No-nonsense, super-fast magazine WordPress theme of 2026.
No heavy 3rd-party plugins/builders, no messy WordPress things. 3 steps: Install → Import demo → fast & clean magazine.
This is WP theme for those who needs a simple + clean + fast magazine, not bloated by nonsense features & 3rd-party plugins.
- Since 2015: 11 years of developments
- Ultra-fast: 95/100 on mobile
- SEO friendly: Yoast / Rank Math
- Responsive on mobile & any device
- Install in minutes. Work immediately
- High-performance: work with 100,000 posts
- Minimal + modern design of 2026 (updated)
- Human-made in code, hand-crafted design (no lines of code written by AI)
- Built for people who hate complexity like me, just want to write
- Top-notch support, directed by ~Mike (me, the author)
- Long-term development. Regular updates. It has been around for 11 years
Demos | View all →
- News: Newspaper | New York | Street
- Magazine: Times Writer | Hague | Time | Bern | Classic | Commentary
- Blog: Pine | Deodar | John
Tech specs
- Latest version: v7.0.2 (Mar 03, 2026) | View changelog →
- Works with WordPress: v6.9.4 (the latest)
- Works with PHP: 7, 8
- Works with: WooCommerce, Polylang
- Works with all hosting providers
The Fox is made for
The Fox is for:- Independent publishers/journalists: You want simplicity and consistency of Ghost/Substack but want WordPress freedom/familiarity
- Local newsroom/magazine: It’s made for tech novice. Very easy to use. No tech experience needed
- Anybody who wants a clean, fast & simple websites just work 100%. No drama. No nonsense. Just install, choose the demo then start writing immediately
- One who looks for a theme with 1,000+ options so you can design everything.
- Elementor, Brick.. or any third-party page builder
- Full site editing theme,. No, Fox is classic wordpress theme with Live Customizer, clear header, menu, footer.. not something you edit with FSE
- Multi-purpose theme. We don’t pack 1,000+ layouts, 1,000+ demos in one theme
Who’s using The Fox?
Here’s real websites, who have been using The Fox for years:
- News: atpenews.org | govmarketnews.com | oknews.gr
- Magazine: Inside Magazine
- Sport & Entertainment: juvenewslive.com | blacksportsonline.com | losangelesfeature.com | celebritylosangeles.com
- Business site: she.work | insurbrief.com
- Fashion, beauty: thebeautyanalyst.fr
- Lifestyle Magazine: instyle.com.tr | cypruspulse.com | curatedtexan.com | coachellamagazine.com
- History: archaeology.co.uk | historiek.net
- University, Edu: yale-herald.com
- Independent publishing: oficinapalimpsestus.com.br | thebridgevt.org | frankreport.com
- Local news: actonexchange.org | thekashmirmonitor.net | belmontvoice.org | deaugustinopolis.com
- Interior, Decor: exagono.es
- Music: rapmidia.com.br | rubik-audiovisual.com iti-japan.or.jp/iti-news | www.famemagazine.co.uk | mumubl.com
- Film/Cinema: thefilmrecipe.com | otekisinema.com | filmjuice.com
- Arts/Design: saar-art.de | coupsdoeil.fr | arthurious.com | walloutmagazine.com
- International news: aseannews.my | tradetimes.news
- Game, Anime: digitallydownloaded.net
- Book publisher: chiheisha.co.jp
- Politics, Opinion: ladiscussione.com | esdeagleedition.org | artvoice.com | oneworldoutlook.com
- Travel: holapuglia.es | kythidora.gr
- Pet: thedogdidwhat.com
- Femininity: prettyandsmartco.com | she.work | womo.ua
- Company blog/news: articles.boss.info/ja | articles.roland.com | cibeviamo.it
- Crypto: news.shib.io
- Author/Writer: imogenelvis.com
- Misc: bethanymarkowski.com (children missing) | roseofmadinah.com (spiritual)
- losangelesfeature (160k followers)
- hollywoodtimesmag (100k followers)
- celebritylosangeles.com (85k followers)
- Roland articles (1M followers)
What customers are saying?
Features
- WordPress 6.9.4 ready
- PHP 7, 8
- Compatible with all hostings, including wordpress.com
- One-click import demo
- Built-in page builder (immediate use after install), very simple, lightweight & magazine-focused instead of general-purpose
- Import demo style only (ie. not demo posts, for sites having content already)
- Responsive and mobile friendly
- Cross-browser compatible: Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Safari
- Gutenberg + Classic Editor supported
- Dark Mode/Night Mode
- Fonts: Google fonts, self-hosted, third-party fonts
- Header builder, very simple header builder to reorder elements, included in Live Customizer
- Simple mega-menu, enable by a checking a box
- 7 predefined single post layouts
- Live post feature, for broadcasting
- Post review, for review magazines
- Bunch of ad spots, works with Google Adsense
- Co-authors support
- View count supported. Display most-read posts
- Text/image logo option
- Fast: 95/100 core web vitals | 100/100 GTMetrix
- Works with LiteSpeed Cache, WP Rocket, Imagify & other optimiztion plugins
- Works with SEO plugins: Yoast SEO, Rank Math
- Translation ready. Compatible with Polylang, WPML, qTranslate
- Compatible with WooCommerce
- Multi-site ready, one-license for multisite
- Child theme included & supported
- Free lifetimes updates
- GDPR Compliant
- Native WordPress code: 100% standard WordPress code
- 100% human-made, coded by Mike, reviewed carefully by Mike (theme author)
- 100% hand-crafted design
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Plugins & Hosting Compatibility
Tested Hosting- Godaddy
- Namecheap
- Hostinger
- Rocketnet
- wordpress.com
- Siteground
- Hostgator
- Other hostings, we never get hosting incompatibility report
- WooCommerce
- Polylang
- WPML
- Contact Form 7
- Mailchimp For WP
- Instagram Feed
- Elementor (yes, works at basic level, like any random theme)
What’s included in the download package?
