Table Pricing Matrix for WooCommerce helps your site display two or more variations of a variable product in the form of a pricing table instead of showing them in the drop - down boxes.
• Product Notification: This plugin display cross-sells, up-sell, selected product and category products, same category products as notification and boost your product sells.
• Delivery Date: This Woocommerce Delivery Date plugin will allow you to improve your customer service by delivering the order on the customer's chosen date and let them choose an order delivery date on the checkout page
• CRM: It will increase your sales volume immediately for sure. You can manage all data with system, easy find history as well as store customers activation. It helps customers operate clear and professional. Automatically in the sales process and take care of customers that improve s businesses strategy effectively.
• Multivendor: This plugin enables you to build a multi-seller or multi-vendor e-commerce solution with WordPress. Invite your friends and partners to come to your site and earn money together.
• Printstore Admin template: Here is a general management page for shop, You will see your total revenue, many public products are available on your site and you can control it easily, Display sales volume of product, Display the revenue of your business.

Details invite you to watch the video below:

How to install the Printshop theme looking like demo with quickstart package? 

The above is a tutorial on how to install the printshop theme. Hopefully, the article has brought the most overview for you. If you have any question, feel free to feedback here. I and colleagues are willing to support you. Here the demo link is. You can see the details and compare with the package you have just installed. Don't for to use coupon code MAR_DL to get 18% OFF for the product. 

Best regards. 
Have a nice day!

Dear our beloved customers,

Building a website is like building a house. install hosting, server or setting plugin for site... are considered as hot and core, content is the finishing of the house. It can be said that the main content is a bridge to help business owners and customers interact and find each other. Sellers pass a piece of content to convey information, while shoppers will find that information to understand and buy the product. Thus the content is extremely important in life and especially in sales. Despite the eye-catching image of such creativity, can you fully express the content in a photo? Definitely impossible.

But the important thing is that when building an article content we need to arrange the layout so that it is best for the user. To do that, learn more in the article with "create contents on WordPress PrintStore"

Your web site certainly does not lack the following items:

• Create a new page with NBT Solution: you just need to drag and drop to create a complete page.
• Create a post: Post which becomes an integral part of a website helps the reader understand deeply the providers
• Create FAQs: Create a list of frequently asked questions and answers on a particular topic 

Watch the video below for a quick overview of the NBT solution:

How to create a page with NBT solution?

1. Create a post

Go to Post > Add new > Enter title post, content, categories, …

2. Create FAQs

Go to FAQs > Add new > Add heading > Add row:

Not only stop at the features you see, but we also provide the customization service based on your demand with a strong experienced support team and professional working style. Invest in a quality content system to enhance your website. The more valuable the content is for users, the more highly appreciated the web. And the results you receive will be extremely great See you at the next post! Thanks for watching my post. If you have any questions,  feel free to feedback here. I and colleagues are willing to support you. Don't forget using coupon code MAR_DL to get 18% Discount for this product.  Goodluck!

Best regards. 
Have a nice day!

Vincent
Sales Consultant Manager

Skype: live:vincent_4281
Phone/ whatsapp: +84 868 901 261 
Email: vincent@cmsmart.net

Applies to the Cmsmart Stores 2.0 release line — parent theme 2.0.0–2.2.0, the Printstores child theme family 2.0.0 and Cmsmart Product Designer 2.18.0–2.18.3 — built with Store Setup v2 · Updated October 2026. This guide shows how to customize WooCommerce block theme settings on a Cmsmart Store — colors, fonts, header and footer — in WordPress's own Site Editor, no code required.

Customize WooCommerce block theme settings — site title, header, footer, colors and fonts — inside WordPress's built-in Site Editor on a Cmsmart Store, instead of writing CSS or filing a developer ticket; the theme, Cmsmart Stores Blocks and Cmsmart Product Designer are already active when install finishes, so the only job left is making the layout look like your business.

