Description
Goodnews allows you to create news portals, digital magazines, and editorial blogs in WordPress with fully responsive layout geared toward high-volume editorial publishing, offering its own customization panel, multiple homepage styles, and integration with social sharing systems. The theme covers everything from general news sites to niche magazines, with adjustable typography, configurable article grids, and highlight blocks for headlines.
Key Features of the Goodnews
- Fully responsive layout
Adapts article display and grids to desktops, tablets, and mobile devices automatically. - Dedicated options panel
Allows adjusting colors, fonts, widths, and site structure without editing code. - Multiple homepage styles
Provides cover variations with featured headlines, category blocks, and sliders. - Social sharing integration
Includes social media sharing buttons on articles and category pages. - Configurable editorial typography
Allows selecting web fonts, adjusting sizes, and defining hierarchy of titles by section.
Benefits of the Goodnews
- Accelerated editorial publishing
The ready-to-go magazine structure reduces initial portal setup time. - Higher organic reach
Native sharing buttons facilitate distribution of articles on social networks. - Consistent mobile experience
Comfortable reading on any screen increases reader dwell time. - Custom visual identity
Typography and color control tailors the theme to each outlet’s editorial line.
Who Is the Goodnews Recommended For?
- Online news outlets that need a homepage organized by categories and highlights.
- Niche digital magazines (technology, sports, culture, lifestyle) with continuous article volume.
- Those maintaining editorial blogs with multiple contributors who want to present content in magazine format.
How to Download the Goodnews
Goodnews is available for download here on Ultrapack. After downloading the .zip file, install it via Appearance > Themes > Add New > Upload Theme, select the file and activate the theme. The customization options will appear in the theme’s own panel shortly after activation.
Recommended for those operating portals with frequent publishing and who need a ready editorial structure; Goodnews combines magazine features, typography control, and native responsiveness. The modular organization of the homepage and highlight blocks allow hierarchy of headlines and sections, keeping the site visually aligned to the editorial line without requiring custom development.
Frequently asked questions
Is Goodnews – Responsive WordPress News/Magazine GPL-licensed?
Yes. Goodnews – Responsive WordPress News/Magazine 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 Goodnews – Responsive WordPress News/Magazine on multiple sites?
Yes. You can install Goodnews – Responsive WordPress News/Magazine 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 Goodnews – Responsive WordPress News/Magazine cost at Ultrapack?
Goodnews – Responsive WordPress News/Magazine 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 Goodnews – Responsive WordPress News/Magazine include updates?
Yes. The current version of Goodnews – Responsive WordPress News/Magazine is 5.11.1, published at Ultrapack on Apr 13, 2021. Subscribers update straight from the WordPress dashboard with UAU (Ultrapack Auto Updater).
Is Goodnews – Responsive WordPress News/Magazine scanned before publication?
Yes. Every version of Goodnews – Responsive WordPress News/Magazine goes through a malware scan (ClamAV and YARA rules, at UltraHub) before it is published.
How to install
Automatic updates: this item is updated by the Ultrapack Auto Updater. With it installed, the new version shows up in your dashboard like any other WordPress update (how to set it up).
The file on this page is the developer’s full package, with documentation, demos and plugins. Do not upload that file to WordPress. The theme comes ready inside it, as a ZIP of its own, and that is the one you upload.
- Download the file
themeforest-1150692-goodnews-responsive-wordpress-newsmagazine.zipand extract it on your computer. - Look inside the extracted files for the file
Goodnews-package/goodnews5.zip. - In the WordPress dashboard, go to Appearance > Themes > Add New > Upload Theme.
- Select that file and click Install Now.
- Click Activate.
- There is nothing to zip. The ZIP inside the package is already in the format WordPress accepts.
- 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.
- 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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