While I keep on covering about old and new themes from time to time but presenting this list again on same niche, as I feel the new themes which recently released requires a good place to share and this is where our this new list works. Here in this article, I have showcased a collection of 15+ excellent WordPress newspaper and blog themes for you.
unPress
Key Features
- Page Composer
- Mega Menu You can arrange the Mega Drop Down menu with post and links
- Responsive Layout
- SEO Optimized
- Post Formats
- Translation Ready
- Powerful Admin Panel
- Font Icons
- Fullscreen images galleries
- Touch Friendly Lightbox
- Categories Layouts
- Static Pages
- Post Options
- Single Post Options
- Custom Post Type
- Custom Widgets
- Clean and Valid Code
- Well Documented
- Demo XML
OldPaper
Key Features
- Logo upload
- Favicon upload
- Boxed or Fullwidth Layout
- 600+ Google Webfonts
- Retina Ready & Responsive Design
- WPML Ready
- Translation Ready (includes .mo/.po files)
- Ple-loader animation: You can select your favourite icon
- Compatible with WordPress 3.8+
- css animations
- Contact form 7 support
- Live Customization
- Fontawesome icons (300+ icons)
- Child-Theme Ready (and included)
- Post formats: Images + Videos + Music + Quotes
- Breaking news options: below footer (on/off options)
- Article/pages sortable options
- Redux Framework Options Panel
- Seo Friendly
- Demo XML (ready to go!)
- Header ADS via Options Panel
- Social Networks Profile Settings
- New concept design on Themeforest
HotNews
Key Features
- Responsive Design
- Built with HTML5 & CSS3
- Boxed & Streched Layout Types
- 3 main content styles
- Built-in Review System
- Unlimited Criterias
- 4 Rating Types
- 2 WP nav menus
- 3 Post Formats
- 9 Custom Widgets
- WP Featured Image, no timthumb!
- Newsticker
- Backstrech Background
- Social Sharing
- Built-in Related Posts
- Author Box
- Threaded Comments
- XML demo content and theme options demo settings included
Exquisite
Key Features
- Ultimate Newspaper Themes
- 3 Unique Homepage Layouts
- Shortcode Generator
- Custom Widgets
- Category Colors
- Advanced Admin Panel
- Unlimited Colors
- Fully Responsive
- Translation Ready
- XML File With Demo Content
- Gallery Page
- Weather Forecast
- Review System
Rigel
Key Features
- 15 Predefined Styles
- Responsive Design which adapts to mobile devices (iPhone, iPad)
- Deactivate responsive features with one click in your backend
- Off-Canvas Mobile Navigation
- Drag&Drop Content Builder
- Rich Video Background Content Support
- Many Post Options ex. Image, Gallery, Video or Audio
- Instant AJAX Search
- AJAX Filterable Post Category
- Parallax Background Content
- Retina Ready, Ultra-sharp High Resolution Graphics
- Breaking News
- Sticky Main Menu Navigation
- 4 Category Templates
- Customisable Elements Colors
- Translation Ready with mp/po files
- WPML plugin support for Multi-language
- Review Plugin Included
- Social media Profiles Support
- Installable Google Web Fonts
- 300+ Ready to use Google Web Fonts
- CSS and javascript compression support
Erosion
Key Features
- Unlimited Colors
- Bootstrap 3
- Font Awesome 4
- Box and Wide Layout
- 3 Blog Layout
- 7 Pre-Define Color
- Flex Slider
- Infinite Loading
- 13 Widgets
- Advertisement Ready
- Shortcodes
- Visual Page Builder
- Advance Theme Options
- Ready for translations
- Sticky Header
- Mobile Slide Menu
Ciola
Key Features
- 7 different modules to build your own unique homepage
- 4 different modern grid modules (4, 5, 6 & 7 articles) to show featured or latest posts.
- Full-width slider to show featured or latest posts.
- Custom Background Image or color
- Custom general color (Borders, menu color, review boxes, etc)
- 5 Blog styles for homepages set to latest posts
- Show posts in different styles (choice of 5 blog styles)
- Show a Grid Module (4, 5, 6 or 7 articles), a big slider or a normal sized slider above the posts
- Upload custom background
- Set the background to any color
- Set background to full-width stretch, repeat or no-repeat
- Upload custom background
- Change the featured Image style (five different styles) or turn off completely
- Set the background to any color
- Set background image to full-width stretch, repeat or no-repeat
Backstreet
Key Features
- Light and Dark Skin
- Spotlight
- Portfolio
- Gallery
- Featured Slider (Full & Small)
- 3 Post formats (videos, audio & galleries)
- Inbuilt review system
- WordPress 3.3 menu support
- Flexible homepage layout
- Custom theme options panel
- 15 Custom widgets
- PSD Include (Template & Stars)
- Easy thumbnails with WP built in function
- Works with WP 3.5+
- Backstreet Theme requires PHP5
Tempest
Key Features
- Unlimited colors
- 3 view types with different options
- Full screen or normal header
- Custom image sizes
- Powerfull Theme Admin
- Contact form
- Translation ready
- Dummy data included
- Excelent support
- Documentation included
- Post formats available
- 3 custom post types
- Post ratings
- Typography options (Google fonts)
- Powerful shortcode builder
- Included Camera slider
- Free updates
- Responsive
- 3 different single post layouts
- Built-in like system
- Custom widgets
Newsright
Key Features
- WordPress 3.9 ready
- HTML 5 Valid W3C
- Clean, Modern Design can be used for any type of website
- Fully Responsive Design – Optimized for tablets and smartphones (resize browser and hit refresh to check it out)
- Full Screen background.
- boxed layout and full layout
- Author Pages
- Featured Slider (with different options)
- Built-in Related Posts Module ( By category , tag or Author ).
