Installation
Modern Magazine is a free WordPress theme hosted on WordPress.org. You can install it from inside your dashboard, or by uploading the ZIP. From the WordPress dashboard (recommended)…
Month: August 2026
Getting Started
Modern Magazine is a magazine theme for online publications, news sites and content-heavy blogs, with four configurable homepage sections. Out of the box it behaves like a standard…
Customizer Options
All of Modern Magazine’s settings live in Appearance → Customize. This page lists every section the theme registers and what it controls. Sections Site Identity Header & Logo…
Recommended Image Sizes
Modern Magazine registers its own crop sizes. WordPress generates these when you upload an image, so upload at or above the sizes below and let WordPress crop down.…
Menus & Widgets
Menu locations Primary — the primary location. Create menus under Appearance → Menus. If you do not assign a menu, the theme falls back to listing your pages…
Adding Custom CSS
Use Appearance → Customize → Additional CSS. Rules added there survive theme updates, which edits to style.css do not. Finding the right selector Right-click the element in your…
Child Themes
Edit template files through a child theme. Editing Modern Magazine directly means losing your work the next time the theme updates. Creating one Create /wp-content/themes/modern-magazine-child/ containing a single…
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Modern Magazine free? Yes — entirely. Modern Magazine is GPL-licensed and hosted on WordPress.org. There is no Pro version of this theme, no licence key and no…
Troubleshooting
The layout looks unstyled Almost always a caching issue after an update. Clear any caching plugin and your CDN, then hard-reload (Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + R). Images look…
Changelog
Full history ships in readme.txt inside the theme. Recent releases: 1.2 Theme URI and Author URI updated to fasterthemes.com. Google Fonts (PT Sans) is now bundled with the…