This picks up right after installing a Cmsmart Store with Store Setup v2 or the manual theme files, and before each store's own product and pricing setup — start with Set up Cmsmart Print Shop Store as the worked example, or the matching guide for Gift, T-Shirt, Boxed, 3D Print, Boxed 2, B2B or Marketplace stores.

What's the cost of leaving a new Cmsmart Store on its sample branding?

The pains we see in the hour after a Store Setup v2 install finishes, before a store is ready to share:

• Sample catalogue, sample name. Every store set up through Store Setup v2 runs with sample data from the first minute, so a store still titled and stocked after the demo is visible to anyone who finds the URL from day one.
• No Customizer to fall back on. The Printstores, B2B and Marketplace themes are all WordPress block themes, so the old Appearance > Customize screen isn't where colors and fonts live; every site-wide style change happens in the Site Editor's Styles panel instead.
• Three moving pieces to keep straight. A finished store depends on the parent theme, the child theme, Cmsmart Stores Blocks and Cmsmart Product Designer all staying active together; a deactivated plugin breaks header blocks or the design tool with no obvious message pointing at the cause.
• Developer cost for small tweaks. Paying an agency by the hour to swap a header layout or a color palette is expensive for changes most owners can make themselves once they know where the Site Editor keeps them.
• A live store that still says "sample". Leaving placeholder copy and the sample catalogue live too long after launch reads as unfinished to the first real visitors.

What could your store's branding look like without touching code?

None of that touches a theme file, and it doesn't require removing the sample catalogue first — branding and cataloguing happen in either order. If you'd rather hand branding to Cmsmart, see Cmsmart Store preset installation & demo import.

How does Cmsmart let you customize WooCommerce block theme settings?

The building blocks a Store Setup v2 (or manually installed) store arrives with:

• Parent theme. Cmsmart Stores (cmsmart-stores), 2.2.0 in the current release zips, supplies the shared template structure every child theme builds on.
• Child theme. One of the six Printstores child themes at 2.0.0 — Print Shop, Gift, T-Shirt, Boxed, 3D Print or Boxed 2 — or Cmsmart B2B Store / Cmsmart Marketplace Store 2.0.1, each on its own parent theme.
• Cmsmart Stores Blocks (2.1.2). The plugin behind the slider, carousel, product tabs and mega-menu blocks the store themes use in their templates.
• Cmsmart Product Designer (2.18.3). The on-page product customizer for buyers; it doesn't change how you style the store, but it has to stay active for design-enabled products to work.
• Site Editor (Appearance > Editor). Templates and template parts — Header and Footer included — open here for direct editing.
• Styles panel. Typography, Colors, Background, Shadows and Layout apply across the whole site at once, the way WordPress's own Styles documentation describes; set your brand colors and fonts here.

What's the business value of branding your store properly before launch?

How do you set up and brand the Site Editor on a Cmsmart Store?

1. Finish installing your store first — either with Store Setup v2's installer file or the manual theme files route — before you start branding.
2. Open Appearance > Themes and confirm your child theme (for example Cmsmart Print Shop Store) shows Active, with the Cmsmart Stores parent theme installed next to it.
3. Open Plugins and confirm WooCommerce, Cmsmart Stores Blocks and Cmsmart Product Designer all show Active before you move on to design.
4. Go to Settings > General and set your Site Title and Tagline, then upload your logo as the Site Icon.
5. Open Appearance > Editor to launch the Site Editor.
6. Under Patterns > Template parts, open the Header template part: replace the logo through the Site Logo block, and check the menu and cart/account icons.
7. Still under Template parts, open the Footer template part and update its columns, support links and copyright line to match your business.
8. Click the Styles icon, open Colors and set your own brand palette; the change applies across every page immediately.
9. In Styles, open Typography and set your heading and body fonts.
10. Click Save in the Site Editor to publish your changes.

Products, print options and the "Setting Cmsmart" pricing box are covered in each store's own setup guide — see Cmsmart Print Shop Store once branding is in place.