- bbPress Forum Plugin Support
- Woocommerce Support for shop
- Full Google rich snippet ntegration Schema.org Support for Google Serp Preview
- Retina Display
- 8 Displays News Boxs
- 8 Displays News Tabs
- 2 Displays Scrolling Box
- Includes XML file for one click demo import
- 5 Homepage Layouts
- Favicon Uploader
- Advanced Theme Options Panel using Slightly Modified Options Framework by Syamil MJ
- Unlimited Color Options with Backend Color Pikcer
- Font Awesome Icon Integration
- Multi-Site Tested
- SEO Optimized
- Contact form 7
- Threaded Comments
- Cross Browser support
- Layered PSD’s for customization
Bzine
Key Features
- WordPress 3.8 ready
- HTML 5 Valid W3C
- Clean, Modern Design can be used for any type of website
- Fully Responsive Design – Optimized for tablets and smartphones (resize browser and hit refresh to check it out)
- Full Screen background.
- boxed layout and full layout
- Featured Slider (with different options)
- Built-in Related Posts Module ( By category , tag or Author ).
- bbPress Forum Plugin Support
- Woocommerce Support for shop
- Full Google rich snippet ntegration Schema.org Support for Google Serp Preview
- Translation Ready! Full Localization support, .mo & .po files provided
- Breaking News With 3 Animation effects .
- Retina Display
- 8 Displays News Boxs
- 8 Displays News Tabs
- 2 Displays Scrolling Box
- Includes XML file for one click demo import
- 3 Homepage Layouts
- Font Awesome Icon Integration
- Multi-Site Tested
- SEO Optimized
- Contact form 7
- Threaded Comments
- Cross Browser support
- Layered PSD’s for customization
- Easily upload custom backgrounds
- Easy Google Maps Integration
Continuum
Key Features
- Color Scheme Options
- 205 Theme Options
- Awesome Documentation
- Built-in Advertising Network
- Fully Localized
- Great Browser Support
- Social Media
- 8 page templates
- Author Info
- Awesome Comments
- jQuery-Enhanced Throughout
- Random Article Button
- Intuitive Code
- Google Adsense Support
- Layered PNGs and PSDs Included
- Fully Supports WordPress Featured Images and all WordPress 3.2+ features
Square
Key Features
- Fully Responsive
- Unlimited colors options with color picker in backend
- Built with Boostrap and retina ready
- HTML5 and CSS3 tableless design.
- Custom fonts with 600+ Google fonts
- Visual shortcode generator
- Unlimited sidebar.
- A lot of widget elements
- Easily adding Google analytics, logo, favicon, social links …
- Works in all major browsers: Internet Explorer (IE 8+), Firefox, Opera, Safari, Google Chrome
- Theme Update Notifier.
- Localization Support
- Documentation included
Hot Topix
Key Features
- Compatible with WordPress 3.9
- SEO Optimized
- HTML5 & CSS3
- Translation-ready (contains .po/.mo files)
- Comes with XML dummy data (posts, tags, categories, menus)
- Easy implementation with Google Adsense ads
- WordPress Featured Image support
- WordPress Custom Background support
- WordPress Custom Menu support
- No need for any additional plugins
- Custom Theme Options panel
- Custom CSS section in Theme Options
- Built in Google Analytics support
- Optional homepage blog layout
- Free lifetime updates
- News ticker
- Mobile/tablet versions use “swipe” navigation for carousel widget
- Easy logo customization
- Threaded comments
- Ability to turn Responsiveness on/off
- Ability to turn Featured Image on posts on/off
- Ability to turn social buttons on posts on/off
- Optional Author Info at the bottom of posts
- Custom copyright/footer text
- Custom favicon
- In-depth documentation
Braxton
Key Features
- Compatible with WordPress 3.8
- SEO Optimized
- HTML5 & CSS3
- Translation ready (contains .po/.mo files)
- Child Theme ready
- Comes with XML dummy data (posts, tags, categories, menus, dummy images)
- Easy implementation with Google Adsense ads
- WordPress Featured Image support
- WordPress Custom Background support
- WordPress Custom Menu support
- Youtube, Vimeo, and Soundcloud integration
- No need for any additional plugins
- Custom Theme Options panel
- Custom CSS section in Theme Options
- Built in Google Analytics support
- Facebook comments support
- Disqus comments support
- Optional homepage blog layout
- Free lifetime updates
- Mobile/tablet versions use “swipe” navigation for Featured Slider
- Easy logo customization
- Threaded comments
- Ability to turn Featured Image on posts on/off
- Ability to turn social buttons on posts on/off
- Optional Author Info at the bottom of posts
- Optional Photo Credit overlay on Featured Images in posts
- Custom copyright/footer text
- Custom favicon
- In-depth documentation
Meganews
Key Features
- Ready for WordPress 3.8, WordPress 3.7, WordPress 3.6, WordPress 3.5, WordPress 3.4, WordPress 3.3
- Very Simple Theme Options Settings – All Graphic/Just Click
- Easy to use Visual composer
- Unlimited Google Maps and contact forms
- Easy footer modifications
- Unlimited Sidebars
- Review system
- Megamenu Columns
- Multiple Widget areas
- Custom Widgets
- WPML ready
- Yoast Seo WordPress plugin compatible
- Strong documentation
- XML export for demo look
- Pego team support
Planer
Key Features
- Fully Responsive
- Translation Ready
- Clean & Minimal Design
- bbPress Forum
- 100% Retina Ready
- Post/Page Options
- Amazing Admin Panel
- Many Shortcodes
- Unlimited Sidebars
- Responsive Adsense
- Custom Widgets
- 200+ Awesome Icons
- Unlimited Fonts
- SEO Optimized
- Demo XML