#78 by installs
NewsCircuit
NewsCircuit is a powerful, feature-rich, and SEO-optimized WordPress theme designed for news, blogs, magazines, and online publishing platforms,…
- Installs
- 900+
- Rating
- No reviews
- Updated
- 6 days ago
BlackNews
BlackNews is a dark, magazine-style WordPress child theme built on MoreNews for publishers seeking a high-contrast, professional aesthetic. It supports the Block Editor and major page builders for drag-and-drop layout creation, complemented by the parent…
- Active installs
- 400+
- #937 of 1,000
- Downloads, all time
- 19.3K
- 19,262
- Downloads, 30 days
- 793
- 203 in the last 7
- Rating
- 5.0 / 5
- 1 reviews
- Last updated
- 6 days ago
- Oct 25, 2026
- Version
- 2.1.11
- 70 releases
Upkeep and compatibility
| Last updated | October 25, 2026Updated in the last 3 months |
|---|---|
| Needs WordPress | 4.0 or newer |
| Needs PHP | 5.0 or newer |
| First published | January 20, 2025 |
| Parent theme | MoreNews |
| Paid version | None listed |
| Support | WordPress.org forum |
Reviews
5.0 / 5 from 1 review
| 5 stars | 1 |
|---|---|
| 4 stars | 0 |
| 3 stars | 0 |
| 2 stars | 0 |
| 1 star | 0 |
Downloads, last 30 days
What the author says it does
BlackNews is a dark, magazine-style WordPress child theme built on MoreNews for publishers seeking a high-contrast, professional aesthetic. It supports the Block Editor and major page builders for drag-and-drop layout creation, complemented by the parent header and footer builder. The theme includes banner areas, template kits, and custom widgets optimized for fast performance despite rich visual content. It focuses on SEO, Core Web Vitals, and AMP support while maintaining WCAG compliance. It is translation-ready and supports RTL languages with demos in English, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic, and Japanese. https://afthemes.com/products/blacknews/
The opening of the theme's own description. The rest is on its WordPress.org page.
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Where this page's numbers come from
Read from the WordPress.org theme API on . WordPress.org rounds active installs into buckets. These are the directory's figures, not my verdict, and I haven't tested this theme.