True Mag 4.0 - WordPress Theme for Video and Magazine

Key Features

Video-centric capabilities

• Built-in Video Ads plugin
• Short-codes for Video
• Video Auto Play
• Self-hosted Video Support
• Front-end Video Submission
• Built-in Video Widgets
• Video information preview and view/like/comment counters

Content and layout tools

• Smart Content Box
• Powerful Theme Options
• Wide and Boxed layouts
• 3×2 Navigation Menu Styles with dark and light color variants (3 distinct menu styles)
• 11 Homepage Slider styles (V1–V7 carousels, V2 boxed carousel, V3 fullwidth carousel, V4 metro slider, V5 Revolution Slider, V6 big video carousel, V7 very big video carousel, V8 side slider, V9 classy slider, V10 single photo homepage, TrueMag AMAZING SLIDER)

Video publishing and management

• Front-end video submission
• Video listing by author
• Video Series and multi-video linking for series navigation
• Embedded video URLs and support for YouTube, Vimeo, DailyMotion, and more
• Auto pulling video information from popular video sites

Advertising and monetization

• Video Ads Plugin included — play an advertising video before the main video
• Responsive advertising spaces for Google Adsense
• Ad banner shortcode for Google Adsense
• Predefined ad banner spaces (6) with options to add additional spaces via Visual Composer or widgets

Layout, widgets, and shortcodes

• Many built-in widgets for video
• Smart Content Box shortcode for creative content presentation
• Drag-and-drop page builder with Visual Composer (included in download pack, saving $30)
• 2 video page layouts: Fullwidth and Inboxed
• Single video, list views, and various listing layouts

SEO, translation, and accessibility

• Google Rich Snippets to improve visibility in search results
• Translation ready with WPML fully supported
• Font Awesome icons (470 retina icons included)
• RTL languages support
• Google fonts and your own custom fonts support

Commerce and community compatibility

• WooCommerce compatible — build an online shop with TrueMag
• BuddyPress compatible — social network features
• bbPress compatible — forum integration
• Membership Plugin by WPMU — controlled access to premium content

Learning and education integration

• LearnDash Plugin supported — build a learning management system (LMS)

Theme reliability and updates

• Theme auto update to keep the latest features and fixes
• Dedicated support team

Demo, layouts, and widgets

• Demo for navigation style 1
• Demo for navigation style 2
• Demo for navigation style 3
• Demo for navigation style 4
• TrueMag 4.0 and later updates deliver new layouts and widgets
• 2 mobile menu styles: Dropdown Mobile Menu and Off-canvas Mobile Menu

There are multiple widget styles and a variety of video listing layouts designed to showcase videos, trending content, related news, and author collections, with shortcodes and content presentation options to suit different magazine or videoblog formats.

Content creation, search, and discovery

• Smart Content Box and multiple layouts for video listing
• Video quick-view and information previews
• Mega Menu integrated for extensive navigation
• Advanced search capabilities and filtering for video listings
• Predefined and unlimited ad spaces to optimize monetization

Performance, accessibility, and technical details

• Ultra responsive and retina-ready design
• Optimized for mobile devices
• Translation ready with WPML supported
• RTL language support
• Google fonts and options to load custom fonts
• Font Awesome icons included

What users say

• “WOW Guys, this is a really sweet theme, looks good, feels good and works good… Congrats”
• “So awesome I am going to buy two.”
• “Loved at first sight — Great Theme GLWS.”
• “Your Theme is awesome and designed well as a true Video Theme and highly recommend to anyone.”

