Description

Herald is a theme designed for news portals, digital magazines, and editorial blogs, with multiple homepage layouts, a featured category system, and a newspaper-style latest news area. It combines modular blocks for headlines, videos, and galleries with its own panel for customizing typography, colors, and headers, serving newsrooms that need to publish editorial content on a daily basis without relying on a developer.

Key Features of Herald

  • Multiple homepage layouts
    Prebuilt front page variations for portals, magazines, and editorial blogs.
  • Modular content blocks
    Ready-made components for headlines, lists, grids, sliders, and themed highlights.
  • Visual customization panel
    Adjust colors, fonts, headers, and footers without editing code.
  • Fully responsive layout
    Automatic adaptation to desktop, tablet, and mobile while preserving the editorial hierarchy.
  • Rich multimedia support
    Native embedding of videos, image galleries, and various post formats.
  • Integrated advertising areas
    Preconfigured spaces for banners in the header, sidebar, between posts, and footer.

Benefits of Herald

  • Consistent editorial identity
    Standardizes the appearance of headlines, categories, and single posts throughout the portal.
  • Fast news publishing
    The editorial team builds front pages and sections with just a few clicks in the dashboard.
  • Easier monetization
    Ready-made ad blocks increase the utilization of advertising inventory.
  • Reader engagement
    Popular, related, and trending post areas keep visitors browsing longer.

Who Is Herald Recommended For?

  • Local and regional news portals covering politics, the economy, and everyday life.
  • Niche digital magazines focused on fashion, culture, sports, or technology.
  • Anyone running a high-volume editorial blog who needs featured areas for each category.
  • Independent newsrooms that publish several stories per day and depend on advertising revenue.
  • Those moving a print publication to digital and seeking a modern newspaper look.

How to Download Herald

Herald is available for download here at Ultrapack. After saving the .zip file, go to Appearance > Themes > Add New > Upload Theme, select the package, and click activate. From there, the layout, header, and editorial block options are available in the theme customization panel.

Herald provides a solid foundation for anyone who treats their website as an editorial product rather than merely a showcase for articles. The combination of varied layouts, newspaper-style blocks, and well-positioned advertising areas reduces the time between writing a story and placing it on the front page, while keeping the portal organized for returning readers and appealing to advertisers.

Frequently asked questions

Is Herald – Newspaper & News Portal WordPress Theme GPL-licensed?

Yes. Herald – Newspaper & News Portal WordPress 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 Herald – Newspaper & News Portal WordPress Theme on multiple sites?

Yes. You can install Herald – Newspaper & News Portal WordPress 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 Herald – Newspaper & News Portal WordPress Theme cost at Ultrapack?

Herald – Newspaper & News Portal WordPress 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 Herald – Newspaper & News Portal WordPress Theme include updates?

Yes. The current version of Herald – Newspaper & News Portal WordPress Theme is 2.6.2, published at Ultrapack on Aug 29, 2023. Subscribers update straight from the WordPress dashboard with UAU (Ultrapack Auto Updater).

Is Herald – Newspaper & News Portal WordPress Theme scanned before publication?

Yes. Every version of Herald – Newspaper & News Portal WordPress Theme goes through a malware scan (ClamAV and YARA rules, at UltraHub) before it is published.