Description
ExtraNews allows creating news portals, digital magazines, and editorial blogs on a responsive structure, with configurable grids, featured area for headlines, and category blocks displayed on the home page. The theme transforms WordPress into digital journalism, with column layouts, support for featured posts, widget areas in sidebars, and typography adjusted for long reading sessions on any screen.
Key Features of ExtraNews
- Responsive Design
Automatically adapts the grid and typography for desktop, tablet, and smartphone. - Configurable Headline Grid
Organizes posts in columns, highlighted blocks, and latest news lists on the home page. - Multiple Widget Areas
Positions category blocks, popular posts, and banners in sidebars and footer. - Category Blocks
Displays segmented content by editorials in independent sections of the main page. - Customizer for Personalization
Adjusts colors, fonts, and header structure via the WordPress customizer.
Benefits of ExtraNews
- Comfortable reading on any device
Visitors follow long articles without losing formatting on their mobiles. - Clear editorial organization
Editorial sections and categories are visible on the home page, guiding the reader through the content. - Efficient article publishing
The editorial team saves time with a standardized flow of posts and features. - Facilitated monetization
Widget areas serve as native spaces for banners and partners.
Who is ExtraNews For?
- Who maintains regional, national, or niche news portals.
- You who produce a digital fashion, culture, sports, or technology magazine.
- Who publishes an editorial blog with a high volume of articles and many categories.
- Independent media that need to organize headlines, columns, and fixed sections.
To Download ExtraNews
The ExtraNews is available for download here on Ultrapack. After downloading the .zip file, install it in Appearance > Themes > Add New > Upload, select the package and activate it. Then, configure the home, menus, and widget areas via the WordPress customizer to define the layout of the sections.
Tailored for news portals, digital magazines, and editorial blogs, ExtraNews consolidates the work of the editorial team on a single theme, with a headline grid, category blocks, and widget areas for banners. The responsive structure ensures consistent reading on any device, while the WordPress dashboard maintains control over colors, typography, and home sections without requiring coding.
Frequently asked questions
Is ExtraNews – Responsive News and Magazine Theme GPL-licensed?
Yes. ExtraNews – Responsive News and Magazine Theme is distributed under the GPL (GNU General Public License). You may legally use, modify and redistribute it on as many sites as you want.
Can I use ExtraNews – Responsive News and Magazine Theme on multiple sites?
Yes. You can install ExtraNews – Responsive News and Magazine Theme on as many sites as you want. Only automatic updates through Ultrapack Auto Updater have a limit: from 3 to 80 sites, depending on the plan.
How much does ExtraNews – Responsive News and Magazine Theme cost at Ultrapack?
ExtraNews – Responsive News and Magazine Theme costs US$2.99 as a single purchase, and it is also included in the subscription plans starting at US$12/mo (VIP I).
Does ExtraNews – Responsive News and Magazine Theme include updates?
Yes. The current version of ExtraNews – Responsive News and Magazine Theme is 1.5.9, published at Ultrapack on Apr 6, 2017. Subscribers update straight from the WordPress dashboard with UAU (Ultrapack Auto Updater).
Is ExtraNews – Responsive News and Magazine Theme scanned before publication?
Yes. Every version of ExtraNews – Responsive News and Magazine Theme goes through a malware scan (ClamAV and YARA rules, at UltraHub) before it is published.
How to install
Updates: manual. When a new version comes out, download it on this same page and upload it over the old one; WordPress asks whether you want to replace the current version.
The file on this page is the full package the author publishes on the marketplace: the theme, the documentation and sometimes the plugins it uses. Do not upload that file through the dashboard, because WordPress cannot find the theme inside it. What gets installed is the theme folder, which is in there.
- Download the file
themeforest-3102218-extranews-responsive-news-and-magazine-theme.zipand extract it on your computer. - If the extracted package contains another ZIP file named after the theme, extract that ZIP as well before looking for the theme folder.
- Look for the folder that has the
style.cssfile and thescreenshot.pngimage. That is the theme folder. - Zip that folder only. Do not use RAR.
- In the WordPress dashboard, go to Appearance > Themes > Add New > Upload Theme and upload the ZIP file you just created.
- Click Activate.
- Uploading the whole package is the most common mistake when installing a theme. WordPress answers that no valid theme was found, and nothing is installed.
- If after extracting you already find
style.cssandscreenshot.pngin the main folder, that folder is the theme folder. - The rest of the package belongs to the author: documentation, demo files and, in some themes, the plugins it asks for during setup.
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