LT Riso is a WooCommerce block theme for risograph print studios that sell art prints, cards and zines and print short runs for customers. It has an overprint hero, a spot colour library, a print price calculator with sizes and copies, a paper stock guide, a file prep guide for one layer per colour, art prints and a zine library in a staggered zine grid, and a studio workshops band, all on WooCommerce's own blocks. Pro Unlimited adds the AI kit, so an assistant can rebrand and extend the store safely.
- Store type: Purpose store
- Made for: Risograph print studio (Digital & print-on-demand)
- Live demo: woocommerce.ltheme.com/lt-riso/
- Product page and download: LT Riso on ltheme.com
- Requires: WordPress 7.0+, WooCommerce 10.0+, PHP 8.1+
- Version: 1.0.0
Editions
- Free: the LT Riso theme package: all templates, the section patterns, page layouts and colour styles. No demo content or demo import; the footer credit stays.
- Pro Standard ($29 a year): + the complete LT Riso demo store with one-click import, one year of updates with a licence key and ticket support; the footer credit is removed.
- Pro Unlimited ($49 once): + the AI kit, unlimited websites and lifetime updates and support.
See the editions table.
Quick setup
- Install and activate WooCommerce, then upload and activate LT Riso (Install the theme).
- Pro: Appearance → Demo import → Import (Demo import), then add your licence key in Appearance → Licence.
- Free: build the pages with the theme’s patterns and page layouts (below).
- Pick a colour style in Appearance → Editor → Styles, set your logo and menu.
- Replace the sample content and go live (Going live).
What the demo import adds (Pro)
Appearance → Demo import shows one demo, Riso: A white, fluorescent-pink and blue shop for a risograph print studio, with an overprint hero, a spot colour library, a print price calculator, a paper stock guide, a file prep guide, art prints, a zine library and studio workshops. It adds:
- 15 products (7 variable, with options, 4 on sale)
- 6 product categories: Art prints, Cards & postcards, Zines, Print services, Paper & swatches, Workshops
- 6 pages: Home, Shop, The riso print guide, About, Contact, FAQ & delivery (WooCommerce’s own Cart, Checkout and My account pages are used as they are)
- The main menu: Prints, Zines, Print services, Workshops, More, Print guide, Help
- The style Pink drum, the site title and tagline and the announcement bar text
Existing content is never changed: anything whose address is already taken is skipped. Prices are marked “Example prices”.
Pages in the live demo
Open them on the live demo:
| Page | What it shows |
|---|---|
| Homepage | Overprint hero, spot colour library, art prints, zine library, print price calculator, paper stock guide, file prep guide, studio visit and workshops, and FAQ. |
| Shop | Staggered three-column WooCommerce product grid with category tabs marked by ink-drum colour dots: prints, cards, zines, print services, paper and workshops. |
| Product page | A print service sold as a variable product by size (A5, A4, A3) and copies (25 to 250), with what you get, file notes and example prices. |
| The riso print guide | A niche guide page: spot colour library, print price calculator, paper stock guide, file prep guide, studio workshops and guide questions. |
| Cart and checkout | WooCommerce Cart and Checkout blocks with a distraction-free checkout header. |
The riso print guide: the store-type page
A niche guide page: spot colour library, print price calculator, paper stock guide, file prep guide, studio workshops and guide questions. This is the Purpose store page of LT Riso: see it on the live demo. Pro imports it with the demo; with Free, create a page and insert the The riso print guide page layout from Patterns → LT Riso: full pages.