Once saved, the dashboard's own post-install checklist is worth working through:

• Load demo images (paid key): Cmsmart > Store Setup > Load demo images, for the sample catalogue's full images instead of placeholders.
• Remove sample data later in Cmsmart > Store Setup once you're ready to go live with real products.
• Follow Tutorial: run your store, or the Launch checklist on My Stores, for what's left before launch.

Keep it up to date. New versions appear in two places: the dashboard's Theme files & changelog panel, which lists every store with its current version, and each plugin's own update notice under Plugins once Cmsmart Stores Blocks or Cmsmart Product Designer has a new release.

Going further: what if you want a fully custom store design?

What we build on top of a branded store, project by project:

• Bespoke header and homepage design. A layout beyond the theme's built-in template parts, built to match an existing brand identity exactly.
• Catalogue and brand migration. Replacing the sample catalogue with products and styling moved over from an existing WooCommerce store or a different platform.
• Custom patterns. Purpose-built sections — a price-matrix table, a gang-sheet pricing explainer, a 3D preview block — that the standard pattern library doesn't include.
• B2B and Marketplace theming. Cmsmart B2B Store and Cmsmart Marketplace Store run on their own parent theme and plugin; we adapt vendor dashboards and multi-vendor branding project by project.
• Plugin and performance audits. Reviewing a store's plugin list and page weight as it grows past the three core pieces.

Delivery runs the same way for every engagement: discovery, solution design, build sprints, QA on a staging copy, launch, then support. See the delivery model at Cmsmart ecommerce projects.

Get my Cmsmart Store custom-branded

Why work with Cmsmart on your store's branding?

Cmsmart has delivered 6,300+ client projects and runs 1,800+ live stores in 80+ countries, rated 4.2 on Trustpilot (404 reviews). One long-time plugin user put it this way:

"We have had the NB Designer plugin installed for three years and have experienced absolutely no problems during that time. It is wonderful to see their commitment to continuous development, with new features being added frequently to keep the software current and highly capable." — Web Developer, Trustpilot review

Related reading: the Cmsmart Print Shop Store product page, the Cmsmart Product Designer plugin page, our web-to-print solutions hub, current Cmsmart plans and pricing, the Cmsmart Product Designer user guides, and a live demo of the Print Shop store used as the worked example here.

Frequently asked questions

What size should my logo be for the Site Logo block?

Upload a square image of at least 512 by 512 pixels for the Site Icon, and a wider horizontal version for the Site Logo block in the header, since the header template part displays it next to the main menu rather than cropped to a square.

How do I change my store's colors and fonts?

Open Appearance > Editor, click the Styles icon, then Colors for your palette and Typography for heading and body fonts. Both apply across the whole site immediately after you click Save — no CSS and no separate page-by-page changes.

Can I use a different page builder instead of the Site Editor?

You can activate a page builder plugin alongside Cmsmart Stores, but the theme's own header, footer and homepage patterns are built as WordPress block templates; mixing in a different builder for the same templates usually means rebuilding those sections rather than editing them together.

Will a theme or plugin update erase my branding?

No, as long as your changes live where they belong: the Site Editor's Styles panel and your child theme's template parts, not the parent theme's files. That's why Cmsmart ships a parent-and-child theme pair — your customization survives parent theme and plugin updates.

Do Cmsmart B2B Store and Cmsmart Marketplace Store customize the same way?

The Site Editor workflow is the same. Cmsmart B2B Store and Cmsmart Marketplace Store (both 2.0.1) run on their own parent theme and ship with their own plugin — Cmsmart B2B or Cmsmart Marketplace — instead of a Printstores child theme, so confirm that plugin is active too before branding.

Do I need the Cmsmart Product Designer plugin active just to brand the theme?

No. Site Editor branding — site title, header, footer, colors, fonts — works as long as the active theme and Cmsmart Stores Blocks are in place. Cmsmart Product Designer only needs to be active once you're ready for buyers to personalize design-enabled products.

