News247 6.8 - News Magazine WordPress Theme

Theme features at a glance

• Drag and Drop Elementor Builder
• Gutenberg Ready
• 8 Home Variations
• 7 Header Layouts
• Mega Menu
• Rich Theme Option
• One Click Demo Import
• 4 Category Templates
• Sticky Menu
• 4 clean Post Layouts
• Full width and Boxed width layouts
• Post Formats – Audio, Video, Gallery
• Simple News247 Social Widget
• Social Counter Widget
• 16 Elementor News blocks (extensive possibilities)
• Multipage Design
• Sidebar – Left, Right, None
• Custom Widgets (Latest Post, Ads Image, Post Gallery, Social Button, About Me)
• News Ticker
• Mega Menu
• WooCommerce compatible
• WPML compatible
• Unlimited Color Styles
• Bread crumb Navigation
• 3 Pagination styles
• HTML5 Validated
• Based on Twitter Bootstrap 4
• Mobile Responsive
• Best for SEO
• FontAwesome icons
• Installation Video
• Google Web Fonts
• Working Contact Form
• Documentation
• Child Theme Included
• Free Updates

Current version and ongoing updates

• Current version: 3.0.4
• Changelog is available below with detailed improvements and fixes by release date

Changelog and version history

Version 3.0.4 (28 Aug, 2025)

• Added: Add threads social icon
• Fix: Slider Navigation Issue Fixed
• Fix: Text domain compatibility issue Fixed
• Fix: Mobile menu hidden issue Fixed
• Update: Twitter Social Icon Updated
• Update: News247-main Plugin Version Updated
• Compatible: WordPress 6.8

Version 3.0.3 (23 June, 2024)

• Fix: Post Slider Issue Fixed
• Fix: Onclick Plugin Install Issue Fixed
• Compatible: WordPress 6.5.4
• Update: news247-main Plugin Version-2.8.2 Updated
• New: Authorsy Plugin Added (WP Author box, Bio link and Post Rating)

Version 3.0.2 (10 Feb, 2024)

• Demo Import Issue Fixed
• Compatibility: WordPress 6.4.2 Compatible
• Fix: Minor CSS issues

Version 3.0.1 (29 May, 2022)

• NB: After updating the theme, please check the plugin updating notice on your dashboard and update the news247-main plugin to 2.8.0
• Redux Framework Updated
• news247-main plugin Version Updated
• Compatibility: WordPress 6.0 Compatible
• Compatibility: PHP 8 Compatible

Version 3.0.0 (29 March, 2022)

• Compatible: WordPress 5.9
• Added: Redux Framework Update v.4.3.12
• Added: Tag option added in Elementor Widgets
• Added: Multiple category option added in Elementor Widgets
• Fix: Elementor deprecated issue fixed
• Fix: Font change from News247 option issue fixed
• Fix: Slider issue fixed
• Fix: Minor CSS issues

Version 2.8 (08 September, 2021)

• Compatible: WordPress 5.8
• Compatible: PHP 8
• Fix: Deprecated issue of Elementor widgets
• Fix: Minor CSS issues

Version 2.7 (28 June, 2021)

• Autoplay on/off option in slider widget
• Author and date on/off option in post tab widget
• Fix: Header banner shortcode issue
• Fix: Video icon CSS issue

Version 2.6 (08-06-2021)

• Fix: Slider loading issue fixed in Edit with Elementor page

Version 2.5 (19-04-2021)

• Fix: Slider next/previous control issue fixed for post slider one widget

Version 2.4 (06-12-2020)

• Fix: Ignore sticky posts issue fixed in post grid widget
• Feature: Added multiple category select option in post main slider
• Fix: Redux core notice issue resolved

Version 2.3

• Update: News247 Main Plugin updated 2.3
• Update: Fixed News247 Theme Option Text Confusion (e.g., Layout Text)

Version 2.2

• Improved Gutenberg Compatibility
• Fixed WP Requirement Compatibility

Version 2.1

• Added Gutenberg Compatibility
• Improvements and Documentation updated

Version 2.0

• Fixed Video Tab Latest Post Issue
• Fixed Page Title issue with Latest Elementor Builder
• Improvement

Version 1.9

• Updated Extensions and Improve

Version 1.8

• Fixed page-sidebar breadcrumb issue
• Fixed video tab click issue
• Fixed video addons query issue

Version 1.7

• Added: New addon Post List without slide
• Fixed: Archive page thumbnail issue
• Fixed: Date Language issue

Version 1.6

• Added One Click Demo Import
• Fixed Presets styles bug

Version 1.5

• Added option to disable page title
• Added option Google Ads on Header
• Added option for 2 Google ads on Single Post
• Post Offset option

Version 1.4

• Improved Presets color issue
• Improved CSS

Version 1.3

• Fixed Presets color issue
• Fixed Video Post Formate https issue
• Fixed Post slide1 News Block sorting issue
• Improved CSS

Version 1.2

• Fixed Demo Import Content issue
• Improved Main Plugin
• Improved CSS

Version 1.1

• Added 2 more Home Variations
• Added 2 more Header Layout
• Added Boxed Width Layout
• Added Single Post Layout 4
• Added News247 Social Widget
• Improved CSS

Credits and dependencies

• Twitter Bootstrap
• Elementor Builder
• WP Mega Menu – by Themeum
• freegreatpicture.com
• Pixabay
• AccessPress Social Icons