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Exhibition WordPress Theme
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- Child theme included
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About this theme
Inside Exhibition WordPress Theme
SWP Exhibition Pro is a premium exhibition WordPress theme for art galleries, museums, exhibition centres, and cultural venues that want a website as considered as the work on their walls. It pairs a calm, editorial design (Playfair Display headings, warm gold accents and generous white space) with the tools a venue actually needs: ticket booking, opening hours, event schedules, artist profiles and venue hire enquiries. Import the demo in one click, swap in your own exhibitions, and you have a polished art gallery website without writing a line of code.
Why choose this exhibition WordPress theme?
Most gallery templates look beautiful in a screenshot and fall apart when you add real content. SWP Exhibition Pro was designed the other way round. Every section is driven by the WordPress Customizer, every link points to a real page, and every layout is tested at phone, tablet, laptop, and desktop widths with no horizontal scrolling. Visitors find what they came for (what is on, when you are open, how to get tickets) within seconds of landing.
A homepage that sells tickets
The hero opens with your headline exhibition, an arched feature image, and a live countdown to opening night. Below it, a quick booking bar lets visitors pick a date, the number of visitors, and a ticket type. The date picker knows your opening hours, so closed days cannot be selected, and the form can either jump to your ticket prices or send visitors straight to your own ticketing system.
Trust figures (review score, annual visitors, number of artists) sit beside the call to action, and a slim announcement bar shows a live “Open now” or “Closed” status that follows your venue’s time zone rather than the visitor’s.
Built-in exhibition management
Exhibitions are a dedicated post type, not just images on a page. Each exhibition has its own page with dates, a status label such as “Opens 14 Nov” or “Coming 2027”, the room it is shown in, a booking panel and links to related shows. Add a new exhibition in the WordPress editor, and it appears automatically in the Featured Exhibitions grid, on the Exhibitions page and in search results.
Events, artists and venue hire
- Event schedule: a tabbed timetable for talks, tours and opening-weekend programmes, with an “Add to calendar” link on every session.
- Meet the artists: portrait cards with an optional greyscale-to-colour hover effect.
- Venue gallery: a mosaic of your rooms with captions, ideal for showing off a sculpture court or main hall.
- Venue hire and artist submissions: two image panels that open the contact form with the right topic already selected.
- Tickets and membership: pricing cards with a featured “best value” option.
- Plan your visit: opening hours that highlight today, accessibility and facilities notes, and a Google Map with directions.
Testimonials, FAQ and journal
A smooth testimonial carousel shows three reviews at a time on desktop, two on tablets and one on phones, with arrows, dots and an autoplay that pauses when a visitor hovers or uses the keyboard. The FAQ uses accessible accordions and outputs FAQ schema so your answers can appear in Google results. The Latest News section pulls posts from your journal automatically.
Author pages that build authority
Every writer gets a professional author page with a dark hero, profile photo, job title, biography, article count, and social links, followed by their recent articles and cards for your other authors. An “About the author” box appears under every post. Upload profile photos straight from the WordPress media library; no Gravatar account is needed.
Customise everything without code.
The theme uses the free Kirki Customizer Framework to give every page its own panel. You can:
- Reorder sections with drag and drop, or hide any section with a single switch
- Change the colour palette and fonts, and see the whole site update instantly.
- Set separate header, sticky header, footer, and preloader logos.
- Edit opening hours once and have them update across the site.
- Configure a scroll-triggered popup (by default at 50% scroll on the homepage, once per session) with its own image, coupon code, and buttons.
Fast, accessible and SEO ready
SWP Exhibition Pro loads one stylesheet and one small deferred script, with no jQuery, sliders, or icon fonts on the front end. Images below the fold load lazily, the hero image loads with high priority, and assets are versioned by file date so returning visitors never see stale styles. Emoji scripts and unused block styles are removed, and the markup includes skip links, visible focus states, ARIA labels, and a single H1 per page.
The theme is compatible with Rank Math SEO, which the demo importer installs for you, and adds breadcrumb and FAQ structured data where Rank Math does not.
One-click demo import
The setup wizard installs Kirki, Contact Form 7 and Rank Math SEO, then imports the full demo: homepage, About, Exhibitions, Events, Plan Your Visit, Venue Hire, Contact and Journal pages, four exhibitions, three demo authors with articles, menus, styled contact and newsletter forms, and every image. Run it again at any time to repair the demo without creating duplicates.
