Jizan 2.1 – Newspaper & Magazine WordPress Theme for Elementor
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Jizan is a bold news and magazine theme, rebuilt for Elementor. Version 2.1 is a big free update: 23 homepages (12 new) with one-click import, AJAX everywhere (load more, infinite scroll, category tabs, mega menu, live search), 7 single post designs, dark mode, a 17-skin Style Kit, an ads manager, reading tools and a complete RTL stylesheet.
23 homepages
News & Magazine: Main, Magazine, Classic Newspaper, Politics, World News, Trending, Business, Crypto.
Lifestyle & Culture: Fashion, Beauty, Celebrity, Lifestyle, Entertainment, Photo Editorial, City Magazine, Minimal Blog.
Tech, Sport & Living: Tech, Gaming, Sports, Travel, Health, Food, Video.
Every homepage is an Elementor page with its own skin and header style. Import any of them in one click from Jizan > Demo Import; see them all in the live preview.
AJAX & loading
- AJAX post blocks: Load more, Infinite scroll, Numbered and Next / Prev on every Jizan post element (Elementor widgets and the classic shortcodes)
- Category tabs (“All | Category …”) with a More menu, automatic sub-category tabs, optional “All categories” and “Reviews” tabs
- AJAX mega menu: category panels load their latest posts on hover or keyboard focus
- Live search in a full-screen glass overlay and in the off-canvas panel: posts, categories and authors, keyboard support
- Archives: Load more (default), Infinite scroll, Numbered or classic page links; optional auto-load of the next article
- Skeleton cards, a red ring spinner and soft fade-up animations (reduced-motion aware); everything still works without JavaScript
Design & layout
- Premium navigation bar: Solid, Gradient, Transparent, Boxed pill, Minimal or Borders (classic 2.0) presets, smart sticky bar, 23 controls in Theme Options > Header, per-page override
- Premium off-canvas panel with logo, live search, accordion menu, trending posts, social icons, call-to-action card and dark switch; also the phone menu
- 7 single post designs (4 new: full-width hero, split, minimal centered, magazine cover), global or per post
- Style Kit: 17 one-click color skins plus Custom, site-wide or per page (also in Elementor page settings)
- 8 header styles, layout modes Full width / Boxed / Framed, category colors, breadcrumbs
- Premium footer with logo band, newsletter sign-up and four widget columns
- Dark mode: Light, Dark or System default, remembered per visitor, no flash on load, optional dark logo
- Complete RTL stylesheet for every component
Reading & content
- Review system: 5 stars (0.5 steps) or out of 10 (0.1 steps), criteria bars, pros and cons, verdict, box at the top, center or bottom, schema.org Review data
- Table of contents (H2/H3, sticky sidebar copy), reading progress bar, font size buttons, “Check also” slide-in
- Sticky share bar (Facebook, X, LinkedIn, Pinterest, WhatsApp, Email, Copy link) and “Select & share”
- Story highlights box per post
- Structured data: NewsArticle, NewsMediaOrganization, WebSite and BreadcrumbList (skipped when an SEO plugin is active)
Elementor & widgets
21 Elementor widgets – new in 2.1: Showcase (9 layouts), Stories Strip, Video Playlist, Weather, Market Ticker, Newsletter Band, Section Intro, Social Counter and Ad Slot; plus Category Posts, Latest Posts, Latest Panels, Latest Panels NP, Category Panels, Review Posts, Jizan Sidebar, Banner Ads, Jizan Button, Jizan Divider, Jizan Spacing and Team Member.
12 sidebar widgets: Jizan Posts, Tabs, Review Posts, Author, Social Counter, Newsletter, Weather, Ad, Categories, Video, Image Grid and Trending.
Ads manager
- Image or code (AdSense) ad units in Jizan > Ads
- Placements: header next to the logo, before / inside / after the article, between posts in blocks, sidebar widget, shortcode, closable phone sticky bar
- Desktop / tablet / mobile targeting, hide for logged-in users, “Disable ads” per post
What’s included
- jizan.zip – the Jizan 2.1.0 theme
- jizan-core.zip – the Jizan Core 2.1.0 plugin (Elementor widgets, AJAX, reviews, ads, demo import); also installed from the theme
- 23 one-click demos (posts, pages, menus, widgets, theme options, skin and header)
- Documentation (25 sections, also online at jizan.fekbd.com/docs)
- Translation files (.pot) for the theme and the plugin
Requirements: WordPress 6.0 or newer (tested up to 7.1), PHP 7.4 or newer, the free Elementor plugin. Optional: Contact Form 7.
Changelog
Version 2.1.0 – October 2026
- New: 23 homepages (12 new: Tech, Sports, Travel, Business, Crypto, Gaming, Health, Food, Video, Minimal Blog, City Magazine, Classic Newspaper); the 10 old homepage styles became niche homepages
- New: Style Kit with 17 one-click skins + Custom, per page skin and header style
- New: premium navigation bar (6 presets, skin-aware colors, indicators, smart sticky), Theme Options > Header
- New: AJAX post blocks – Load more, Next / Prev, Numbered, Infinite scroll – and category tabs on every Jizan post element (REST API, signed settings, short cache)
- New: AJAX mega menu with staggered panels; Homepage mega menu with columns, “New” badges and preview pane
- New: live search (header overlay and off-canvas panel)
- New: archives Load more / Infinite scroll / Numbered; auto-load next article (off by default)
- New: dark mode, reading progress bar, table of contents, font size buttons, “Check also”
- New: sticky share bar and “Select & share”; story highlights box
- New: single post designs 4 (full-width hero), 5 (split), 6 (minimal centered) and 7 (magazine cover)
- New: layout modes Full width / Boxed / Framed, breadcrumbs with schema, category colors
- New: premium off-canvas panel (also the phone menu) and thin animated hamburger
- New: premium footer; About and Advertise page styles
- New: Elementor widgets Showcase, Stories Strip, Video Playlist, Weather, Market Ticker, Newsletter Band, Section Intro, Social Counter, Ad Slot
- New: 12 sidebar widgets with AJAX arrows, tabs and async weather
- New: ads manager with header, in-article, between-posts, sidebar and phone sticky placements
- New: structured data (NewsArticle, NewsMediaOrganization, WebSite, BreadcrumbList)
- New: complete rtl.css for every component
- Improved: breaking news ticker (thin arrows, progress line, pause on hover), restyled core sidebar widgets
- Improved: floating previous / next post cards only on screens 1300px and wider
- Fixed: demo import never creates future-dated (scheduled) pages
Version 2.0.0 – October 2026
- Rebuilt for Elementor with 12 Jizan widgets, review system, one-click demo import, AJAX login, Theme Options without Redux, faster images and assets
Updating from 2.0? Step-by-step update notes are in the documentation.
Credits & notes
Demo photos are from Unsplash and are not included in the download: the demos use placeholder images, and the importer can load the photos from the live demo for preview. Speed numbers were measured on the live demo on October 19, 2026 and depend on your hosting, caching, plugins and content.
Oswald and Roboto Condensed fonts (SIL Open Font License), Font Awesome 4.7, Slick, Flickity, Magnific Popup, PACE, SlickNav and TGM Plugin Activation are used under their open source licenses. Weather data: Open-Meteo (no API key).
Support
Read the documentation or open a ticket at fekbd.com/support with your purchase code and site URL. Jizan is made by FEKBD.