- fox.zip theme file
- all demos data included
- forever updates even when support expired.
- 6 months support by default (or 12 months if you choose).
- direct support by theme author
- online docs
Support & updates
- Online docs
- Top-notch support desk
- Lifetime updates. No need to pay for updating. Pay one, get latest version forever
Changelog
Version 7.0.2 – Mar 01, 2026
- remove add_action( wp_head ) to add twitter share preview image, this should be SEO-plugin job - deprecate: pinterest, coronavirus - fix: heading not showing in Polylang - fix: custom params not working, params parsing mechanism (coding part)
Version 7.0.1.2 – Feb 03, 2026
- fix: incompat critical issue with PHP < 8.1 of v7.0.1.1
Version 7.0.1.1 – Feb 02, 2026
- fix: edit button not showing for builder elements - add: ability to add link in builder text-editor widget - fix: thumbnail indicator not working in archive view - add: Loading.. text to Quick translation
version 7.0.0.3 – Jan 13, 2026
- update docs url - fix upgrade engine issue for v5 -> v6 - fix few minor issues
Version 7.0.0.1 – Dec 23, 2025
- fix fox7() undefined function in fox v5 engine for customers before 2023
Version 7.0 – Dec 19, 2025
- add: page builder for any page: add page and choose template "Page builder" - add: fox studio template directory: https://fox-studio.withemes.com/ - improve site loading time: only load page builder fonts on pages having builder - fix: various page builder issues
Version 6.9.7.3 – Dec 10, 2025
- add: Cambridge demo: https://fox.withemes.com/cambridge/ - fix: various minor issues in live customizer - fix: few missinge "edit" pencils on button, heading widget of the builder
Version 6.9.7.1 – Dec 04, 2025
- fix $fox_block_list in options-page
Version 6.9.7 – Dec 03, 2025
- WordPress 6.9 compatible - update google font list, add latest fonts - load google fonts faster in customizer - better social urls option. allow to have duplicated social icon + reorder them - make quick translation easier, now you can use ChatGPT to translate it - add sanitize_callback to customizer settings - fix: various minor issues in Customizer: hints, redirect, guide.. - deprecate js delay, js defer - deprecate: radio_image field - deprecate: header presets - deprecate: conditional/dependency in Customizer to make it faster - deprecate: tabs in Customizer to make it faster
Version 6.9.6.1 – November 24, 2025
- fix: demos can't be fetched by some hosting - update: docs url to docs.withemes.com/fox
Version 6.9.6 – October 16, 2025
- add: Stockholm demo: fox.withemes.com/stockholm
- add: autoplay speed option for post carousel
- add: row vertical align option: top, middle, bottom, stretch
- add: text widget typography option, color option
- add: heading widget url, allows to use {site_url} to replace site url
- add: button url, allows to use {site_url} to replace site url
- enhancement: button outline border 2px --> 1px
- enhancement: link style 3 underline offset 2px, make it more readable
- enhancement: improve the search page
- change: define FOX_VERSION automatically
- fix: terms spacing in category meta
- fix: header logo click edit go to Customizer > Header > Header logo instead of Site title
- fix: few hints in few options
Version 6.9.5 – August 29, 2025
- improve Customizer UX:
- better hints.
- move few sections to correct locations (header hero -> single post, general -> misc)
- restore default wordpress sections (homepage_settings, logo_tagline)
- delete widget right in widget settings
- add section/element more meaningful
- add more elements: WYSWYG editor, image
- add background image option for section
- add more section/element templates
- fix: sortable issue after importing
- improve UI overall
Version 6.9.4 – August 26, 2025
- fix: co-authors plugin issue for Guest author
Version 6.9.3 – August 21, 2025
- deprecate: critical css feature (Customizer > Performance > Optimize CSS) - deprecate: coronavirus widget - deprecate: tiny image size - enhancement: css structured better
Version 6.9.2.2 – August 20, 2025
- alt tag for get_avatar - shortcode in 404 page - fix: author shortcode column wrong
Version 6.9.1 – Apr 18, 2025
- add: Paris demo - add: darkmode switcher labels in Quick Translate - add: content - siderbar spacing option - add: option for single post container width - enhancement: compatibility with WordPress v6.8 - fix "Swich" typo for darkmode switcher - fix: search dropdown z-index - fix: brand color for bluesky, threads
Version 6.9 – Mar 14, 2025
- add: Washington demo - add: allow to use custom_params everywhere in the theme: post list widget, related posts, bottom posts, top-area - add: youtube video playable thumbnail for the homepage builder - add: bluesky share, threads share button to single post - add: add bluesky, mastodon, threads social URL option for post authors - add: author box social icon size option - add: option to set single post header narrow/wide - enhancement: dark mode better, fix minor issues - fix: pagination font size option not working - fix: masonry 1st post in dark mode - fix: image align center not center & stretched, not align center on mobile - depreated: single HTML, replaced by After post content sidebarOlder changelog