What is in the theme
- 20 section patterns and 5 page layouts, including a riso print guide page
- Misregistration design: a 4px offset colour shadow on every image and a headline printed in two offset inks
- Spot colour library of eight ink swatches with sample colour behaviour
- Print price calculator: sizes × copies table with example prices and a sample quote card
- Paper stock guide and a six-step file prep guide for one layer per colour
- Art prints and zine library in a staggered zine grid, plus a studio workshops band
- Three colour styles: Pink drum, Blue drum and Black ink (dark); fonts self-hosted (Climate Crisis + Gayathri)
- WooCommerce blocks for shop, product, cart, checkout and account
Section patterns
Add them to any page from the block inserter: Patterns → LT Riso: shop sections. Every edition has all of them.
| Pattern | What it is |
|---|---|
| Art prints (zine grid) | Three staggered print cards with misregistered images, meta, example prices and chips. |
| Brand story | Image beside the studio story, values checklist and a signature line. |
| Contact cards | Four cards: phone, email, studio and free file check. |
| Prints on offer | Products that are on sale, with sale badges, a heading row and a button. |
| Delivery rates | Delivery options and example fees in a card on a grain band. |
| FAQ | Heading on the left, expandable questions on the right. |
| File prep guide (layers per colour) | Text and a layer drawing beside six numbered steps for preparing one file per colour, with a note bar. |
| Zine bundle banner | Pink banner with headline, two buttons and a square image. |
| Overprint hero | Headline printed twice (pink over an offset blue layer) on a paper-grain band, buttons, ink chips and a misregistered photo. |
| In the studio (image and text) | Image on the left, kicker, headline, text, checklist and a button on the right. |
| Newsletter band | Pink band with a headline, short text and a sign-up button. |
| Paper stock guide | Six paper swatches and a paper table with sample weights, feel, uses and colour limits. |
| Print price calculator | Sizes x copies price table (sample prices) with a pricing note, beside a pink example quote card. |
| Prints and zines (live products) | Heading row with a Shop all button and a three-column staggered product collection (newest first). |
| Reviews (sample) | Three review cards on a grain band. SAMPLE TEXT: replace with real reviews you may publish. |
| Shop tabs (categories with drum dots) | Linked category tabs with ink-drum colour dots. Also used at the top of the shop templates. |
| Spot colour library | Eight ink swatches with names, colour family and sample behaviour chips, each linking to the swatch card. |
| Studio visit and hours | Address, opening hours and two buttons next to an image. |
| Studio visit and workshops (sample) | Pink band with sample workshop dates and prices, two buttons, a studio photo, tags and studio counter hours. |
| Zine library (zine grid) | Three staggered zine cards with format, pages, example prices and chips. |
Page layouts
Full pages in Patterns → LT Riso: full pages. Create a page, open the inserter and pick one to start from:
- Home: Riso (risograph print studio): Demo homepage: overprint hero, spot colour library, art prints, zine library, print price calculator, paper stock guide, file prep guide, studio visit and workshops, and FAQ.
- About page: About page: intro, studio story, in the studio, workshops and the studio visit.
- Contact page: Contact page: intro, contact cards, studio visit and quick answers.
- FAQ & delivery page: FAQ & delivery page: intro, questions, delivery rates and the print price calculator (sample prices).
- The riso print guide page: Niche guide: intro, spot colour library, print price calculator, paper stock guide, file prep guide, studio workshops and guide questions.
Colour styles
Change the style in Appearance → Editor → Styles (how). LT Riso has 3:
| Style | Main colour |
|---|---|
| Pink drum (default) | #D10070 |
| Blue drum | #0067A5 |
| Black ink | #151315 |
Fonts
Bundled with the theme (self-hosted, no Google Fonts requests). Change them in Styles → Typography.
| Used for | Font |
|---|---|
| Headings | Climate Crisis |
| Body text | Gayathri |
Store-type notes: Purpose store
- The home page has only the sections this kind of shop needs; add more from the theme’s patterns if you want them.
- Every fact in the specialist sections (guides, care notes, times, prices) is a sample: replace it with what is true for your shop.
AI kit (Pro Unlimited)
With Pro Unlimited, an AI assistant reads the theme rules and can swap in your inks, papers, prints and zines, update the price table and the file prep steps, set your workshop dates and delivery terms and build landing pages without breaking the blocks. It can also import the demo, switch styles and create draft pages through WordPress Abilities.
