Yes, Newsium is completely free to use. It is available on WordPress.org at no cost.

How many websites use Newsium?

Newsium has 1.0K+ active installations as tracked by WordPress.org.

What are the best Newsium alternatives?

Popular alternatives to Newsium include Twenty Twenty-Five, Astra, Twenty Twenty-Four. You can compare them on our theme directory.

Does Newsium work with the latest WordPress?

Newsium requires WordPress 4.0+ and PHP 5.0+. Check the theme's WordPress.org page for the latest compatibility information.

Newsium — Reviews, Rating & Alternatives (2026)

As of April 2026, Newsium is a WordPress theme with 1.0K+ active installations and a 5/5 rating from 25 reviews. It has been downloaded 184K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.0+ and PHP 5.0+. Available on WordPress.org since 2019. Actively maintained — updated within the last month. Top alternative: Twenty Twenty-Five.

5/525 reviews

1.0K+active installs

184K+total downloads

7 yearssince 2019

Overview

Newsium is a WordPress theme for the Best Responsive News Magazine that allows you to easily write articles and blog posts. Using live customizer options and custom widgets to create a great news website, you can design your website as you like and preview the changes. It is compatible with the Gutenberg and RTL along with WooCommerce plugin which helps you to integrate an online business with our newspaper template. As it includes many useful features that require to build an awesome looking newsportal, the theme is perfect for blogging and excellent for a news, newspaper, magazine, publishing or review site. The theme is well optimized that helps to rank your website in the top of search engines and users will get an outstanding support from the team if there will be any difficulties wh…

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