Jupiter is a premium WordPress theme from Artbees, built around WPBakery Page Builder rather than the block editor, and it's been part of the CodeCanyon theme market since before we started tracking it in 2018. Our analysis of live sites shows it still holds on as one of the fifty most used themes we track, a sign it has a loyal base even as newer builder-based themes crowd the field.
A page builder wearing a theme's clothes
Jupiter isn't really a theme in the classic sense — it's a bundle. A license from Artbees gets you WPBakery Page Builder (it shows up in plugin data as js_composer_theme), a proprietary add-on called jupiter-donut for headers and footers, and a stack of slider plugins — Revolution Slider, LayerSlider, MasterSlider — already wired in. You build pages by dragging rows and elements, not by working with blocks. The pitch is simple: buy once, get a full kit, skip hiring a developer for basic layout work.
Who ends up using it
Studying active installs, the pattern is broad rather than narrow. Agency and marketing sites show up most, followed by nonprofits, medical and dental practices, photography studios, and hotel or travel operators — but no single group dominates. Jupiter reads as a generalist theme, not a niche one. What actually ties the pool together is business type: services firms and nonprofits make up the bulk of sites running it, which fits a theme sold as ready-made demos a small team can adapt without touching code.
What it's actually good at
Artbees calls it, in its own words, 'a beautiful, professional and ultimate WordPress theme' built for going 'easy and fast' — and for someone assembling a finished-looking multi-page site with sliders, portfolios, and contact forms without hand-coding, that claim holds up reasonably well. Contact Form 7 and Yoast (wordpress-seo) turn up constantly alongside it, meaning most owners still layer on standard tools rather than leaning on Jupiter alone for everything. The demo library is the real draw: pick one close to your industry, swap the text and images, and you're most of the way to launch.
Where it starts to hurt
The costs show up later. Jupiter isn't in the WordPress.org repository, so you're locked into a commercial license and Artbees' own update channel, with no ecosystem of child themes to fall back on. The reliance on older slider plugins is a real liability — Revolution Slider and LayerSlider have both had serious security disclosures over the years, and letting them sit unpatched is a common problem on WPBakery-based sites generally. Page weight is the other catch: a builder that nests shortcodes for every row ships more markup than a block-based theme, and that adds up in load times as a site grows. Jupiter has held its position rather than grown it, which tracks with a market that has largely shifted toward Elementor and native block themes.
Other options worth a look
If you're comparing before buying, look at what runs alongside similar audiences. Uncode targets the same agency and creative crowd with a more current visual editor. Total covers similar ground at a lower cost of entry. For stores specifically, Storefront is the safer, WooCommerce-native pick. And if you like Jupiter's demo-driven approach but want it built for the current WordPress stack, Artbees' own successor, JupiterX, swaps in Elementor and drops most of the slider baggage.
Before you decide
Is Jupiter free?
No. It's sold as a commercial theme through Artbees and CodeCanyon, not distributed on WordPress.org, so you're buying a license rather than downloading it free.
What page builder does Jupiter use?
WPBakery Page Builder, along with Artbees' own jupiter-donut add-on for site-wide elements like headers, footers, and global layout pieces.
How does Jupiter compare to JupiterX?
JupiterX is Artbees' newer theme, built on Elementor instead of WPBakery. It's the natural replacement if you like Jupiter's demo-driven style but want a lighter, more current builder underneath.
Where that leaves you
Pick Jupiter if you already own a license, need a fast multi-page site for a small services business or nonprofit, and are comfortable maintaining WPBakery and its slider plugins yourself over time. Skip it if you want something free, block-editor native, or lighter to run — a content site, a blog, or anything where page speed matters more than a big demo library. For most new builds in that second category, JupiterX or one of the alternatives above will age better.
Last updated 2026-08-10
