Popular Magazine WordPress theme

MH Magazine is one of the most popular magazine themes for WordPress, running on thousands of websites around the world. MH Magazine lite is the free version of this flexible magazine theme which you can use to start your very own online magazine, dynamic news website or professional blog and publish awesome content.

MH Magazine Layouts

If you like MH Magazine lite and in case you want to take full advantage of the included features, layout options and custom widgets of MH Magazine, you can upgrade to the premium version of MH Magazine. With the premium theme, you can create professional editorial websites as shown in the various theme demos for this magazine theme.

MH Magazine WordPress Theme

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If you like MH Magazine lite WordPress theme, you will LOVE the premium version. The premium version of MH Magazine WordPress theme is fully responsive and has included much more features, options and flexible custom widgets to configure your website.

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Comparison between lite and Premium

Below you can find a comparison of the features and options between the free MH Magazine lite theme and the premium version of MH Magazine which includes additional features, options and custom widgets to create awesome online magazines or news websites. The premium version of MH Magazine is available for purchase.

After you have purchased the premium version, you can download the theme and then easily upload, install and activate the premium theme through your WordPress dashboard so that you can configure a professional website in no time by following the instructions in the theme documentation. The premium version of MH Magazine also comes included with quick and helpful theme support.

MH Magazine WordPress Theme

Theme Name MH Magazine lite MH Magazine
Responsive Layout
Extended Layout Options
Site Width 1080px 1080px / 1431px
Second Sidebar
Widgetized Homepage Template
Total Widget Locations 13 26
Custom Widgets 4 (basic versions) 23 (full versions)
Custom Menu slots 1 5
jQuery News Ticker
FlexSlider 2 with Touch Support
Built-in Breadcrumb Navigation
Built-in Social Buttons
Related Posts Feature
Advertising Options
Theme Options very basic
Color Options to change the color scheme
Custom Google Webfonts
Typography Options to change fonts and font size
Extended Features
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How to configure MH Magazine lite?

When you configure MH Magazine lite, you can use the same theme documentation as for MH Magazine. Basically the first thing you need to do is create and set your static front page, assign the widgetized Homepage template to your static front page and then you can place the widgets into the Home widget areas on your front page as you like.

Theme Configuration

Suggested widget placements on front page

While MH Magazine lite as free theme does not have all the features, options and custom widgets from the premium version of MH Magazine included, you can still use the free theme to create nice online magazines and dynamic news websites by placing widgets on your front page. As suggestion, you could for example place your widgets like this:

Home 2: MH Slider [lite] or MH Posts Large [lite] widget
Home 3: 2 x MH Custom Posts [lite] widgets
Home 4: 2 x MH Custom Posts [lite] widgets
Home 6: Default WordPress Text widget with advertisement
Home 6: MH Custom Posts [lite] widget
Home 6: MH Tabbed [lite] widget

You can find full documentation about the location of the available widget areas in the theme documentation for MH Magazine. The documentation also covers additional information about the static front page, available options within the theme customizer, included custom widgets and there is a video tutorial included as well.

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