SKT NewsPaper Lite - WordPress news theme free

SKT NewsPaper Lite - WordPress news theme free
Change Log
  • Updated October 2024
  • Working With Latest WordPress Version
  • Updated Google fonts for GDPR and Other Country Privacy
  • Updated to work with PHP 8+
  • Updated to work with at least one page builder (Elementor, Gutenberg or SKT Builder)
  • Compatible with popular plugins of SEO, contact form and WooCommerce
  • Updated performance to work with popular cache plugins and Cloudflare
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Free Theme
  • Less homepage sections
  • No inner pages
  • No Support
  • No Typography Options
  • No Icon Options
  • No Header Layouts
  • No footer Layouts
  • Less plugins compatible
  • Less updates
  • Less flexibility
  • More Time for Website Build

Features of WordPress news theme free

  • WordPress news theme free comes with Blog view and default content view as per news posts and blog posts can be added by multiple authors
  • WordPress news theme free is Mobile friendly and has been tested with various types of screen resolutions as well
  • Responsive and has been tested with mobile, tablet as well as desktops and laptops too
  • WordPress news theme free is AMP plugin compatible and hence can be viewed nicely without any disturbance on a mobile or tablet
  • WordPress news theme free is Schema compatible and hence Google review as well as author profile bio also gets listed on search results
  • Default Comments template has been created with nested commenting formatting added
  • Comments plugin like disqus, Facebook and others like intense debate compatible as well
  • Post formats of text, multimedia, video etc also can be added
  • Posts can be set up easily with HTML content and fancier content for having good view of content and also slideshow, gallery and images can also be added along with video and other HTML content
  • Translation ready and has POT file given in order to easily change the language of the WordPress news theme free to your own language
  • Multiple language plugins like WPML, qTranslate X and Polylang compatible and others too for having multiple language news portal
  • RTL languages like hebrew, arabic and others also compatible
  • Demo Content given and theme unit test sample data from WordPress can also be used to fill up the demo content for the news posts
  • Widget friendly and sidebar can accept unlimited widgets into the sidebar
  • Simple type to figure for even novice users
  • Easy to use and handle
  • Sidebar can have dynamic widgets to set up the sidebar separate and different for each category or page
  • Minimal look and feel so that one can concentrate on the images as well as the text rather than on the design of the website
  • Clean look and feel so that text and images appear uncluttered
  • First time users can also use it and its like copying and pasting from Word document
  • Page builders can be used to add fancy content style into any post or page in the WordPress news theme free
  • Shortcodes friendly and shortcodes plugin can be added and used to enhance the existing functionality of the website
  • Pages can also be used in order to showcase static content like about the newspaper or publication, terms of use etc
  • Call to action friendly and top header, footer and sidebar are widget friendly and can make use of CTA buttons/text
  • Cross browser compatible and hence top browsers across devices have been tested
  • Flat and material design approach has been used in order to have it compatible with older browsers
  • WooCommerce based and hence accepting payments online and having an online store or a shop becomes easier
  • Codex theme review standards set up by WordPress team has been followed and hence is compatible with latest version of WordPress and plugins
  • Secured coding and works nicely with security plugins as well
  • Faster website with cache plugin compatible and having optimized with less scripts used
  • Customizer based and hence whole doing changes one can check via customizer the preview before implementation
  • Color scheme of the entire website can be changed easily
  • Fonts and layouts options are provided in the pro version of the template
  • Contact form plugins are also compatible so that if anyone wants to connect back or give feedback this becomes easy and essential
  • HTML5 and CSS3 based and modern technology has been used
  • Drop down navigation has 5 levels of dropdown coded for ease of navigation use
  • Slider default is provided with upto 3 slides
  • Google mobile friendly test passed and AMP plugin compatible as well
  • Professional appearance and hence it can be pushed for advertisement and revenue generation as well

Some features of the WordPress news theme free

1. Editors picks: Some of the news are so good that editors want to pick them up and highlight them as featured stories. In this case our WordPress news theme free has this option of sticky post as well as featured post.

2. Commenting: Commenting can increase the users interaction. Nowadays more than the reels or videos comments is where users add their views. This template has default comments however one can add Facebook comments as well as other commenting plugins like Disqus.

3. Multimedia content: Multimedia content is important and images, gif, videos etc are showcased in any news channel website. News portals can display a host of content types and its important your WordPress news theme free supports it.

4. News flash or ticker: News flash of some important news update or a recent news like event, earthquake, tsunami, flood etc can be flashed like a ticker in the website.

5. Live news feed: Live news feed page can be hosted and with the help of twitch or Facebook or Youtube Live stream can host a live news feed on the website too.

6. Subscription and membership: Many news portals have paywalls for important business news and information of importance. That is kept behind a monthly subscription. With WordPress news theme free you can set up membership plugin and make this happen.

7. User engagement tools: Different user engagement tools like forum, comments, social media sharing etc can be enabled in this website to assist users in engaging more with the platform.

8. Accessibility and AMP support: Accessibility of a website is important and using accessibility plugins one can do the same. AMP support is also added and AMP plugins available are compatible.

9. Opinion pieces and user voice: Opinions and user generated content can be also hosted using a news portal which will help viewers become news reporters and they can add content for users.

SKT Newspaper lite is WordPress news theme free and has been created to create a news website at the easiest possible way.

You might have heard about news websites that are popular like 9GAG or Mashable or technology news websites like techcrunch and others.

News websites and online news portal are the new way of reading and getting information via social media and smart phones in this digital world.

WordPress news theme free has been hence created for people to easily have the millions of views and be a scalable and flexible website that it is supposed to be.

The secret behind their success is plain and simple great and viral news which is read by millions of people worldwide.

However just as the news and the content is important it is also important that the website remains clutter free and navigation remains as easy as possible.

It is also important that the user doesn’t gets distracted that much while reading the contents of a news website. And hence most of the news website opt for AMP support on mobile or tablets.

Hence on mobile or tablets one can just ignore the other items and just focus on reading the stuff.

It keeps them glued to the article as well. Also on AMP the other advertisements etc or the sidebar and distracting items don’t pop up hence it becomes easier for users to notice and read the information presented.

Simple and easy to use the posts to post your blog posts and set up your news. News are nowadays viral and if someone needs viral news and fast spreading it like fire then social media plays an important role in it and hence we have designed the WordPress news theme free newspaper lite as the template which has the ability to have all types of social sharing plugins to easily spread the news like wild fire.

Easier social media sharing enables someone to have the most out of the website because what use is a website if it doesn’t have good traffic.

Development wise as well one can check that this template uses the maximum secured coding standards as defined by WordPress.

Easy to use: Easy to use and since its a WordPress news theme free it has the ability to add authors so that multiple authors can easily add their own articles using their own login and set up their articles as per their taste and style.

Nowadays people like to read everything on their mobile phones and hence AMP is the new norm and so is the responsive view. Responsive and AMP both are required and desired by users because they want to read from their smartphones itself and don’t want to log into the website separately via their desktop.

Hence AMP compatibility is a must. Our WordPress news theme free is compatible with AMP and also passes Google mobile friendly test as well making it desirable for mobile and tablet view.

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Also Included with WordPress news theme free

  • Theme Files

    Theme files are included in the zip you get when purchased

  • Sample Content

    1 click demo import to set up home page easily

  • Free Installation

    You will get free installation if you request us to install the WordPress news theme free on your server with demo content