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TieLabs · Premium
A magazine theme with review blocks, dark mode and strong mobile reading layouts.
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Newspaper
by tagDiv
A news and magazine theme built for high article volume and ad placements.
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What Newspaper is
A news and magazine theme built for high article volume and ad placements.
It sits in the magazine part of the theme market and is sold by tagDiv on a premium basis. A theme decides your layout, your typography and a large slice of your page weight, so it is the hardest thing on a WordPress site to change later.
Before you commit, record a speed test of your current site, then run the same test after you switch, on the same page, so you can see exactly what the new theme costs you.
Real user ratings
Newspaper is sold outside the WordPress.org directory and we have no ThemeForest figures on file for it, so there is no public user rating to quote. Judge it on the vendor demo, the refund window and the update history rather than on a marketplace score.
Where Newspaper ranks elsewhere
Newspaper does not appear in the published "best of" lists we track from WPBeginner, TechRadar, Kinsta, Themeisle and similar sites. That is not a mark against it - those roundups are short and skew towards the biggest names.
What changed in the latest version
Newspaper does not publish a changelog we can read automatically, so check the vendor's own release notes before you update a live site.
Pros and cons
- Ad slots, category templates and post modules are purpose built for publishers.
- Works with the block editor and the mainstream page builders.
- Ad-heavy demos need careful tuning to keep loading fast.
- Paid only, usually on a yearly renewing licence.
- Not listed on WordPress.org, so there is no independent public rating to check.
- Switching themes later means rebuilding page layouts, so choose deliberately.
How to use it
- 1Activate the theme and set your homepage to a static page or the theme's news template.
- 2Map your categories to the homepage blocks so each section pulls the right posts.
- 3Configure the article template: featured image size, sidebar, related posts and share buttons.
- 4Place ad slots deliberately and reserve their height so layout does not shift.
- 5Check reading speed on mobile once the homepage is full of real articles.
How it compares
Other magazine themes we recommend, with their public WordPress.org score where one exists.
Guides that cover Newspaper
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