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Balaton – Newspaper style Magazine WordPress Theme

The Balaton is a newspaper style news/magazine WordPress theme, crafted with magazine owners and bloggers to impress your audience with a clean classic, mode…

Version
1.0.9
Updated
Nov 12, 2026
License
GPL
Type
Theme
Balaton – Newspaper style Magazine WordPress Theme

Overview

The Balaton is a newspaper style news/magazine WordPress theme, crafted with magazine owners and bloggers to impress your audience with a clean classic, modern, but authentic design.

Outfitted with a simple but eye-catchy Featured Articles sections, countless post & page templates, and custom widgets for new posts, newsletter signup and facebook. Didn’t forget the customizations, changeable colors, fonts, footer, fixed menu.

Selling your products online, or you thinking about? The Balaton is helping you, with the WooCommerce store, which is fully integrated to the theme.

The theme is super beginner friendly but yet powerful enough to grows up your site to the big players, and your visitors will remember this site.

Features

  • Mobile friendly responsive design
  • Compatible with WooCommerce
  • One Click Demo Install
  • Elegant, modern design
  • 5+ Featured articles designs
  • Full-width line
  • Main slider
  • Articles with sidebar
  • Line slider
  • Latest posts with infinite scroll
  • 8+ Post layouts
  • Narrow, Wide, Video, Wallpaper styled articles.
  • No sidebar versions of post stlyes.
  • 2+ Header layouts
  • Big layout with external logo
  • In menu logo narrow layout
  • 2+ Page layouts
  • Normal
  • impressum
  • Megamenu for the menu.
  • External footer menu
  • Social media icons in header & footer
  • Good SEO
  • Instagram footer
  • Custom Widgets
  • Style for newsletter subscribe
  • Latest news with thumbnail
  • Facebook likebox widget
  • Custom colors & fonts
  • Show / Hide theme parts
  • Translation-ready
  • Compatible with WordPress 4.7+

What's included

  • The full themeEvery file from the developer's release, in one zip.
  • Unlimited sitesInstall it on your own and your clients' sites.
  • GPL licensedFree to use, study and modify.
  • No paymentFree to download, no card needed.

How to install

  1. 1Download the zip file from this page.
  2. 2In WordPress, go to Appearance → Themes → Add New → Upload Theme.
  3. 3Choose the zip, click Install Now, then Activate.

Questions

Is this the developer's own release?

Yes. It is the release published by the original developer, redistributed under the GNU General Public License. The GPL allows anyone to share and resell the code.

Do I get a license key or automatic updates?

No. License keys, one-click updates and support come from the developer's own paid plans. To update, download the newer version here when it is listed and install it over the old one.

Can I use it on more than one site?

Yes. The GPL puts no limit on the number of sites, including client sites.

Why is it free?

During our launch every download that is available on GPL Store is free. Nothing is charged and no card is asked for.

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