#78 by installs
NewsCircuit
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- Installs
- 900+
- Rating
- No reviews
- Updated
- 6 days ago
General News
General News is a practical, widgetized WordPress child theme built on MoreNews for newspapers and journals requiring a reliable, easy-to-configure architecture. It features 9+ custom widgets, multiple banner choices, and a header and footer builder for…
- Active installs
- 1,000+
- #760 of 1,000
- Downloads, all time
- 61.7K
- 61,719
- Downloads, 30 days
- 1.6K
- 412 in the last 7
- Rating
- None
- No reviews yet
- Last updated
- 6 days ago
- Oct 25, 2026
- Version
- 2.1.11
- 57 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 30, 2023 |
| Parent theme | MoreNews |
| Paid version | Yes, the author also sells one |
| Support | The author's own support site |
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What the author says it does
General News is a practical, widgetized WordPress child theme built on MoreNews for newspapers and journals requiring a reliable, easy-to-configure architecture. It features 9+ custom widgets, multiple banner choices, and a header and footer builder for efficient layout management. The theme is compatible with the Block Editor and major page builders, focusing on search engine optimization and Core Web Vitals for maximum visibility. It is AMP-ready, WCAG-accessible, and multilingual, designed to help global publishers launch search-friendly, content-rich sites quickly. https://afthemes.com/products/generalnews/
The opening of the theme's own description. The rest is on its WordPress.org page.
Features the author lists
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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.