Journal · The Best-Selling OpenCart Theme
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Buy Journal from $69: lifetime license, every update included. See pricing

Compatible with OpenCart 2.3.x, 3.x, 4.x

The best-selling OpenCart theme.

Choose a ready-made design for your OpenCart store, then make it look like no other from the admin. No coding needed.

Digital download · Lifetime license · No paid upgrades

Journal admin · Colors
The Color Tokens list in the Journal admin. Brand Primary is set to blue and Brand Secondary to yellow, the colors of the sample store on desktop and phone.
The same sample store on a phone: the Journal logo and mobile header, then the slider and a swipeable row of promo banners.
37,000+
Total sales
4.9 / 5
3,000+ ratings
13 years
On marketplace
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Envato author

Your brand, your words, in a few clicks.

Set colors, fonts and spacing once, and everything that uses them changes. Edit text, images and links straight from your storefront.

Journal · Quick editor

Change your brand color

Change any text

Build every page from the admin.

Arrange rows, columns and modules on any OpenCart page. Then choose who sees each part, and when.

Journal admin · Layout builder
The Journal layout builder for the Home layout: rows with column widths, each holding named modules such as Main Slider, Promo Banners and Shop by Category.
Demo 5, variant 3, a sample store: a category menu, a slider, a top sellers list and four colored banners.
Demo 1, a sample store: a mega menu open under the main menu, with columns of links and a banner.
Demo 8, variant 2, a sample store: a dark header, a full-width slider and a carousel of categories.

Sample stores built with the included demos

50+ module types

Sliders, product carousels, banners, tabs, forms, blog posts and more, each reusable across layouts.

Headers and mega menus

A choice of desktop headers, plus mega menus built from modules in the same layout builder.

The right content for each visitor

Show or hide any row, column or module by device, customer group or store. You can also set the dates each one appears.

For your customers

  • Product filter

  • Instant search

  • Quick view

  • Product pages

For you

  • Built-in blog

  • Languages and currencies

  • Built-in SEO

  • Your extensions

Give phones their own design.

Phones get their own header, a bottom menu like an app, and a menu, cart and filter that slide in from the side.

Demo 9 on a phone, a sample store with its mobile header: the logo, then menu, account, wish list and cart icons with item counts, and a search bar below.
Mobile header
Demo 8 on a phone, a sample store scrolled to its articles, with the app-style bottom menu: Home, Account, Wishlist with a badge, Email and Call us.
Bottom menu
A product page in Demo 11 on a phone, a sample store, with the fixed add-to-cart bar along the bottom: quantity, Add to Cart and a quick buy button.
Add-to-cart bar
  • Dedicated mobile headers
  • Bottom menu with badges
  • Fixed add-to-cart bar
  • Separate phone and tablet settings

Pick a demo. Make it yours.

Journal includes 12 demos, each with 3 variants. They are store templates: import the one closest to your store, then add your own products, images and branding.

Browse by store type: Electronics Fashion Sports Home Beauty Food Vehicles Gifts All demos

One theme, 12 demos, 36 starting points.

Every demo was built in the Journal admin with no code, and so is every change you make.

Browse all demo stores

These are demonstration stores. Their designs come with Journal; their products, images and content are not included in your purchase.

Read what store owners and developers say.

Five-star reviews from the marketplace, quoted in full.

Code Quality
“Journal is THE essential opencart theme. So well thought out and engineered, the degree of design flexibility it offers is huge.Way more than a theme but a professional design tool. Won't build custom themes ever again. Amazing 5*****+”
abigailshedden
Customer Support
“I've purchased hundreds and hundreds of files over the past 7 years. But there is nothing close to this support and professionalism. Not only is theme, simple , useful and modern, but again the support is remarkable. Very happy I got this theme! Thank you!”
CharliBaltimore
Customizability
“EXCELLENT theme built with purpose and has been constantly updated and improved upon since I started using it in 2014. My go to theme.”
graigkarl
Design Quality
“I prefer the journal theme for my clients, I have developed 10 websites so far and I can easily edit and customize the journal theme.”
mymagicboxin
Flexibility
“Really flexible Theme, with a lot of addons you normally have to pay to get. All in all, easy to setup and a lot of functionality”
soulliving
Flexibility
“Great toolkit for Opencart. As a base platform, Opencart can be a nightmare to modify and get looking good. Journal takes away all the pain.”
DarkLightDigital
Design Quality
“Guys you are the best... I ve bought 9 licences and i am plannong to buy a few more by the end of month...GREAT JOB”
gdounis2011
Customer Support
“Not just the best theme I've ever used, and I've been through about 6, but by far the best support I've ever had. Not only are they quick to respond but they have even give me code solutions to things I've asked to be added to future versions. Awesome!”
MuscleLondon
Customizability
“Tested several themes over the years and nothing is like this. Simply the best theme you will get, and at the same price of all the other themes. Great job!”
artefects
Code Quality
“Iam a web developer for many years i havent seen anything clear clean coded like journal it makes my live so much easier thanks for the great work you have done.”
chromebandit
Other
“I used this theme for a hot tub hire website. I found the admin very easy to use and the features and designs excellent. Great system to work with. Thank you. :-)”
blackpool-webmasters
Flexibility
“I have tens of opencart websites and just after I started using Journal I realized its the only theme among all I can recommend as an outstanding professional work.”
juliadrehi
Documentation Quality
“Everything is well documented, making it easy for the end user with zero knowledge on coding to get started. Worth the money. Recommended! Thank you Digital Atelier.”
arifhazwan
Code Quality
“This is by far the best theme for Opencart. It is coded with well sense of responsibility, the functionalities are outstanding, it comes with a ton of customization options and the support is exceptional! Cannot recommend more! Keep up the good work!”
turbobeds
Flexibility
“Theme is super flexible, one with some CSS knowledge can do wonders with this... Its a perfect theme. If you are comparing, please don't.. Journal is a cult.”
akku14

Pay once. Keep every update.

A lifetime license for one domain, with 6 or 12 months of support from us.

License + 6 months support

$69

Extend later when you need it.

  • 6 months of support
  • Digital download
  • Lifetime license for one domain
  • Every released update, free
  • Use it after support ends
  • 12 demos, 3 variants each
  • Works with OpenCart 2.3, 3 and 4

License + 12 months support

Best value

$89

Saves at least $19 over extending later.

  • 12 months of support
  • Digital download
  • Lifetime license for one domain
  • Every released update, free
  • Use it after support ends
  • 12 demos, 3 variants each
  • Works with OpenCart 2.3, 3 and 4

See pricing details

14-day money-back guarantee on your first purchase

Prices are in US dollars and exclude any applicable taxes, added at checkout.

Set it up in five steps.

Each step is documented (opens in a new tab), and we're here to help (opens in a new tab) if you need it.

  1. Buy

    Choose a support period and buy your license.

  2. Download

    Download Journal from your account.

  3. Install

    Upload Journal and activate it with your purchase code.

  4. Import a demo

    Import one of our demos into your store as a starting point.

  5. Customize

    Adjust colors, fonts and layouts in the Journal admin.

Questions before you buy.

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Build your OpenCart store with Journal.

4.9 / 5 from 3,000+ ratings on the marketplace.