---
title: Install Foliowick
description: Requirements, installing the theme, and the Appearance → Foliowick setup checklist.
url: "https://wpruby.com/knowledgebase/foliowick-installation/"
updated: "2026-11-04"
category: WPRuby Themes / Foliowick
---

# Install Foliowick

Table of Contents

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- [Requirements](#Requirements)
- [Install](#Install)
- [The setup checklist](#The_setup_checklist)
- [Customizations that survive updates](#Customizations_that_survive_updates)

## Requirements

|  | Minimum | Tested up to |
| --- | --- | --- |
| WordPress | 6.7 | 7.1 |
| PHP | 7.4 | – |
| WooCommerce | 9.6 | 11.2 |

## Install

1. Download `foliowick-<version>.zip` from your [WPRuby account](https://wpruby.com/my-account/). Don't unzip it.
2. In WordPress, go to **Appearance → Themes → Add New Theme → Upload Theme**.
3. Choose the ZIP, click **Install Now**, then **Activate**.
4. Install and activate **WooCommerce** if it isn't active yet.

## The setup checklist

**Appearance → Foliowick** is the theme's own screen. It starts with a checklist of what your bookshop still needs, ticked off as you go:

| Step | Done when |
| --- | --- |
| Add your books | You have at least one published product |
| Create the Author attribute | A global attribute with the slug `book-author` exists, with archives enabled. See [Authors](https://wpruby.com/knowledgebase/foliowick-authors/) |
| Write an author biography | An author has a biography, so "Meet the Author" can show them |
| Illustrate your genres | Every genre shown on the homepage has a category image |
| Feature books for the hero | At least one book is featured |
| Choose an Editor's Pick | A book is tagged `editors-pick` |
| Build reading lists | You have a product tag with books |
| Turn on a payment method | A payment method is enabled |
| Set up shipping | You have a shipping zone (ebooks and audiobooks need none) |
| Add your logo | The site has a logo, or you keep the typographic wordmark |
| Give the journal its own page | Your homepage is a static page and you've set a posts page. See [The journal](https://wpruby.com/knowledgebase/foliowick-journal/) |
| Connect a newsletter | Optional: a newsletter provider is set up. See [Newsletter](https://wpruby.com/knowledgebase/foliowick-homepage/#newsletter) |
| Activate your licence | Optional: your licence is active |

Each step has a button that takes you to the right screen.

[![The Appearance → Foliowick screen with the setup checklist](https://cdn.wpruby.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/04085510/foliowick-docs-admin-hub.jpg)](https://cdn.wpruby.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/04085510/foliowick-docs-admin-hub.jpg)

The same screen has shortcuts into the Site Editor, a preview of every [style variation](https://wpruby.com/knowledgebase/foliowick-styles/), the [demo stores](https://wpruby.com/knowledgebase/foliowick-demo-stores/), the [licence](https://wpruby.com/knowledgebase/foliowick-licence/) and help links.

## Customizations that survive updates

Changes you make in the Site Editor are saved in your site's database, so theme updates don't overwrite them.