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

How many websites use Newslay?

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

What are the best Newslay alternatives?

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

Does Newslay work with the latest WordPress?

Newslay requires WordPress 6.7+ and PHP 7.4+. Check the theme's WordPress.org page for the latest compatibility information.

Is Newslay a child theme?

Yes, Newslay is a child theme of newsup. You need to have the parent theme installed for Newslay to work properly.

Newslay

Name: Newslay
Rating: 4 (2 reviews)
Author: Themeansar

By Themeansar·Blog·Free·Child of newsup

4(2 reviews)

·1.0K+ active installs·Updated 7 months ago

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As of April 2026, Newslay is a WordPress theme with 1.0K+ active installations and a 4/5 rating from 2 reviews. It has been downloaded 78K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 6.7+ and PHP 7.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2020. This is a child theme of newsup. Top alternative: Twenty Twenty-Five.

4/52 reviews

1.0K+active installs

78K+total downloads

6 yearssince 2020

Overview

Newslay is a fast, clean, modern-looking Best Responsive News Magazine WordPress theme. The theme is fully widgetized, so users can manage the content by using easy to use widgets. Newslay is suitable for dynamic news, newspapers, magazine, publishers, blogs, editors, online and gaming magazines, newsportals,personal blogs, newspaper, publishing or review siteand any creative website. Newslay is SEO friendly, WPML,Gutenberg, translation and RTL ready. Live preview : https://demo.themeansar.com/newsup and documentation at https://docs.themeansar.com/docs/newsup/

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Ratings & Reviews

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Recent Reviews

Decent theme scammy support

by thoneter·5 years ago

Update: After ThemeAnsar saw the review they issued a refund.

The theme works along with the demo import. The issue is that it isn’t fully Elementor compatible which is what I asked about before purchasing. They stated it was fully Elementor compatible. I submitted numerous tickets which they basically ignored.

Support kept asking what the issue was even when I described the issue in the ticket. I became leary of support when they asked for all of my login credentials for the hosting site and WP. I’ve asked for a refund and they keep asking for credentials and to give them a chance. They have a 15 day refund policy with no questions asked.

Do not believe what’s posted on their site. They’ve closed my tickets and have not issued a refund. I’ve filed a ticket with PayPal. Avoid unless you hope to have no issues with this template/theme.

This topic was modified 5 years, 5 months ago by thoneter. Reason: Received refund
This topic was modified 5 years, 5 months ago by thoneter.

Very easy, looks good across platforms

by dhancock·5 years ago

I have used a bunch of themes, and this is becoming one of my favorites. I don’t like a theme that gets too complex and makes it difficult to find out how to adjust the appearance, and while this is a very easy theme to modify it has the added benefit of looking great right out of the box. When I got a few posts up I pulled it up on my iPhone and it looked stellar. You won’t spend 30 minutes just finding out how to change a sidebar.