# Chapterly: free WordPress theme URL: https://symelo.com/tools/wordpress-themes/chapterly Free WordPress theme. A warm editorial sales theme for ebook, book and course launches, with a 3D book mockup, a table of contents, editions, a free-chapter signup and a night-reading dark scheme. A warm editorial sales theme for ebook, book and course launches, with a 3D book mockup, a table of contents, editions, a free-chapter signup and a night-reading dark scheme. - Price: free (GPLv2 or later) - Category: Landing page - Version 1.0.0, 2026-10-22. WordPress 7.0+, PHP 7.4+. GNU General Public License v2 or later. - Style variations: Classic, Night reading, Ochre, Sage - Fonts: Newsreader, Instrument Sans - Works with: [Secure Custom Fields](https://wordpress.org/plugins/secure-custom-fields/), a free plugin by WordPress.org, optional ## Description Chapterly is a block theme for authors and creators selling a book, a guide or a cohort course: a sales page, a sample chapter and preorders. It is set on cream paper with ink-dark text, terracotta accents, Newsreader for headlines and long reading and Instrument Sans for labels and buttons. Built in, with no plugins needed: * A 3D book mockup: give any Image block the "3D book" style and your cover stands up with a spine, page edges and a soft shadow (CSS only, static when visitors prefer reduced motion). * Sales sections: a table of contents with chapter numerals and dot leaders, the opening pages with a drop cap, "who it's for / not for" lists, the course week by week, three editions with one-time prices, a money-back guarantee seal, reader quotes as a masonry wall, the author's bio and FAQs. * Seven heroes: the book with preorder buttons, a free-chapter signup, a cohort countdown, an author-led hero with a portrait and pull quote, a table-of-contents hero, a background-video hero and the latest post from your notebook. * Forms (Symelo Theme Kit): free-chapter signup, newsletter and a contact form for speaking, rights and bulk orders. Messages are kept under Messages in wp-admin. * Landing foundation: pricing tables with a monthly/yearly switch, a comparison table, features, integrations, changelog, testimonials, FAQ with structured data, countdown, waitlist and section navigation, all styled in Chapterly's paper look. * Reading: a "Reading layout (sample chapter)" template with reading progress, a collapsible table of contents, a narrow column with a drop cap and a closing preorder card. * Light and dark: a hand-tuned "night reading" scheme with a switch in the header; style variations Night reading, Sage, Classic and Ochre. * Galleries with masonry and carousel styles and a lightbox, lite video embeds, featured video, motion that respects reduced-motion settings. Chapterly takes no payments. Preorder buttons link to your store: set its address as the sign-up link under Appearance → Product details (it falls back to the editions on the page). ## Frequently Asked Questions #### Where do form messages go? Every form submission is stored under Messages in wp-admin. The contact form also emails the site admin; change the recipient under Messages → Settings or in the form block's settings. The free-chapter and newsletter forms only store the address (their "Email me new messages" option is off), so you can export them to your mailing tool. #### How do I send the free chapter? Connect your mailing tool to the stored messages, or set the form's "Redirect" to a page with the download link. #### How do I use my own cover? Replace the image in the hero and keep the "3D book" block style. Covers look best at a 2:3 ratio, at least 640 px wide. #### Where do the preorder buttons go? To the sign-up link under Appearance → Product details. Put your store or preorder page there and every preorder button follows. #### Can I turn off the animations? Motion classes can be removed from any block in the editor's Motion panel. Visitors who prefer reduced motion see everything without animation. #### How does dark mode work? The switch in the header remembers each visitor's choice; until they choose, the site follows their system setting. The Night reading style variation opens in the dark scheme. ## Downloads - [Chapterly 1.0.0](https://symelo.com/wordpress-themes/chapterly/1.0.0/chapterly-1.0.0.zip) (2026-10-22, 2.9 MB, SHA-256 500674f4881cdc16eac740d5f294619a8da3cb176499528a9f07572bab46fbfe) ## Screenshots - https://symelo.com/wordpress-themes/chapterly/shots/home-365100c037.webp - https://symelo.com/wordpress-themes/chapterly/shots/features-2358565d2c.webp - https://symelo.com/wordpress-themes/chapterly/shots/integrations-691c9867ab.webp - https://symelo.com/wordpress-themes/chapterly/shots/integrations-keystone-sso-98e5f2954b.webp - https://symelo.com/wordpress-themes/chapterly/shots/pricing-c61d595c6e.webp - https://symelo.com/wordpress-themes/chapterly/shots/admin-fields-870e8f36d9.webp - [All WordPress themes](https://symelo.com/tools/wordpress-themes) ## Related pages - [All tools](https://symelo.com/tools) - [Agent documentation](https://symelo.com/llms.txt)