Release history

• True Mag 4.3.14.3 – 2024-04-16 — Include: WP Bakery Page Builder 7.0
• True Mag 4.3.14.2 – 2023-07-31 — Include: WP Bakery Page Builder 7.0; Fix: PHP warnings; Fix: missing single post content
• True Mag 4.3.14.1 – 2023-03-21 — Improve Option Tree plugin
• True Mag 4.3.14 – 2023-03-21 — include Option Tree 2.3.7.2; Fix: Support PHP 8
• True Mag 4.3.13 – 2023-01-02 — include Visual Composer 6.10.0; Sample Data 1.2.1; Fix: Support PHP 8; Fix: Sample Data install
• True Mag 4.3.12 – 2022-10-18 — include Visual Composer 6.9; Revolution Slider 6.5.31; TrueMag Rating 3.3.2.6; Fix: Fix top 10 views count format; Fix: Star-Half icon disappeared; Fix: Add protected video single inbox; Fix: Update fetch data Vimeo
• True Mag 4.3.10 – 2022-02-07 — include Visual Composer 6.8.0; Revolution Slider 6.5.15; Cactus Video 1.1.5; Fix: Show category description if exist; Ajax pagination; Change channel listing page title
• True Mag 4.3.9 – 2021-08-20 — include Visual Composer 6.7.0; Revolution Slider 6.5.6; Cactus Video 1.1.4; Fix: Update function; Fix: Ajax navigation on channel, playlist page; Fix: Font awesome class; Fix: Template js
• True Mag 4.3.8 – 2021-04-01 — include Visual Composer 6.6.0; Revolution Slider 6.4.6; Cactus – Channel 1.0.3.4; Advance Search Form 1.5.0; TrueMag Movie 3.4.5.4; TrueMag Rating 3.3.2.7; TrueMag Shortcode 3.3.4.4; Video Ads 3.8; Cactus Video 1.1.3.4; Fix: XSS advance search form; Fix: add require update advance search; Fix: Fix JQuerry
• True Mag 4.3.6 – 2021-01-13 — include Visual Composer 6.5.0; Revolution Slider 6.3.5; Fix: missing elements in comment form; Fix: WordPress 5.5 compatibility
• True Mag 4.3.5 – 2020-08-27 — include Cactus Video 1.1.3.3; TrueMag Rating 3.3.2.6; Fix: Unable to upload hosted video in submission form after updating Contact Form 7; Fix: WordPress 5.5 migrate warning; Fix: Breadcrumbs update
• True Mag 4.3.4 – 2020-08-10 — includes Revolution Slider 6.2.17; Visual Composer 6.2; Fix: update breadcrumbs for schema.org; Fix: Display bugs — vertical video; Fix: SGTmetrix notice; Fix: Fatal error in error_logs file and remove unused comment
• True Mag 4.3.3 – 2020-03-30 — includes Revolution Slider 6.2.2; Visual Composer 6.1; Video Thumbnail 2.12.4; Fix: Email icon; Fix: Breadcrumbs follow schema; Fix: Sample data plugin
• True Mag 4.3.2 – 2019-11-03 — includes Revolution Slider 6.1.3; Visual Composer 6.0.5; TrueMag-Movie 3.4.5.3; TrueMag-Rating 3.3.2.3; Fix: update icon for theme option; Fix: update font-awesome version; Fix: recommended plugin notification; Fix: icon in BuddyPress profile; Fix: thumbnail size for Vimeo Video; Fix: icon in mobile menu; Fix: smooth scroll library
• True Mag 4.3.1 – 2019-07-09 — TrueMag-Rating 3.3.2.4; TrueMag-Shortcodes 3.3.4.3; Fix: Font Awesome issues
• True Mag 4.3.0 – 2019-06-11 — includes WP Bakery Page Builder 6.0.3; Revolution Slider 5.4.8.3; Visual Composer 6.0.3; TrueMag-Movie 3.4.5.3; TrueMag-Rating 3.3.2.3; Fix: Compatible with PHP 7.3
• True Mag 4.2.19 – 2019-04-16 — includes WP Bakery Page Builder 5.6; Revolution Slider 5.4.8.1; Visual Composer 5.7; TrueMag-Movie 3.4.5.2; Cactus-Badges 1.1; Fix: mobile menu swipe action issue; Fix: series, badge in edit sidebar; Fix: VC icon; Fix: Meta box

Additional release notes in the full history reflect iterative improvements, compatibility updates, and bug fixes across Visual Composer, Revolution Slider, and related plugins to ensure compatibility with newer WordPress versions and hosting environments.

Why choose True Mag

• Comprehensive video-focused features designed for videoblogs, video portfolios, and online magazines
• Rich set of layouts, sliders, and widgets to create engaging video-centric sites
• Strong monetization options through Video Ads, Google Adsense, and predefined ad spaces
• Extensive compatibility with popular plugins and services (LearnDash, Visual Composer, WooCommerce, BuddyPress, bbPress, WPML)
• Active maintenance with regular updates and dedicated support