Legacy – Antique, Vintage & Collectibles WordPress Theme

A one-of-a-kind piece cannot be restocked, so the buyer has to come back

A customer arrives looking for a mantel clock or a first edition, and you sold it last week. An ordinary shop would order another unit. With an antique that option does not exist: the visit is only worth something if that person returns when the next piece comes in.

Your catalog empties as you sell, so your real asset is the people who want to know what arrives next.

Legacy, by axiomthemes, is a WordPress theme for antique, vintage and collectibles stores, with Elementor and WooCommerce. Alongside the store, it offers several ways to stay in touch:

• Newsletter with popups, through the MailChimp integration.
• Wishlist, with TI WooCommerce Wishlist among the compatible plugins.
• Instagram feed with Smash Balloon, to show what has just come in.
• Blog with several post formats, including gallery, audio and video.

Nine demos for very different trades

Collecting covers businesses that have little in common, and Legacy gives each one a starting point:

• Antique shop
• Coins and stamps
• Historical clothing
• Pawn shop
• Vintage record store
• Art gallery
• Furniture store
• Rare book seller
• Restoration services

Inner pages include about us, services, team, FAQ, contact and blog. Services, team, portfolio and testimonials are their own content types, with an archive and a single page, displayed with Elementor widgets. That is useful if you restore or appraise as well as sell.

Elementor, your own headers and a store with filters

The theme brings more than 70 custom elements for Elementor. With its layouts tool you build headers, footers, submenus and sidebars in that same editor, and there are pre-built designs you can combine. It also supports Gutenberg, with more than 30 exclusive blocks.

In WooCommerce you choose the product style, the hover effect, the pagination and the attributes shown in listings. The product filter adds a search field to long lists, from 15 items up.

For payments, on top of WooCommerce gateways, it is compatible with elegro Crypto Payment, which accepts cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum. To sell in several languages it works with WPML and has right-to-left support.

A pawn shop needs more than its demo

The pawn demo takes care of the business's image. Legacy's features include no management of loans, terms or online appraisals, and no auctions or bidding system either. Its service pages present what you do and how to reach you.

Installing Legacy without losing what you have

It needs two plugins: ThemeREX Addons and Elementor. The rest, such as WooCommerce, Slider Revolution or Contact Form 7, are optional. Ask your host for an execution time of 600 seconds, 256M of memory and 32M for uploads.

1. Install the child theme first, as it must be in place before importing the demo.
2. Install the required plugins.
3. Choose the correct language in the WordPress settings.
4. Open Theme Panel, Theme Dashboard, Demo Data, and pick a partial or full import.

A full import deletes all existing content, so keep it for a new installation. A partial import adds to what you have and replaces images with placeholders.

Catalog neighbors depending on what you sell

If you sell furniture you make yourself, Carica is a WooCommerce theme for handmade furniture workshops, with a catalog mode to show the work without selling. For jewelry, Alukas brings estimated delivery time to the product page, and deals with sizes and returns next to the buy button.

If bidding is your thing, look at PremiumPress Auction.

Common questions from dealers and collectors

Does it work if I only want a gallery with no cart?

WooCommerce is optional, and the art gallery demo is a good starting point. Check on a staging install that the result fits what you need.

Can I accept cryptocurrency?

Yes, through the elegro Crypto Payment plugin, which is compatible with the theme.

What do I do if the import gets stuck?

Uncheck Import Media and import the rest. If it still does not move, review your host's PHP limits.