Dear our beloved customer,

You have many main product groups, many of which are by-products. Of course, we can't show all of those products on the toolbar. Customers will look very confused. So your website needs to create a product catalog. This is extremely important because when looking at customers it is easy to identify what products you are trading. Where is the main product? Where is the byproduct? Since then partly assess the professionalism and investment of business owners.

Seeing that need, today we will share with you how to configure the product catalog for your website. Follow the article below: " Configuration Product Categories for WordPress PrintStore.

1. Create categories

 Go to Products > Categories:

2. Add brands

Go to Products > Brands:

Thanks for watching my post. Let's experience CMSmart great things. If you have any question, feel free to feedback here. I and colleagues are willing to support you. Goodluck!

Details invite you to watch the video below:

 You can refer to more: How to create contents on your site with WordPress PrintStore

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Have a nice day!

Dear our beloved customers,

Wordpress PrintStore Websites With Online Designer Packages is a powerful storefront. There are many unique and sophisticated themes available on this printing package. Present your site in a creative way with Multiple layouts, ultimate responsive and fully customizable. This package included many standard and advanced features for e-commerce sites in general as well as printing sites in particular. Customers can view your site via any device such as desktop, tablet or smart mobile. This is one of the important factors to increase revenue that you cannot miss. Visit our live demo to know how it works!

The theme is the interface of WordPress, the theme is the folder that contains the entire interface design file. That is where allows you to change, edit the interface. Each website has a unique theme. Once a developer gets a good theme, they can sell it on the market. The theme is a mandatory directory in your website, to edit the interface, you must go through this directory.

A theme is perhaps the most important part of any E-Commerce store. Whatever you sell online, your website’s outlook has to be at its best so that it attracts the customers enough to stay in the store. Hence, we are honored to introduce some core themes of printshop in this article. Let's take a look!

1. Layouts

You can edit in Layout:

2. Pages

You can edit Page Title Background, Page Title Custom Color, Page Title Button in Page:

3. Style

4. Homepage Content

4.1. Sliders

4.1.1. Change slider display
To change slider display, you go to Pages -> All Pages -> Home

In Site Origin, hover over Revolution Slider -> Click on “Edit Revolution Slider”
To have many choices in Revolution Slider, you must create a slider in Revolution Slider

4.1.2. Revolution Slider Plugin
Create Slider Go to Revolution Slider -> Create New Slider -> fill information and choose Create Slider

I prefer you read its documentation live at http://revolution.themepunch.com/documentation/ 

To modify text and animation in sliders that are created, you go to Revolution Slider -> Choose Slider that you want to modify (Edit Slider)

Continue to click on “Edit Slider”

You can change the image slider but you must change the image that is the same size as our slider image.
Edit text and align display position.
Choose animation for text in a slider.
Remembering to choose “Update Slide “when finishing the change process.

4.2. Other elements

If you want to edit the other elements in the header, you go to Pages -> All Pages

-> Home Transparent – FrontPage -> choose elements that you want to edit in Site Origin.

Notes: Exception header, slider and footer, the other elements in homepage are created by Site Origin that we bought in code can yon. To know how to use it, you please read carefully link below:

https://siteorigin.com/

5. Header

Note: We only refer to elements that you can customize and it isn’t correlative to code here.

To change styles for your Header go to Theme Options -> Header and then Enable Custom Header Style and starting styling your header the way you like.

5.1. Phone number

You want to add your phone number in the header; you go to Theme Options -> Header -> change “phone number” in Header Phone Value

5.2. Logo

You aren’t only uploading your website logo in desktop, but also upload both Tablets and iPhone. This means that Tablet and IPhone’s logo can be different with desktop.

