Herald – Newspaper & News Portal WordPress Theme

Herald – Newspaper & News Portal WordPress Theme

Herald is a modern and versatile WordPress theme designed specifically for online newspapers and news portals. With its fully responsive design and comprehensive features, Herald ensures that your content looks stunning across all devices, including desktops, laptops, tablets, and mobiles.

Key Features:

1. Customizable Article Listing Layouts: Choose from over 500 variations for your article listing layouts, allowing you to create a unique and engaging browsing experience for your readers.
2. Advanced Theme Options Panel: Easily achieve the perfect custom look for your website using the advanced theme options panel, with no coding knowledge required.
3. Modular Header: Customize your header with three header areas (top, middle, bottom) and a sticky header option, offering endless possibilities for customization.
4. Performance Optimization: Optimize your website’s performance with options to load all JS and CSS files combined into a single compressed file for high-speed loading.
5. Multiple Layouts for Single Post: Choose from nine different layouts for single post views to suit your preferences and needs.
6. Smart Categories: Customize the layout and color for each category on your website, allowing for a personalized browsing experience.
7. Support for Custom Post Types: Automatically detect and support custom post types in modules, providing flexibility in content organization.
8. Simple Ads Manager: Easily embed banner ads and monetize your website with predefined ad slots, suitable for AdSense advertising or affiliate marketing.
9. Responsive Design: Ensure seamless scaling of your content on all devices with a fully responsive design.
10. Unlimited Sidebars: Add as many sidebars as needed and assign specific sidebars to posts, pages, or categories, with support for sticky sidebars.
11. Pagination Options: Choose from four pagination types, including infinite scroll, to enhance navigation and user experience.
12. Additional Custom Widgets: Access custom widgets for added functionality and features beyond standard WordPress widgets.
13. Paginated/Multi-page Posts: Split posts into multiple pages for increased page views and improved user engagement.
14. Support for Post Views Number: Track and display post views using the Entry Views WordPress plugin, with options to order posts by views.
15. Built-in Theme Translator: Easily modify or translate text on your website using the theme options panel or standard WordPress translation methods.
16. One Click Easy Updates: Stay up-to-date with theme updates by connecting your website with the Envato official API and receiving notifications through your admin dashboard.
17. Shortcodes: Enhance your content with 12 flexible shortcodes, including columns, separators, highlights, and drop caps.
18. Social Sharing Integration: Allow visitors to quickly share your posts on popular social networks, enhancing your website’s reach and visibility.
19. Post Formats Support: In addition to standard posts, support for video, audio, image, and gallery post formats, with compatibility for common embedding features.
20. RTL Support: Easily create right-to-left oriented news websites with built-in support for RTL languages.
21. Full Documentation and Dedicated Support: Access comprehensive documentation for theme setup and features, with dedicated support available for any questions or issues.

Changelog Highlights:

• Added support for several new social networks (TikTok, Mastodon, Truth)
• Improved compatibility with WordPress 6.3 and PHP8
• Tested compatibility with WordPress 5.9+ gallery and image block popup
• Various styling improvements and minor bug fixes across different versions.

In summary, Herald offers a comprehensive solution for building a modern and engaging online newspaper or news portal, with a wide range of features and customization options to suit your specific needs.