Description
NewsStand is a theme aimed at news portals, digital magazines, and editorial blogs, featuring a multi-column magazine layout, headline highlight areas, and native integration with WooCommerce for monetization through an online store. It combines a system of highlightable categories, popular post widgets, and support for multiple media formats, turning WordPress into an editorial portal with an integrated store for publishers who need to combine content and sales on the same site.
Main Features of NewsStand
- Multi-column magazine layout
Organizes the homepage into category blocks, with highlights, headlines, and varied listings. - WooCommerce integration
Includes store, cart, and checkout pages styled for selling subscriptions, editions, and products. - Editorial widget areas
Provides blocks of popular, most commented, recent, and category-specific posts for the sidebar. - Visual customization panel
Allows adjusting colors, typography, header, and homepage structure via the WordPress customizer. - Responsive design
Adapts the layout to desktops, tablets, and smartphones while maintaining headline and gallery readability.
Benefits of NewsStand
- Portal and store in a single theme
Unifies editorial publishing and online selling without needing to integrate two separate themes. - Organized editorial publishing
Makes it easy to highlight headlines, editorials, and fixed sections with clear visual hierarchy. - Setup without code dependency
Enables building the entire site through the WordPress panel, without editing PHP or CSS files. - Comfortable reading on any screen
Ensures a smooth reading experience even for long articles and dense galleries.
Who Is NewsStand For?
- Those running news portals or digital newspapers needing to organize headlines in a magazine structure.
- Targeted at online magazines, editorial blogs, and niche sites (culture, sports, technology) that publish a high volume of content.
- Anyone wanting to combine editorial publishing and virtual store on the same site, selling subscriptions, print editions, or related products.
How to Download NewsStand
NewsStand 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 it. The package is complete and ready for immediate setup through the customizer.
Designed for publishers who need a structured editorial showcase and simultaneously an integrated sales channel, NewsStand consolidates a magazine homepage, thematic widget areas, and WooCommerce in a single installation. The result is a site that presents content with journalistic hierarchy and allows monetizing subscriptions, products, or editions without resorting to parallel themes or external store plugins.
Frequently asked questions
Is NewsStand – Magazine/Blog/Shop WordPress Theme GPL-licensed?
Yes. NewsStand – Magazine/Blog/Shop 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 NewsStand – Magazine/Blog/Shop WordPress Theme on multiple sites?
Yes. You can install NewsStand – Magazine/Blog/Shop 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 NewsStand – Magazine/Blog/Shop WordPress Theme cost at Ultrapack?
NewsStand – Magazine/Blog/Shop 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 NewsStand – Magazine/Blog/Shop WordPress Theme include updates?
Yes. The current version of NewsStand – Magazine/Blog/Shop WordPress Theme is 1.0.18, published at Ultrapack on Apr 28, 2016. Subscribers update straight from the WordPress dashboard with UAU (Ultrapack Auto Updater).
Is NewsStand – Magazine/Blog/Shop WordPress Theme scanned before publication?
Yes. Every version of NewsStand – Magazine/Blog/Shop WordPress Theme 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 already the theme, ready to upload to WordPress.
- Download the file
themeforest-14721522-newsstand-responsive-magazine-editorial-wordpress-theme.zip. - In the WordPress dashboard, go to Appearance > Themes > Add New > Upload Theme.
- Select the file
themeforest-14721522-newsstand-responsive-magazine-editorial-wordpress-theme.zipand click Install Now. - Click Activate.
- If WordPress answers that no valid theme was found, the file is the developer’s full package and the theme is in a folder inside it. Extract the file on your computer, look for the folder that has
style.cssandscreenshot.png(in this item, the foldernewsstand), zip that folder only and upload it again.
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UAU Ready