To upload logo, you go to Theme Options -> General -> Click on ‘Upload” to choose image from your computer or library

5.3. Social icon

Step 1: To choose social icons that you want to show it in the header, you go to Appearance -> Menu -> Select a menu to edit -> Menu Structure:

Step 2: Insert link for social icons

If you want to social icons display in header, you must insert link for social icons such as:

Go to Theme Option -> Social Media -> fill link into corresponding items

5.4. Menu

To show menus in the header like as our demo; you go to Appearance -> Menus

If you want to display any page, categories and post in menu, you only click on it and tick box -> Choose “Add to Menu” -> “Save Menu”. Example:

Dear our beloved customers,

Web to print store is one of our best selling system products. Integrating many powerful features that promise to bring a great experience. Join us to learn more about that greatness in the article today. As we know, the website is the face of a business. Did you want to give your company a perfect image? Each field will have a separate website that matches the product and the purpose of the seller. In order to bring a smart and complete image of the most features, Cmsmart, we would like to offer our powerful core theme super product that is storming the print industry.

1. Multiple Headers

Our theme comes many header types that you can customize your website exactly the way you want.

Go to backend -> Appearance -> Customize -> Header Options:

• Edit general, header topbar, header middle, header bottom in Sectio

• Edit header style in Presets:

• Edit menu:

2. Element

Go to backend -> Appearance -> Customize -> Element

• Easily to change title section, button, social share,…

3. Unlimited custom color variations

Select and set dozens of color for your elements which are using our Custom Color Picker. Go to backend -> Appearance -> Customize -> Color:

• Edit Primary Color, Background, Body Content in General:

• Edit Text, link in Type:

• Edit Main menu, header top, header button color in Header:

• Edit Footer Color in Footer:

4. Various Google Fonts

Over 800 google font which you can use and upload. Being stored on Google’s servers, displaying them will be fast & reliable. Go to backend -> Appearance -> Customize -> Typography -> edit Body Font, Headings Font:

5. Dozens of Blog layouts

Amazing features that will make your blog or magazine stand out among others. With Wordpress Printstore. You can design your own awesome blog page with many styles and layouts that attracting readers.

Go to backend -> Appearance -> Customize -> Blog:

• Edit layout, post meta in General:

• Edit title, layouts post in Single Post:

• Edit more in Blog Archive:

 6. Product page

Go to backend -> Appearance -> Customize -> Product. You can edit category title, layout in Product category:

• Edit layout, product gallery, information tab, ... in Product detail

7. Multi footer

Our theme comes many header types that you can customize your website exactly the way you want. Go to backend -> Appearance -> Customize -> Footer:

I believe that, with the above information, you will see the powerful Core theme of Printcart.  Hopefully, the article has brought the most overview for you. Let feel to feedback here ticket support if you have any question. We are always willing to answer all your questions and click on Demo view to know how the product works. Don't forget to use coupon code MAR_DL to get 18% OFF for this item. 

An overview video of our powerful core theme:

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Dear our beloved customer,

As we know, the website is the face of a business. Did you choose to give your company a perfect solution? Each field will have a separate website that matches the product and the purpose of the seller. In order to bring a smart and complete solution of the most features, Cmsmart, we would like to offer a "Printshop" super product that is storming the print industry. Especially NBT Solution is the perfect solution for your website, it has a Color Swatch, Price Matrix, Order Upload, Live Chat, Ajax Aart, Ajax Search, ...

• Woocommerce color swatch plugin is a very useful plugin for an e-commerce website that you should integrate it. It helps customers find their favorite color in the easiest way.
• Allows customers to upload one or more files for products, its Order Upload.
• Flexible Table Pricing Matrix for WooCommerce helps your site display two or more variations of a variable product in the form of a pricing table instead of showing them in the drop - down boxes.
• Product Notification: This plugin display cross-sells, up-sell, selected product and category products, same category products as notification and boost your product sells.
• Delivery Date: This Woocommerce Delivery Date plugin will allow you to improve your customer service by delivering the order on the customer's chosen date and let them choose an order delivery date on the checkout page
• Live chat: This plugin helps your staffs contact with customers online via chat to close the deal quickly. This is a fully functional live chat plugin that you should put.
• Ajax cart: It is a perfect solution to allow your customers shopping without waiting for the pages to be refreshed.
• Ajax search: It is the key component on a user-friendly online shop, it will enhance your WordPress website with a powerful autocomplete and keyword functionality.
• Social login: It allows your website readers and customers to register on using their existing social account. Save a huge time.

