Free vs paid magazine-news wordpress themes
Magazine-news style WordPress theme has became quite popular nowadays especially to established blog who as a lot of contents. Problogger.net and skorcareer.com.my are among establish blogs which has implemeted this theme. If you have intention to use or buy any theme, below themes are some that I found quite amazing.
Free version
Option
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Designer : Justinadlock.com
Structure
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Designer: Justionadlock.com
Mimbo Magazine
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Designer : Darrenhoyt.com
Grid Focus
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Designer : 5thirtyone.com
demo : none
Gridlock
The Morning After
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Designer: themasterplan.in
Nautica Magazine wordpress
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Desinger : max.limpaq.com
Paid Version
Other than free versions above, there are paid version which I think is quite good judging on the features and price
Paid
Simplicity
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Designer : Solostream.com
Simplicity 1.0 Basic (Single Use License $49.00)
Simplicity 1.0 Premium (Multiple Use License $79.00)
Simplicity 1.0 Developer ($179.00)
Simplicity 1.0 Premium (Multiple Use License $79.00)
Simplicity 1.0 Developer ($179.00)
Revolution theme
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Designer : Revolutiontheme.com
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Single-Use Package – $79.95
Multiple-Use Package – $199.95
Developer Package – $399.95
Magazine news
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Designer: artculture.com
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Standard Package – Single-use License ($49)
Developer, multi-site license available for $199
ContentPress Premium
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Designer: artculture.com
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Designer: artculture.com
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Standard Package – Single-use License ($75)
Developer, multi-site license available for $249
Themeplayround has a very good review on some of the themes listed here.
Some free template are better than the paid one.
Free should do the trick.
I agree with Raymond, free templates are better than paid ones. Actually if you are happy with your template it is very difficult to switch to another one, even though you know it is necessary. I found tens of very nice templates, yet could not decide yet. I think i need some consultancy on this…
Thank you so much!
Hi Mert,
I have the same problem too.
I just can’t change my theme even though I can find more better one out there.
The reason is simply because I am used to it.
i’ve been using the same theme for almost a year already. maybe i should choose another 5 theme, set up to hv the same setting and just change when i want too. it will be fresh
anyway, if modified properly, these magazine style themes will work well even for a personal blog.
I tried the Structure one and didn’t like it. I still like traditional blog themes, particularly the ones from Unique Blog Designs.
Not all blogs suitable with this template. Unless your blog has grown bigger and has massive contents, IMHO stick with your current themes.. Give your new visitor ease of navigation
love gridlock and gridfocus for the minimalism (gridfocus is used by sixrevision.com btw)
nothing beats free.
though you might consider paid theme for identity.
but then again, when it comes to that, i think i’ll design my own :p
ditto. usability comes first
Wow… that is really nice to have some compare ism with free and paid magazine. Thanks for the discussion .
Hey MK, do you do theme customisation?
Your blog load quite fast. We’re on the server (I use catzer’post to check it) but mine is slow
Hi Jayce, long time not see. Hehe, me too has been a while didn’t visit your blog
nice theme..but there is also theme that need to buy, i think,free is better. lots of free theme available right?
yup, agree with you raymond, but i think paid theme will get good support from the creator..in term of modification and so on
I like a lot of those magazine themes, but they ‘re paid version…
Then I opted for the “Option Theme”, but it was difficult/hard/confuse to control
There are numbers that are free.I’ll dig more in future
hey, i guaranteed you dont want to miss out what hongkiat.com blogged lately.
There is a great paid theme from studio jmc.
i like freebies
Yeah, I just read it, 1 in particular caught my eyes
maybe you should check which one of the javascript is affecting the speed. anyway i;ve added kontera, will see whether the loading speed is affected once it is displaying ads
you mean, for my own blog?
well, yes, but only if needed. for example, if it breaks the browser
if not, i wont mess around with the premade layout
i’m actually testing 2 of it but it still requires a minor modification to fit a blog