Start your exhibition website today.
Whether you run a contemporary art gallery, a regional museum, a photography festival or a design fair, SWP Exhibition Pro gives you a fast, flexible exhibition WordPress theme that looks as good as the work you show. Install it, import the demo, and open your doors online this afternoon.
Who can use this theme?
SWP Exhibition Pro suits any organisation that shows work to the public on a schedule and sells or manages entry.
| Art galleries (commercial and contemporary) | Exhibitions post type, artist profiles, private-view countdown |
| Museums and heritage sites | Plan Your Visit, opening hours with live status, accessibility notes, membership tickets |
| Exhibition and convention centres | Venue gallery, venue hire enquiries, event schedule |
| Art fairs, biennales and festivals | Multi-day schedule tabs with Add to Calendar, ticket tiers, countdown |
| Photography, design and sculpture shows | Exhibition pages, journal, newsletter sign-up |
| Artist collectives and studios | Artist cards, open-call submissions, author pages for members |
| Universities and art schools | Degree shows, public talks, visitor information |
| Cultural centres and libraries with gallery spaces | Events, room hire, FAQ |
| Curators and arts writers | Journal with author pages and the About the author box |
| Agencies and freelancers | Fast client builds for galleries, with one-click demo import |
What you get
10 templates, ready to edit
All of them install with the demo content, and all of them are patterns rather than locked layouts.
Home
About
Services
Service detail
Blog
Single Post Page
Contact
FAQ
404 Error
Archive
Compatibility
The technical details
| Current version | 1.0 |
|---|---|
| Last updated | Oct 13, 2026 |
| WordPress | 6.2.2 + |
| PHP | 7.4+ |
| Theme type | WordPress Customizer |
| Works with | Kirki, Rank Math, Yoast, WPML, Polylang, Contact Form 7, Light Speed Cache |
| Browsers | Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Edge - current and previous versions. |
| Languages | POT file included, RTL stylesheets, translation ready. |
| Download size | 3 MB |
| Licence | GPL v2 or later |
Changelog
Recent updates
Every fix and addition since release, free for anyone who owns it.
Oct 13, 2026
1.0
Initial Release
New Product Release
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Questions about Exhibition WordPress Theme
What is the best exhibition WordPress theme for an art gallery?
Look for a theme that manages exhibitions as content, shows opening hours and ticket prices clearly, and loads fast on phones. SWP Exhibition Pro does all three, with an Exhibition post type, a booking bar, and a live open/closed status.
Do I need coding skills to use SWP Exhibition Pro?
No. Every section, colour, font, logo, and popup is edited in the WordPress Customizer. Sections can be reordered by drag and drop or hidden with a switch.
Can visitors buy tickets through the theme?
The booking bar collects a date, the number of visitors, and a ticket type. Leave the ticketing URL empty to show your prices, or enter the URL of your ticketing system (for example, Eventbrite or a WooCommerce shop) and the choices are passed to it.
Which plugins does the theme need?
Kirki Customizer Framework powers the theme settings, Contact Form 7 handles the contact and newsletter forms, and Rank Math SEO is installed for search optimization. The setup wizard installs all three for you.
Is the theme responsive and mobile-friendly?
Yes. Every page is tested at 360, 768, 1024, and 1440 pixels wide with no horizontal scrolling. On phones, a sticky booking bar keeps the ticket button within reach.
Can I add my own exhibitions and events?
Yes. Exhibitions are added like posts, with fields for dates, status, room, and card link text. Event schedules are edited in the Customizer, one tab per day, and every session gets an Add to Calendar link.
Does the theme support multiple authors?
Yes. Each author gets a profile photo, job title, and social links on their user profile, a dedicated author page, and an About the author box under every post.
Is SWP Exhibition Pro fast and SEO friendly?
Yes. It loads one stylesheet and one small deferred script, lazy-loads images below the fold, outputs FAQ and breadcrumb schema, uses a single H1 per page and works with Rank Math SEO.
Can I use it for a museum, trade show or art fair?
Yes. The same sections cover museum visitor information, exhibition-centre venue hire and multi-day fair programmes. Rename the sections and swap the images to fit your venue.
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