New Theme: Newsy
It’s been an extra big week in the news ’round these parts, so much so that the launch announcement of our latest premium theme seems like an extra extra good way to headline our Friday.
Newsy is a versatile business and news-friendly theme that offers up to ten different layouts, four footer columns, custom link and accent colors, and a custom site header. Brand and content-focused editorial teams will love publishing with this theme.
Newsy: Home Page
Designed by Themify, Newsy comes with an impressive set of Theme Options that afford you a great deal of flexibility with how you choose to display your website. Easily control your site’s sidebar positions, home page and archive page post layouts, and navigation bar search box visibility.
You also have the ability to change your site-wide link and accent colors. A few quick adjustments via the options panel will truly have the effect of individualizing your site and making it stand out from the crowd.
Newsy: Accent and Link Color Examples
Up to ten different layouts in Newsy can be achieved by simply altering your widgets and Theme Options. A wide sidebar, narrow sidebar, and two mini sidebars come rolled into Newsy, as well as additional post display and sidebar alignment options.
Newsy: Wide Sidebar Left, Narrow Sidebar Right Option
All of this is controlled either from within Appearance → Widgets or Appearance → Theme Options. The goal with Newsy is maximum flexibility without the headache of manually configuring a thousand theme options. In this case we really can say that less—well, fewer (options)—is more. 
Newsy is a premium upgrade for your blog; read more about its features on the Theme Showcase or dive right into previewing it on your blog from Appearance → Themes.
Jan 20th at 7:08 pm
I like it. It has a Facebook-like feel when I looked at it at first, haha.
Jan 20th at 7:20 pm
LOVE the different formats offered through the same theme; what a fun way to customize the look! And the former journalist in me is very attracted to the theme; it makes my writer parts all tingly…
Jan 20th at 8:04 pm
Very cool. Good layout and I agree wtih Afsal that it looks a bit like Facebook (the blue one). Thank you!
Jan 20th at 8:11 pm
Love it! I haven’t felt like I could commit to a premium theme yet, but this one could be the one.
Jan 20th at 8:28 pm
Wow, this is awesome! If it were free, I would get it for my blog right now!
Jan 20th at 8:44 pm
Cool. I like the layout and flexibility; it’s very newsy.
Jan 20th at 9:19 pm
Very pretty. Looks like a newspaper or online newspaper site.
Jan 20th at 9:31 pm
Looks great, as do many of your premium themes. However, until you can find a way to let us run some kind of trial (not just a preview) with our own material before we buy, I’ll have to pass. I can’t afford $85, only to discover a few days later that the theme has some fatal (to me) design shortcoming that makes it unacceptable.
Jan 20th at 9:48 pm
All premium themes come with a 30-day refund period, which means that if Newsy isn’t for you then you can simply request a refund within 30 days and we’ll send you back your payment in full.
Jan 20th at 9:38 pm
I love it!
Jan 20th at 10:25 pm
Very good looking! Love the feel of it.
Jan 20th at 10:38 pm
What an absolutely marvellous service and site you have created, thank you so very very much, it enables people to get important news out to the world. My wish is that all people can afford access to a computer and the net, whatever their financial situation, and country they live in.
Jan 21st at 12:54 am
Like the idea, but not the design. Don’t know why. I`m ready for a new news theme.
Jan 21st at 2:01 am
This will be my next theme. Thanks!
Jan 21st at 4:43 am
A little bit pricey, but with the easy of customization it’s worth the money.
Jan 21st at 8:55 am
Very simple and stylish. I’ll try it now!
Jan 21st at 11:37 am
It’s absolutely a marvelous theme for magazine-like blogs!
The WordPress team is doing a great job!
Just a question: With the Newsy theme can you make posts with featured images and thumbnails?
Jan 23rd at 2:47 am
You absolutely can! Simply set a featured image for your posts and an image will show above the post title and content. See the demo site for an example.
Jan 21st at 1:14 pm
Love this theme; it’s simple and stylish and great for an online newspaper.
Jan 21st at 3:27 pm
It is a really nice theme and I wish it were free. I am looking for a good magazine theme for my music blog, but none of the free themes really fit it.
Jan 21st at 4:16 pm
Cool! I am considering using this theme.
Jan 21st at 5:01 pm
Why are all the articles in text on the home page? How can I “cut” the text in the homepage? Could u help us?
Jan 23rd at 3:14 am
Hi there. To reduce the amount of text that is shown on the home page and archive pages in Newsy, you should take advantage of either 1) post excerpts or 2) the
<!--more-->tag. Both of these methods, while different, will shorten the text on your archive pages and create a “More…” button that allows users to click through to your single pages. See the demo site for an example!Jan 21st at 5:33 pm
Very very very good! Thank you and good luck!
Jan 21st at 8:31 pm
Will it work properly with Hebrew (and RTL)?
Jan 23rd at 2:51 am
It most certainly will.
Jan 22nd at 12:23 am
This theme seems to be IT! I have been searching for months for a theme for my website plans, and last week was very close to going custom. When I got the email with Newsy, I showed the theme to my wife and she immediately said, “I love it.” Because we are business engineers and not website builders (no desire, no time), we have to find some site construction support and content management help, and then we will push the purchase button.
Jan 22nd at 1:38 pm
Great theme! I wish it were free.
Jan 22nd at 2:56 pm
Nice layouts!
Jan 22nd at 10:19 pm
I couldn’t agree more. This is definitely what I’m looking for!
Jan 24th at 6:07 am
Great job!
Jan 24th at 1:18 pm
I rather like the look of this.
Jan 24th at 1:45 pm
I love blue and the wide left sidebar, too. So cool. Great job!
Jan 24th at 9:42 pm
Great, great themes! I love the clean layout and customization options!
Jan 26th at 5:38 pm
Love the new theme.
Jan 27th at 7:06 am
I love WordPress themes so much! The theme you choose somehow reflects your personality.
Jan 27th at 7:12 am
Nice Theme. There is feel of originality in it. I love the clean layouts.
Jan 27th at 3:34 pm
Wow, looks like a Facebook page. Nice!
Jan 27th at 4:34 pm
Good way to display several posts or stories at the same time. I like it.
Jan 27th at 5:05 pm
Great job; it looks really nice.
Jan 29th at 5:19 am
I like it as well! *Thumbs up*
Jan 30th at 6:02 am
Nice!
Jan 31st at 3:34 am
Good job; love it.
Feb 3rd at 1:44 am
So nice. Great job!
Feb 3rd at 2:50 pm
Great theme, with space for good content.