Example prompt: Set up this LT Riso store for my risograph studio "Second Pass" in Bristol (sample business). Art prints from £18, print runs from 25 copies with my price table for A5, A4 and A3, inks: fluorescent pink, blue, yellow, teal and black, papers: natural 100 gsm and card 250 gsm. Use the Blue drum style, update the spot colour library and paper guide to match, keep the prices marked as examples until I confirm them, and add a Thursday evening zine workshop at £40.
See AI kit for the files, the prompts and the Abilities.
Before you go live
Everything in the demo is sample content: products, prices, specs, reviews, addresses and opening times. Replace it with your own, or delete it, and follow the going-live checklist. Pro Unlimited: python3 tools/check-theme.py --launch in the theme folder lists every sample left.
Demo photos
The live demo of LT Riso shows real photos; the theme uses its own illustrations and placeholders. The photos are from Pexels, free to use under the Pexels licence (credit is not required, but we thank the photographers):
art-print-run.jpg: photo by Antoni Shkraba on Pexelscat-art-prints.jpg: photo by Lisa Fotios on Pexelscat-cards-postcards.jpg: photo by Teresa Jang on Pexelscat-paper-swatches.jpg: photo by Sergey Meshkov on Pexelscat-print-services.jpg: photo by Antoni Shkraba on Pexelscat-workshops.jpg: photo by Anna Shvets on Pexelscat-zines.jpg: photo by Diego Bispo on Pexelsgreeting-card-pack.jpg: photo by Sarah Films on Pexelshalftone-fern-print.jpg: photo by Lisa Fotios on Pexelshero.jpg: photo by Thoranin Duangsin on Pexelsintro-riso-workshop.jpg: photo by Anna Shvets on Pexelsmake-a-zine-workshop.jpg: photo by Artem Podrez on Pexelspaper-sample-pack.jpg: photo by Engin Akyurt on Pexelspaper.jpg: photo by Sergey Meshkov on Pexelsplant-studies-zine.jpg: photo by Sena on Pexelspostcard-flyer-printing.jpg: photo by Antoni Shkraba on Pexelspostcard-set.jpg: photo by Antonio García on Pexelsshort-comics-zine.jpg: photo by Mikhail Nilov on Pexelsspot-colour-swatch-card.jpg: photo by Katie Rainbow 🏳️🌈 on Pexelsstory.jpg: photo by Thoranin Duangsin on Pexelsstudio.jpg: photo by Anna Shvets on Pexelsthree-colour-rooftops-print.jpg: photo by Steve A Johnson on Pexelstwo-colour-wave-print.jpg: photo by Landiva Weber on Pexelszine-bundle.jpg: photo by Eyup Beyhan on Pexelszine-printing-service.jpg: photo by Antoni Shkraba on Pexels
Questions about LT Riso
How does the print price calculator work?
It is a clear price table of sizes against numbers of copies, with a note on extra colours and an example quote card beside it. In the demo the print runs are variable products by size and copies, so customers pick their options on the product page. A live price form would need a product options plugin.
Can customers send their artwork files?
The file prep guide explains how to prepare one greyscale file per colour, and the demo asks customers to email their files. To collect files at checkout, add a file upload plugin.
Can I show my own inks and papers?
Yes. Each swatch in the spot colour library is an image with a name, colour family and chips, and the paper stock guide is a swatch row plus a table. Copy a swatch or a row and change the text and colours.
Are the prices and paper weights real data?
No. They are sample figures marked as such. Replace the price table, paper weights, file specs and turnaround times with your own.
Can I sell workshops?
Yes. The demo sells two workshops as virtual products, one with a choice of dates, and the workshops band lists sample sessions and studio hours. For booked time slots, add a bookings plugin.
Do the demo photos come with the theme?
No. The live demo uses Pexels photos; the theme ships its own ink swatches, paper swatches, print and zine drawings and illustrations.
Ask AI about LT Riso
Ask in your own words. The assistant answers from these docs and links the sections it used.
AI answers can be wrong; check the linked section. Never share passwords or licence keys. Open a ticket