Details invite you to watch the video below:

How to set the NBT Solution plugin for Printshop Solution? 

Hopefully, the article has brought the most overview for you. If you have any question, feel free to feedback here. I and colleagues are willing to support you. Here the demo link is. You can see the details and compare with the package you have just installed.

Best regards. 
Have a nice day!

Vincent
Sales Consultant Manager

Skype: live:vincent_4281
Phone/ whatsapp: +84 868 901 261 
Email: vincent@cmsmart.net

An optimized website is a website that ensures the element of user experience. To do that, it is impossible not to mention features and utilities. The strong development of our own plugins is an essential thing for our customers and it is a special part of us, but it is impossible not to mention external plugins like Slider Revolution, YITH Plugins, ...

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Slider Revolution (Revolution Slider)

Is an innovative, responsive WordPress Slider Plugin that displays your content the beautiful way. Whether it’s a Slider, Carousel, Hero Image or Video Scene for best conversion rates or even a whole Front Page, the visual, drag & drop editor will let you tell your own stories in no time! Desktop or mobile device!

View document to an overview of how it works 

With “YITH Woocommerce Quick View” plugin

Your clients will be free to look in a better way your products, reading also a small description with all the most important features and qualities you want to underline. In this way, they will be more focused on what they really want and they will proceed easily to the purchase step. 

To have more information, you can drop by the link below: https://wordpress.org/plugins/yith-woocommerce-quick-view/

With YITH WooCommerce Wishlist

you can add a link to each product detail page, in order to add the products to the wishlist page. The plugin will create you the specific page and the products will be added in this page and afterward add them to the cart or remove them.

To have more information, you can drop by the link below: https://wordpress.org/plugins/yith-woocommerce-wishlist/

YITH WooCommerce Compare plugin

Is an extension of the WooCommerce plugin that allows your users to compare some products of your shop. All products are saved in one complete table where the user can see the difference between the products.

To have more information, you can drop by the link below: https://wordpress.org/plugins/yith-woocommerce-compare/

Dear our beloved customers!

Similar to Order upload, Delivery date plugin in WordPress Printshop is also extremely important. It greatly affects your business performance. So, has your website integrated the delivery date feature? This is one of the extremely powerful utilities for business shops. In the article, I will guide you to install this feature in the most detailed way. Invite you to follow along

We believe that the post-purchase customer experience is as important as the acquisition process. That is why we built the Order Delivery Date plugin. It helps you to improve your customer service by delivering the orders on the customer’s specified date.

Outstanding feature of Delivery date plugin in WordPres Printshop

• Enable delivery day
• A minimum number of hours required to prepare for delivery.
• A number of dates available for delivery.
• Mandatory field delivery date
• Maximum deliveries/orders per day
• Sort on WooCommerce Orders Page
• Auto-populate first available Delivery date
• Apply Minimum Delivery Time for non-working weekdays 

Tutorial video to use delivery date plugin in Wordpress printshop

How to use the Delivery date plugin in WordPress Printshop template? 

Hopefully, you have come to see the importance of A. Please equip it today to improve product quality. With the above-detailed instructions, the installation will become much easier. Don't forget to notice the difference before and after integrating the delivery date plugin. Hopefully, the article has brought the most overview for you. If you have any question, feel free to feedback here. I and colleagues are willing to support you.

This is Demo: https://cmsmart.net/wordpress-themes/wordpress-printshop-website-templates-with-online-design-packages?layout=demo#demo And don't forget to use coupon code MAR_DL to get 18% OFF for this item. 

Best regards. 
Have a nice day!