Getting Started

Installation

August 17, 2026 1 min read

Modern Magazine is a free WordPress theme hosted on WordPress.org. You can install it from inside your dashboard, or by uploading the ZIP.

  1. Go to Appearance → Themes → Add New.
  2. Search for Modern Magazine.
  3. Click Install, then Activate.

Installing this way means WordPress will notify you automatically when a new version is released.

By uploading the ZIP

  1. Download the theme from wordpress.org/themes/modern-magazine/.
  2. Go to Appearance → Themes → Add New → Upload Theme.
  3. Choose modern-magazine.zip and click Install Now, then Activate.

By FTP

  1. Unzip modern-magazine.zip.
  2. Upload the resulting modern-magazine folder to /wp-content/themes/.
  3. Do not rename the folder — WordPress matches it to the theme.
  4. Activate under Appearance → Themes.

Requirements

  • WordPress 5.4 or later (tested up to 7.0)
  • PHP 7.4 or later

Modern Magazine 1.2 is free software under the GNU GPL. There is no licence key, no activation step, and no limit on the number of sites you install it on.

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